Facts Perhaps to no one’s surprise, Foremost found himself in the middle of a minor rules brouhaha recently on the very first hole at BMCC, a difficult Par 5 played into an elevated green. In a Four-Ball competition, F’s approach had nestled at the front of the green some 30-40 feet from a back-center pin placement. Opponent PC had then hit a marvelous approach to about 8 feet below the hole, directly in F’s putting line. F arrived at the…
Facts As tensions rise and nerves fray due to a heated election season and the staggering unpredictability of college football, Foremost regrettably has to report that he has witnessed similar mistrust, anxiety, and combativeness on a golf course … of all places! Such was the case recently at BMCC. In a spirited four-ball Match Play competition the teams were tied heading into the Par 4 9th Hole. Opponent BF had reached the green side bunker in two, and quite uncharacteristically,…
Foremost was advised years ago that he needed to be careful about his political observations…that some Readers were offended by his commentary, and that they wished he would stick to the ROG (some adding that the ROG were another subject of which F knew little about). F took this sage advice to heart, and is now careful to avoid offensive political commentary. When motivated to address a hot-button political issue, F resists the urge and responds simply, “I grew up…
Foremost apologizes for being somewhat remiss lately in his Rules reports. College Football is upon us and F has been preoccupied lately with his surprising Commodores who have started the season 2-0! This week the Dores play in Atlanta and are 10 point favorites over Georgia! Man, it would be nice to finally kick some Georgia fannies . (Oh, I see it’s Georgia State…). Anyway, The scoring format in the OEI Men’s Game competition this lovely mountain day was Stroke…
“We have the ability to see what can be, unburdened by what has been, and then to make the possible actually happen” In a hard-fought four-ball competition at HCC, all of the players stood on the 6th hole with modest putts for par. Opponent JD had a tricky seven-foot downhill slider. F had a downhill six-footer. His partner, RS, had a curving four-footer, and opponent AN had a straight uphill three-footer. Things weren’t looking good as F’s team was…
I. Two Balls Touching Facts (1) On two separate occasions in the same round at OEI, Sandwich found his ball touching another ball. On the first occasion, the balls were paired together in a dense rough. On the second occasion, his ball lay atop another ball in the high grass of a Penalty Area, a location from which his ball would have been playable, but for the interference posed by the underlying ball. As the players contemplated the…
Men’s Games The Men’s games are in full swing in the mountains and Foremost has to say he is impressed to date with the overwhelming adherence and devotion by all to the Rules of Golf. Certainly, “the gimmee” remains a constant and undefined variable, however, and Foremost has to admit that even he (thank you) has been the welcome recipient of perhaps-questionable gimmee concessions from time to time (“I guarantee you nobody else is putting that”, or, “it isn’t gonna…
The players were relieved when spry, young golfer RGC leapt to his feet after a scary looking slide on his backside down a muddy GUR slope off the 5th hole at BMCC. Much of the slope from the green to the sixth hole fairway was under repair from damages done by sledders over the winter snows. “No More Sledding” is now the Rule, by club edict, although RCG apparently hadn’t paid attention to this new rule as his swift and…
I. Facts “A Case for Virtue and Morality” A rather benign rules day changed suddenly and dramatically on the Par 5 6th hole of HCC with misfortunes off the tee by Player BB. His drive was eventually found just short of the pond at the base of the hill nestled snuggly in a bed of daffodil stems. F was anxious to see him play his next shot. Instead, fellow player JH offered BB immediate free relief. “Take a drop”, he…
It’s crunch time for golf course superintendents everywhere as they work frantically to get their course ready for spring! Such is certainly the case at BMCC, where clubhouse construction activities, coupled with course maintenance activities, often have golfers dodging workers and equipment seemingly at every turn. Although this work is well-managed and scheduled, and workers appear well-trained in avoiding actions which might interfere with play, the paths of work, workers, and golfers occasionally intersect. I. Facts Foremost and his group…