Tee Times Magazine’s Characters and Critters
Tee Times Magazine’s Characters and Critters, is a fun collection of articles covering individuals and our wildlife friends that inhabit our area golf courses. These are stories that will either bring and smile to your face or a tear to your eye. Please take some time to read and enjoy this wide diversity of interesting stories.
Nutmeg The Golf Course Dog
Hungarian Vizsla has been my favorite breed of dog for years since I owned one 25 years ago.
LeRoy, The Special Needs Caddie
This is a feel good story about the great game of golf helping a special needs child develop a bond with his father.
Llama Caddies
Llamas that carry your golf clubs and grazing while you hit your shot? We are not in Kansas anymore Toto.
Carson Herron, 2024 Minnesota State Open Champion
The name Carson Herron appears in the long list of the Minnesota State Open Championship. TWICE! The names are 92 years apart.
Baby Painted Turtles
As they got off their golf carts and walked toward the 12th green at Pebble Lake Golf Course Jake stopped. He spread his arms, palms spread backwards, in a halt fashion.
Bud Chapman
It is hard to believe that it has been four years since my friend Loyal “Bud” Chapman died. Bud was brought to mind recently when I saw a two-year-old video created to help sell a painting that Bud created after the 1997 Indianapolis 500.
Roller Pigeon Save The Round
Just like every other morning, Willie drove his golf cart up the cart path toward the 1st tee just as the sun was rising. Since retirement, these best friends tee off almost every morning at first light.
Brian Harman
The more you watch him you better you like him. Brian Harman has moved into my top five golfers that I want to watch. Three play on LIV.
Gulf Coast Box Turtles
The Black Box Turtle is loved and hated to this day depending on who you were betting on.
Betsy Aldrich, Owner and Founder of Tap-In Tours, “Where Golf Vacations Are Gimmies”
I hooked up with Betsy Aldrich at the bar in the Rosen Plaza Hotel during the recent PGA Golf Show in Orlando. Betsy has been hosting exotic golf trips, primarily for women, for the past 20 years.
Crab Hole Battle
Hank was the top salesman at Cowboy Bob’s Auto Mart until the day that Sven showed-up. Both men were great salesmen and competitive by nature, they were the leading salesmen at Cowboy Bob’s month after month.
Kevin Unterreiner, Superman of Minnesota Golf
“I enjoy working with both sides of the golf businesses. Helping courses with marketing and consulting. And helping golfers play more golf, tee it up in fun events and discover new courses.”
BEAR SCAT
The Member/Guest weekend had finally arrived for the annual Pine View Golf Club. Organizers of the highly anticipated event chose the weekend nearest the summer solstice, longest day of the year, to host the event.
Merrill “Dutch” Cragun, Jr.
During a recent interview with 91-year-old Dutch Cragun, I was entertained for three hours as he re-lived his fairytale life. Each new chapter came with colorful word pictures as only Dutch can paint them.
The Worlds Wildest Golf Course
After reading a recent story about a giraffe encounter during a women’s professional tournament in South Africa, I began researching giraffe encounters on the golf course. We have never done a story about giraffes.
Tiger’s Dominance!
The 2023 Masters proved to be no different – Tiger once again dominated. Tiger proved that you do not have to win to dominate. He dominated the attention of the patrons young and old.
