by Steve Wetzler | May 13, 2019 | Characters and Critters
Only 19 Putts By R.J. Smiley Joe Knight needed only 19 putts to win the Santa Rosa Beach Golf & Beach Club Senior Club Championship. On a blustery Saturday morning along the Emerald Coast of Florida, the entire field knew that defending Senior Club Champion,...
by Steve Wetzler | Mar 6, 2019 | Characters and Critters
Roadrunner Breaks An ‘Egg’ By R.J. Smiley Golf in the desert Southwest has always been one of my favorite places to play. There is nothing like golf in perfect weather conditions on immaculate rye grass turf. In addition to the perfect golf, the wildlife...
by Steve Wetzler | Mar 6, 2019 | Characters and Critters
Big Roy By R.J. Smiley With matching clothes, big cigars and soft country music, Big Roy was an unusual golf partner. Roy is one of my new golf friends in my Florida golf group. Like all new golf friends it takes a while to get to know them and their peculiar habits...
by Steve Wetzler | Oct 23, 2018 | Characters and Critters
Minnesota Golfers Will Share Record Forever By R.J. Smiley The sun had just cleared the mountaintop as 24 golfers nervously stood on the 17th at Pebble Beach. It was 7:30 AM and one – and only one – golfer would advance from this “Sudden Death” playoff to...
by Steve Wetzler | Sep 18, 2018 | Characters and Critters
Yellow Tomcat Has Golf Etiquette By R.J. Smiley Each year in late July, the Smiley’s clan gather on the white sands of Florida’s Emerald Coast to enjoy the sense of family. Most evenings, after a fine home cooked family dinner we retreat to the beach and form an...
by Steve Wetzler | Sep 18, 2018 | Characters and Critters
Golfer, Rick Aulie, Sets Speed Record By R.J. Smiley The scene, July 26th, 2018, Breezy Point, Minnesota. As Rick Aulie’s driver head made that “smack sound” and perfect contact with the golf ball, the stop watch was clicked and the race to set a World Record was on!...
