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A Rainy Sunset on the Golf Course
4 Responses to “A Rainy Sunset on the Golf Course”
This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 at 9:59 am and is filed under General Interest. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
September 13th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
je ne comprend pas – you taking up golf ade?
September 13th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Actually, no, I went biking kind of late last night, and then it started to rain and got really dark, so rather than continue up the trail I rode into the golf course and biked around for a bit. (I did not ruin any greens, I promise.)
I took this photo because the clubhouse lights shining through the mist, with the purple tinge of sunset in the background, was mysterious-looking. The photo doesn’t do it justice, but what the heck.
September 15th, 2006 at 9:41 am
This story reminds me of the time, in 2002, when Lumpy and I were golfing in Saratoga, NY. We were held up by a rain strom and sought shelter by parking our power cart under a tree. We sat and drank cans of watery Budweiser for about 10 minutes, when all of sudden we noticed that someone was riding a bike down the fairway towards us. The gentleman on the bike – a little drunk himself – was wearing jeans sans shirt. We flagged him over. He explained how the golf course was a welcome short-cut for him to get home by bike. One he infrequently took in the daylight hours because it was considered trespassing. On this particular day, he surmised, given the rain, that no one would be left on the golf course and he could get home a little qucker without hassle. We chatted for about another ten minutes until the rain stopped. At that point, we invited him to join us on the tee box. He was apprehensive, but we insisted. “Come on man, tag a ball with us. Just golf one hole.” He gave in. We all teed off. The topless man rode his ten speed along side our golf cart. He played that entire hole, and the next, in this fashion. We laughed. It was a great story around the dinner table that evening. It still is.