Not a league it turns out

The last time I’d played golf at Pine Grove was at least a decade ago, when the big daily used to throw an annual day for staffers from all departments to gather on a course for a captain-and-crew round to be followed by a steak bake, beverages and kibitzing. As this spring rolled around, KP…

Back on course

Extra work a few days at the library this pay period allowed me to leave an hour early on Friday. When I advanced this news to KP mid-week and suggested a round of golf, he texted back “Big yes.” I made it to Radisson Greens with 12 minutes to spare for our 3:36 tee time.…

Getting the winter out of the golf system

KP and I did not want to wait until our golf league started to get out and swing our clubs this year. Last year that was pretty frustrating. The first-time participation in the Foxfire Tuesday night nine-holder and our first round of the season together both took place in May. Too late. For the mind.…

Golf was interesting this year

So I learned a lot about my golf game this year. The golf league at Foxfire provided an education for KP and I. I never felt like it was the place to take out the iPhone 8 to take photos during league play. That serious, yes. At least that’s the way I interpreted it. We…

Two days in a row on the course, thank you

Tuesday was sunny and warm, so we stood by the first tee of Timber Banks ready to play spring golf in Central New York again. Never before had we started our golf season off with two rounds on consecutive days, I thought as KP and I prepared to hit our first shots on the Jack…

Finally, golf weather

I thought it would never get here this spring of 2018. Yet at last a blue sky and temperatures above 50 degrees arrived. And on the Monday of my staycation week, no less. KP and I were ready, with tee times set up at Foxfire. Yes, they said, the course is dry enough for the…

Happy days to KP

The text came in, and I grinned, as they say, from ear to ear. KP was hanging it up from the old paragraph factory. My great pal, partner in words and ideas at the big daily and golf and good times in the world had made it to the good and just and deserved see-ya.…

We found the Olde Oak

We found the Olde Oak. OK, the golf course with the extra ‘e’ is far out there in the Onondaga County countryside of Kirkville, but KP and I have sniffed it out since the days the layout was called Towne Isle. So should say that this time out, we found the old oak. It was…

Timber Banks plays tough no matter how you slant it

KP and I made sure we used the Golf Expo coupon to play Timber Banks on the cheap this season. Sure, that meant we played the tough Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in the northwest Syracuse suburb of Baldwinsville as just the second time out for the season in order to make the end-of-May cut line…