by Randy Korus | Nov 17, 2017 | Characters and Critters
THE GREAT HORNED OWL AT LOST CREEK COUNTRY CLUB By R.J. Smiley A Great Horned Owl made the superintendent at Lost Creek Country Club famous. Golf courses provide the perfect environment and great homes for many of nature’s critters. But of all the creatures that...
by Randy Korus | Nov 17, 2017 | Characters and Critters
Rick Tegtmeier By R.J. Smiley b, the 36-hole facility that will host the 2017 Solheim Cup Matches. Rick has a passion for his job. Not the job of maintaining and improving DMGCC, the job of overseeing the maintenance of a golf course. He loves his work and takes great...
by Randy Korus | Nov 17, 2017 | Characters and Critters
WAR OVER GOSLINGS By R.J. Smiley Canadian Geese have flourished over the past 25 years across the northern half of North America. The wedge shaped white bib just below their eyes on their black heads makes these huge grey/brown birds easily recognizable. Hunted almost...
by Randy Korus | Nov 17, 2017 | Characters and Critters
“FAST EDDIE” MANDERVILLE By R.J. Smiley He is a Minnesota golf icon! Ed Manderville single handily shattered the color barrier in Minnesota golf. On Memorial Day 2017, “Fast Eddie,” made his eleventh Ace, at age 85. With an outgoing personality...
by Randy Korus | Nov 17, 2017 | Characters and Critters
Bumble Bee Gets GoPro Look By R.J. Smiley In these days of skintight slacks, most readers of Tee Times will not remember those loose fitting double pleated slacks from yesteryear. During the post-war 50’s and 60’s golf was exploding in the prosperous USA....
by Randy Korus | Nov 17, 2017 | Characters and Critters
Westy and His “Buddy” Chuck Foreman By R.J. Smiley Westy, through eyes blurred by his favorite beverage, Beefeaters’ Gimlets, had nearly holed a long green-side bunker shot on the tough 18th at Olympic Hills Country Club, a track known for the big...
