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Thinking of my best golf buddy Arnie on his birthday – RIP

Every year on this day I would call or send a message to my best golf buddy Arnie, wishing him a happy birthday. In my message I would say there are three great golfers who share this day as their…

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Suburban Sanitation Swing

Heard some noise outside my home office window this morning. Looked out to see a sanitation truck and what looked to be a guy walking around the other side of it with a driver in his hand. Sure enough, I…

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Happy Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco De Mayo today. Today is a day I think about two good friends. First, Johnny, the bass player in my long time band. Johnny is one of a kind. Second, Rich from the blog Eat Golf, which is…

Played My First Golf in 21 Months – Shoulder Did Great

For the last 1.5 years I’ve been recovering and doing rehab for major shoulder surgery. I had a torn rotator cuff, torn labrum, torn bicep tendon repaired on the right shoulder on Valentine’s Day 2019. The last time I hit…

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Lost My Best Golf Buddy of 30 Years

I’m completely gutted and sad to report that my very best golf buddy of some 30+ years, passed away last night due to leukemia. James “Arnie” Arnold James “Arnie” Arnold and I were the best of…