I don't know how many of you remember that Ricky Nelson hit song "I'm A Travelin' Man". I'm going to date myself here and say I remember when it was first released and the AM radio stations-my, that's a long time ago-used to play it a lot. I remember watching "The Ozzy and Harriet Show" when Ricky performed it for the first time. OK, I am getting old so let's get that out of the way. I'm also a "Travelin' Man" and have played golf in a lot of diverse places. I have haven't played outside of North America, but I have logged a few miles especially here on The West Coast. I guess that's why I call my blog and other things "The Golf Course Travel Bag". It kind of makes sense.
I'm going to take a minute here to give a sort of explanation or "road map" if you will about what I am going to bring to you with "The Golf Course Travel Bag". I am going to share with you stories about the golf courses that I have played and some of the locations that I have traveled to. Of course I can't get away with just writing about courses and locations. I have to throw in a bit of off the wall humor and observations about golf and the issues surrounding the game. For example, Why would you want to throw out a perfectly good golf ball because the pros are hitting it longer than the gutta perch ball with graphite shafts and not hickory shafts? That my friend, is a question for the ages. I don't have time to answer that question because I have to leave for church and my wife gets a little perturbed when we are late, considering she is the choir director and I sing bass.
In my over 50 years of playing this wonderful game I have played over 200 different courses. Many of those courses I have take pictures of. I have a website in which I have listed and given some information about most of those courses. On my website you will find courses you can play and they are open to the public. I have played quite a few private courses that require an invitation or I played them in competition and I haven't listed these on the website. Check out my website at http://the-golf-course-travel-bag.com. So, what else was I going to call it.
My wife and I have just returned from a few days at our time share in Palm Springs. What did we do? We played golf, of course-pun not intended. In the coming weeks I may share some stories about those few days, or I may not because I am retired and take naps. I don't know the point I am making here, I am just trying to close this post. So, I guess I will just say watch for my next post.
