I've been addicted to golf since age 12 and now in retirement play 3-4 times a week year round. I should be getting better at the game with all the practice but the aging process is a great leveler.
One of my fun golf by products is being a volunteer at two local PGA events, the Greg Norman Shark Shootout and the Ace Classic Champions Tour event. I'm a course marshal at the Shootout and work both the 9th and 18th tee boxes. No one really knows how well the pros can hit the ball unless you're up close and every year I get my humbling share of amazement of just how superior these pros are. As they said in last year's ads, "These guys are good."
Starting tomorrow is the Ace Classic, a seniors event, and this will mark my third year as a Standard Bearer. You know, they guy out there inside the ropes carrying the sign with that particular group's scores. Each day I am exposed to three players' style of golf as well as their personalities. What an amazing group of people they are. With the exception of a few A-holes who will go unmentioned most are quite congenial and fully aware of the good life that the game has afforded them. At the end of the round in the scoring tent, they usually autograph a ball and send it my way. My collection grows....
If you happen to catch it on TV Fri-Sun you might see me. I'll be the one with the huge smile on my face.
One of my fun golf by products is being a volunteer at two local PGA events, the Greg Norman Shark Shootout and the Ace Classic Champions Tour event. I'm a course marshal at the Shootout and work both the 9th and 18th tee boxes. No one really knows how well the pros can hit the ball unless you're up close and every year I get my humbling share of amazement of just how superior these pros are. As they said in last year's ads, "These guys are good."
Starting tomorrow is the Ace Classic, a seniors event, and this will mark my third year as a Standard Bearer. You know, they guy out there inside the ropes carrying the sign with that particular group's scores. Each day I am exposed to three players' style of golf as well as their personalities. What an amazing group of people they are. With the exception of a few A-holes who will go unmentioned most are quite congenial and fully aware of the good life that the game has afforded them. At the end of the round in the scoring tent, they usually autograph a ball and send it my way. My collection grows....
If you happen to catch it on TV Fri-Sun you might see me. I'll be the one with the huge smile on my face.