Big ups to Golf Course Trades for running my welcome back piece. Now that I’m settled in the great northwest, my regular column resumes.
This was a fun; no pressure, just stretch my legs a bit as a writer and tell it like it was: ZANY! Here’s a snippet. Click here for the whole story. And get ready for a bomb 20th anniversary piece. From the article:
“One of the first things I did upon arriving in Idaho was barf all over a ski patroller’s new Nordicas.
“Someone had spaghetti for dinner last night,” the poor fellow deadpanned. What could I say? He was right. Welcome to my new home state. I use the term “welcome” there loosely…at that time I was really just visiting, taking a week to look at houses and hunt for jobs. I hadn’t actually moved yet Golf season had ended, winter had arrived, and with it my duties as a skiing writer. But it was actually a golf architect who planted the seed for both a scouting trip for my move and a writing assignment.`
“Since you’re going to Idaho, McCall is only two hours north of Boise. We are renovating the golf course up there, Osprey Meadows,” beamed an ebullient Robert Trent Jones, Jr., the pre-eminent golf course designer. The designer of more than 350 courses across six of the seven continents, Jones was recently honored by the American Society of Golf Course Architects as the recipient of their Donald Ross Award, their version of a lifetime achievement recognition – the highest honor they have. “You can ski both Tamarack and Brundage,” he advised. They’re both right next to each other. And you can check out my golf course.”
