• Debating how to rank the eight courses at Pinehurst.
• Winn McMurray.
• Watching the European Tour while cooking breakfast.
• Watching the PGA Tour replay while I do the dinner dishes.
• Ian Poulter’s pants.
• Webb Simpson’s wife.
• Coming home to fi nd a long, rectangular cardboard box leaning against the front door.
• Opening a sleeve of balls.
• The leathery smell of new golf shoes.
• The wicker fl ags at Merion.
• The ancient rock walls that crisscross North Berwick West.
• Fixing a ball mark. *My* ball mark.
• The Dell, the
Himalayas, the 15th at Cruden Bay and any other truly blind par-3.
• The Postage Stamp, the 7th at Pebble, the 10th at Pine Valley, the 15th at Cypress Point and any really short, really interesting par-3.
• The 17th at
Whistling Straits, the 8th at Oakmont, the 16th at Cypress Point, the 10th at Bel-Air, the 16th at Carnoustie and any other par-3 where I might have to hit driver.
• Steve Stricker’s putting stroke.
• Phil’s fl op. • Ernie Els’s tempo.
• Boo Weekly’s accent.
• Jason Dufner’s waggle.
• Staring at a map of Scotland and daydreaming about my next trip.
• Staring at a map of Ireland and daydreaming about my next trip.
• Staring at a map of Melbourne, Australia and daydreaming about my next trip.
• Arnold Palmer’s enveloping handshake.
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• Getting up-and- down. Anytime, anywhere.
• Making a circle on the scorecard.
• Playing a Top-100 golf course.
• Playing any golf course.
Alan Shipnuck is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and writes two weekly columns for
cnnsi.com and author of the recently released The Swinger.
WINTER 2012 /
NCGA.ORG / 37
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