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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2129
Total number of notes:21499

639.0. ""GOLF TRIVIA"" by USMFG::TGLASS () Fri Jun 09 1989 12:11

    Hi,
    Well, after last nights speech by the President I felt energized
    to share the following with you although many already know:
    1.George Bush plays golf and won his club championship in Maine
      1948.
    2.George Herbert Walker Bush is name after Herbert Walker, our first
      USGA president and the donator of the Walker Cup( that we win
      back this year!).
    3.George Bush's father also was President of the USGA and a low
      handicap golfer of note.
    
    So, add this trivia to your memory file!
    Tom
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639.1Wasn't he his grandfather...?MSEE::KELLEYCustom clubs/club repairFri Jun 09 1989 12:174
    
    	Tom,
    
    	Wasn't Herbert Walker in fact Bush's maternal grandfather...?
639.2"CORRECTION"USMFG::TGLASSFri Jun 09 1989 15:144
    Gene,
    I stand corrected in that I was not to clear.
    Herbert Walker was George Bush's Mother's father!
    Tom
639.3Political PreferenceMAMTS1::KVENEZIOFri Jun 09 1989 19:3513
    George Bush was interviewed by Steve Melnick of CBS after the Kemper
    concluded its' Saturday round. Did you catch it? He has also gotten
    alot of press about golf in Kinnebunkport (sp.). The player in the
    cabinet is Quayle. He's has a single digit handicap at Congressional
    (site of the '64 Open and '76 PGA) and Burning Tree. Two tough courses.
    
    Besides Kitty, whats the Dukes' handicap? :-) Or is he a badmitten
    man himself?
    
    Ken
    
    
     
639.486 Masters TriviaESPN::BLAISDELLI'm NOT going to Disney World!!Fri Jun 23 1989 15:346
    
         Can you name the playing partner of Nicklaus in the final
       round of the 1986 Masters?  I had forgotten all about him
       until I saw a tape of the thrilling last day recently.
    
    -rick
639.51988 ChampMAIL::TATERFri Jun 23 1989 16:542
    >639.4   Sandy Lyle
    
639.6correct a mundoESPN::BLAISDELLI'm NOT going to Disney World!!Fri Jun 23 1989 17:0010
    
         Sandy Lyle it was.  The poor guy looked like he was in a state
       of shock on the back nine.  It seemed like he was quickly trying
       to get out of Jack's way so he could watch "another long putt"
       drop in the hole with the rest of the gallery.  I had also forgotten
       how close Tom Kite came to winning the tournament. He had several
       very makeable putts on that back nine and came up short on each
       and every one of them.

    -rick
639.7GO FLY A KITE !!!BOGUSS::COOPERMAD HACKERFri Jun 23 1989 23:049
    So, is Tom Kite going to become the king of choke ?? I know he has
    a great record, third leading money winner, all that stuff. But
    when is he going to hold on and win a major ? It has always been
    a blemish on Sam Sneads record that he didn,t win the U.S. Open
    and no matter what he says, I'm sure he would give up several of
    his other wins for 1 Open title. Oh well, Tom's career is far from
    over and he should have plenty of great golf left to play but he
    sure let a golden opportunity slip away!!!!!! 
    THE MAD HACKER
639.8CALLME::MR_TOPAZMon Jun 26 1989 12:0420
       re .7 and others:
       
       Andy North has won 2 US Opens, Tom Kite has won none.
       
       Kite is 3rd on the all-time money winning list, and he is likely
       to lead the list before long.  He's had the character and stamina
       to play well in hundreds of tournaments, winning more than his
       share of them.  He did indeed fall apart in the last round of this
       year's Open, and he has never won a major.  His accomplishments,
       even though they don't include any major championships, stand by
       themselves.  To characterize a player who has known so much
       success on the tour as a potential "king of choke" doesn't seem to
       demostrate much insight into the game.
       
       The Mad Hacker can have Andy North on his team.  I'll take
       Tom Kite.
       
       --Mr Topaz 
       
       
639.9Tom Kite can't win the big ones! EMASA2::CORBETTMon Jun 26 1989 14:230
639.10A British Open?OBRIEN::KEVINCustom Clubs & RepairMon Jun 26 1989 16:363
    I may be mistaken (not the first time) and if I am I'm sure you'll
    all correct me.  But didn't Kie win a British Open a few years ago?
    
639.11Don't think soSQGUK::NOCKNURSE! RTA, cubicle 4Mon Jun 26 1989 17:192
    No he didn't. In recent(ish) years the only US winners have been
    Bill Rogers and Tom Watson.  
639.12KITE BITEBOGUSS::COOPERMAD HACKERMon Jun 26 1989 20:4512
    re .8
    You can have Kite. I have never liked him and I can't really explain
    why. I met him last year at the AT&T at Pebble Beach and I just
    can't seem to warmup to him. Also had the same problem with Nicklaus
    during his early years but that was because he kept beating my 
    all-time golf hero ARNOLD PALMER!!!!! Kite is to critical of
    himself when he makes a mistake and I feel this will continue to
    haunt him in the majors due to the added pressure the players
    put on themselves in these events. As for Andy North, what a laugh!
    You really cracked me up with that one Mr. Topaz.
    
    THE MAD HACKER
639.13Work v. PlayMAIL::TATERWed Jun 28 1989 18:3014
    My brother in-law played football at the University of Wisconsin
    and became very close friends with ANDY as he is an avid football
    fan.   We may joke about his lack of tournament appearances lately,
    however most of that is by choice.  The guy make$ a killing going
    around the country participating in Company sponsered tournaments
    and conducting seminars.  How does he do this?  By touting the fact
    that he has won 2 U.S. Opens.
    
    About a month ago he played in my in-laws Company Golf outing and
    only charged them $6,000 for a day of golf.  I wonder how much the
    "Kite Bite" gets?
       
    
    ron