Golf

“The rules are your friend,” remember that, fellow golfers. “The rules are your friend.”
The Rules of Golf are created by the United States Golf Association and published in a small booklet updated every four years. Golf rules were established to sort out difficulties and differences of opinion as to how the game is played. They are the official arbiter of the game.

Senior golf tourneys
These are dates for the Brunswick County Parks and Recreation 55+ Golf Program. Contact Khrystye Haselden at khaselden@brunsco.net or call 910-253-2670.
March 20, Tiger’s Eye at Ocean Ridge, $45, 8 a.m. sign-in, 9 a.m. start. Price includes cart fee, greens fee, cart attendants, refreshments and prizes.  

Good things are happening at The Pearl golf course complex. New A1/A4 bent grass greens have been installed on the West Course; trees and shrubs and pampas grass are being trimmed and cut back. Fertilizing, spraying, weeding and mulching are ongoing. Tees have been flattened and re-sodded.
Cart-path repair is coming soon; bunkers will be renovated. A membership is being established. An amateur tour is in the works.  

Love and golf are often linked. Yeah, I’ve heard all those stories of guys who are always out playing golf with the guys, leaving their forlorn and neglected wives or girlfriends at home.
More often, the game of golf can be the cement that holds a marriage together. It has for mine.
When my husband, Gene, and I met at Syracuse University, he had been playing golf since he was 8 and had a single digit handicap. As I got to know him and his Phi Kappa Psi brothers, I became the beer runner for their fraternity golf matches. Basically, I became a golf groupie.