So I’ve been working on a Robert trent Jones, Jr. interview and it’s going to reveal some fascinating insights into one of the greatest designers and nicest men you’d ever want to meet. You will be so elated to hear his thoughts on golf course architecture, Chambers Bay, other great architects, and poetry.
Yes, that’s right; I said poetry! He’s Stanford-Harvard, I’m Deerfield-Trinity, and we started talking about classical literature and realized we both worship T.S. Eliot. We started talking about Mr. Jones’s terrific poetry, the poets I represent as a lawyer, and my friend Sophie Wadsworth, a literary lion in training as a MFA candidate at Harvard.
Well, that did it. We traded poems and not only will I review his terrific book of poems, but we’re going to write a few together at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. Mr. Jones prefers free verse narratives, but sometimes dabbles in meter and rhyme scheme. I simply love a good dactylic such as those found in Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and enjoy playing around with meter and rhyme schemes. They’re like a puzzle to me. So Mr. Jones and I are going to trade poetry critiques and gear up for something completely different form the U.S. Open.
For now, here’s a taste:
THE TOBACCO ROAD HAIKU
Where’s the freakin’ green?!
Dude, I have no idea
Check the yardage book.
