Greetings Golfers,

Thanksgiving is only a few days away.

You know what that means… you need to get your Christmas shopping started.

As usual, we’re here to make your life easy (or easier).

We are offering a special Christmas promotion – you should have received an email about it last week. It is the deal of a lifetime, but was misunderstood. Because it is offered as a two-some, four-some, or eight-some… some people believed that you had to use the passes in the size group that was purchased. Not so! You may use the individual passes in any way that you desire – another example of our Christmas Spirit.

Give the Gift of Play:
Rare and Exclusive
Deer Run Golf Club Holiday Special

Available at our infamous
Holiday Sale December 6th
or online until December 20th (click here).

 
Dynamic Duo – 2 rounds of golf plus cart, no restrictions: $120 (15% savings)

Festive Foursome – 4 rounds of golf plus carts, no restrictions: $200 (28% savings)

Get your Group On – 8 rounds of golf plus carts, no restrictions: $360 (35% savings)

Gift cards and envelopes are ready for you to personalize and sign.

Cheers,

Tom Abts
GM and Head Golf Professional
tabts@deerrungolf.com

Greetings Golfers,

Here’s a quote from Tiger Woods “Did you read Dan Jenkins’ interview with me in the latest GOLF DIGEST? I hope not. Because it wasn’t me. It was some jerk he created to pretend he was talking to me.” (Click HERE to read the article).

Why’s Tiger so upset? Because Jenkins – 84 year old Dan Jenkins – pounded him into the ground. And Tiger shouldn’t get into the ring with Dan – he’d be a lot smarter to focus on golf than get into a war of words with Mr. Jenkins.

Who is Dan Jenkins? Definitely one of the all-time great golf writers. The other two would probably be Bernard Darwin and Herbert Warren Wind. But Jenkins is/was funny. The other two – not so much. Sure, HW Wind coined the term “Amen Corner”, but Jenkins was wittier.

Jenkins grew up in Fort Worth, Texas and played golf for TCU. And while in college he wrote for the FORT WORTH PRESS … and became a close friend of Ben Hogan. Hogan was a tough guy – few reporters had the access to him that Jenkins had. Jenkins continued that access to the great golfers of the 60s, 70s, and 80s as SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s golf writer. Then in the mid-80’s, he went to GOLF DIGEST. In 2012 he was elected into the Golf Hall-of-Fame.

Dan Jenkins has covered over 200 golf Majors. He wrote the football book SEMI-TOUGH, and the golf book DEAD SOLID PERFECT. Both books were made into movies. But my favorite book of his is THE DOGGED VICTIMS OF INEXORABLE FATE – a must read (and/or a great Christmas present).

And, you need to read the December issue of GOLF DIGEST – not just for the Jenkins-Tiger “interview” … but for the thoughtful article written by Geoff Ogilvy. Ogilvy isn’t funny like Jenkins, but he’s a much better representative of the game of golf than Woods – he actually has perspective. (Click HERE for the article)

One last thing. If Woods was accessible to real interviews, he wouldn’t be a “victim” to fake interviews. A sense of humor would help too.

Cheers,

Tom Abts
GM and Head Golf Professional
tabts@deerrungolf.com

Greetings Golfers,

I was going to write about Time. Is it linear or circular? Then launch into how a round of golf is circular – you go out and then play back in, etc. And the more I thought about it, the less I wanted to write about it.

I’m more in the mood for some humor than a heavy dose of philosophy about Time. So how about a Scottish joke? Scots were the inventors of golf … so that should work.

Here goes:

An Englishman, Irishman, Welshman, Scotsman were captured
while fighting in a far-off foreign land, and the leader
of the captors said: “we’re going to line you up in front
of a firing squad and shoot you all in turn. But first,
you each can make a final wish.”    

The Englishman says: “I’d like to hear God Save The
Queen just one more time to remind me of the auld
country, played by the London All Boys Choir. With
Morris Dancers Dancing to the tune.”
          
The Irishman says: “I’d like to hear Danny Boy just one more
time to remind me of the auld country, sung in the style of
Daniel O’Donnell, with Riverdance dancers skipping gaily to
the tune.”        

The Welshman says: “I’d like to hear Men Of Harlech just
one more time to remind me of the auld country, sung as
if by the Aberavon Male Voice Choir.”
         
The Scotsman says: “I’d like to be shot first.”

That’s it … humor can be a pretty good use of Time.

Cheers,

Tom Abts
GM and Head Golf Professional
tabts@deerrungolf.com

Greetings Golfers,

So, Paul Molitor is the new Twins’ manager. It almost got lost in the election news. But it shouldn’t – this is big deal to Twins’ fans.

Molitor is a supposed expert on the x’s and o’s of baseball. Which I love – I can’t stand boring, cliche managed baseball. And I’m not in love with modern statistical driven baseball either. A good manager has a feel of the game that goes beyond stats.

But Molitor’s real challenge is to change the culture of the Twins. I heard him say that he thought the players were too worried about staying in the Majors, and thus were too concerned about their personal stats. He said that he wants them to be focused on winning as a team – not personal statistics.

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