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.
WAR OVER GOSLINGS
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...
“FAST EDDIE” MANDERVILLE
"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...
Bumble Bee Gets GoPro Look
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...
Westy and His “Buddy” Chuck Foreman
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...
PHIL MICKELSON – 100 MAJORS AND COUNTING
PHIL MICKELSON - 100 MAJORS AND COUNTING By R.J. Smiley Basketball fans can relate. Imagine a basketball player playing in 100 Final Four games or 100 NBA Finals games. There are only two Final Four games and four to seven NBA Final gams each...
GOOSE STEALS PUTTER
GOOSE STEALS PUTTER By R.J. Smiley With Bernie's putter tucked securely under its left wing, papa goose swam to the center of the pond. Papa goose stretched his head upward and with a taunting honk, flapped his wings dropping the putter into...
