by Kim Benjamin | Aug 22, 2019 | Characters and Critters, Home Page Slider
What’s In A NameBy Guy Green Mr. Guy Green has been a dear friend for the past 30 years. Many times chatting over an adult beverage we have discussed the “Best Name For A Golfer.” My pick was my departed friend Goff Parks who won the Mille Lacs Classic twice...
by Steve Wetzler | Jul 18, 2019 | Characters and Critters
The Golf Pro And The Bull Snake By R.J. Smiley What do you think of when you hear Bismarck, North Dakota? As your mind searches for an answer. any answer; let me give you one word that you had not thought of – GOLF. Bismarck (North Dakota’s capitol city is...
by Steve Wetzler | Jul 18, 2019 | Characters and Critters
Drill The Emergency Room Nurse By R.J. Smiley The name on his name tag said Duke, but I met Drill, the ER Nurse, on a recent visit to a large hospital’s emergency room on a very busy Saturday night. Drill entered the room in neatly fitted blue scrubs. He...
by Steve Wetzler | Jun 27, 2019 | Characters and Critters
Hummingbird Hats By R.J. Smiley The Basketball Golf Group, BGG for short, was ready! They had made the annual golf trip since their college years. The BGG had won the small school state basketball championship as high school seniors. Yes, there was one junior on...
by Steve Wetzler | Jun 27, 2019 | Characters and Critters
The Natural By R.J. Smiley In the 26 years that we owned and operated Mille Lacs Golf Resort, the infinite variety of golf characters that we encountered was never ending. Good golfers, bad golfers, really nice people and some horse’s a$$es. But I only met one...
by Steve Wetzler | Jun 7, 2019 | Characters and Critters
Rabid Bobcat Attacks Golfer By R.J. Smiley On a recent April morning, a surprise ambush left a 70-year-old golfer mauled and bleeding on a golf course in Connecticut. It was not from another golfer who had been beaned by a golf ball. The attack was from a bobcat...
