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#@%! Golf

November 29, 2023 No Comments

#@%! Golf Swearing can serve as a unique communicative tool, allowing us to express our feelings, be it jubilation or frustration, in their full intensity.

A Course Like No Other – The Haunted Holes of Ingleside.

May 1, 2023 No Comments

The Ingleside Resort’s golf course had announced it was permanently closing that day.

When we arrived, there were lots of people already there, probably for the same reason as we were: to say their goodbyes and play the unique course

Remedy Burger

May 1, 2023 No Comments

I like hamburgers. But I’m picky about my burgers. I like to try new places, ever searching for the best. I also like golf, and

The Secret Swannanoa

April 29, 2023 No Comments

The secret Swannanoa—golf on a mountain top. The Holy Grail of Valley Golf. Following the advice of a friend, I drive up the narrow road,

Rooney, “Warming Up”

April 15, 2023 No Comments

All my life, I’ve been captivated by photographs—and their underlying stories. I found this one at an auction and was immediately intrigued. “Rooney” sported cool

The Winding Road to Weasie’s

March 10, 2023 No Comments

Hitting on the fifth hole of Swannanoa, I looked into the sun back toward the clubhouse. A large tractor clipping the fairway grass was heading my way.

It stopped for me to hit. When I walked over and introduced

Bill Lakin – Getting the Carrot – The Cart Path Less Taken

February 6, 2023 No Comments

Getting the Carrot – The Cart Path Less Taken

Singing in the swing: Les Helmuth and his fearless golf reviews

February 1, 2023 No Comments

Les Helmuth is a little crazy when he golfs. Stepping up to the tee, he may start singing in the middle of his swing, as if he were center-stage in an opera. He may tee up and hit off the box at the same time you are hitting. You never know what he’s going to do.

The Most Bo-dacious Golfer in the Shenandoah Valley. Interview with Art Borden

February 1, 2023 No Comments

Every golfer is on their own journey with this love-hate sport, and as such, every golfer has their first guide. I found mine in Art Borden, a 74-year-old coworker who, like me, towers

First Tee Helps Youth Achieve

February 1, 2023 No Comments

Drew Fournier loves consistency. He’s the type of guy who’d always choose scoring two pars instead of a bogie and a birdie.

“I’m definitely a steady person,” he told me when we met last. “I never want to hit too high, never too

Habitat for Humanity Brings Affordable Housing Up to Par

February 1, 2023 No Comments

“Giving a hand up, not a hand out.”

The Golf Ball Hunters

November 7, 2022 No Comments

We all do it, sometimes several strokes a round. We hit a ball and lose it. In woods, water, leaves, or plain view…every year, we leave thousands of golf balls behind, perhaps to be stumbled upon by some future golfer. This is rarely on purpose…