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      • My Nemesis
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      • Shooting my age, totally delusional?
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      • Went To See What Could Be Seen
      • Bird’s eye view of changes at Park Mammoth GC
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  • Playing it Down
    • Grown Man Cry
    • Has this EVER happen before ?
  • Golf Ghosts
    • More than a Name Change
    • The Ben Hogan brand
    • First Golf Ball without a Handicap
    • Courses Lost
  • My Sojourn
    • Backstory
      • Return to the game
      • Park Mammoth Sojourn
      • My Nemesis
      • A Friendly Wager
      • Park Mammoth Sojourn podcast
    • WITB – What’s in the Bag
    • Shooting my Age
      • Shooting my age, totally delusional?
      • Keeping Score – One Shot at a Time
      • Working on a new Swing
        • Deep in the Weeds
          • Books & YouTube
            • The Practice Manual
        • Home Practice Area
        • Practice Aids
    • Golf Memorabilia
      • Scorecard Collection
      • Yardage Books
      • Scorecard pencils
      • Ball Markers
      • Bag Tags
  • Road Trips
    • Park Mammoth
      • The Sojourn of a Course Formerly Known As
      • Went To See What Could Be Seen
      • Bird’s eye view of changes at Park Mammoth GC
    • Golf Links
  • Playing it Down
    • Grown Man Cry
    • Has this EVER happen before ?
  • Golf Ghosts
    • More than a Name Change
    • The Ben Hogan brand
    • First Golf Ball without a Handicap
    • Courses Lost

Gar Golf’s four main areas of content

 

  1. Playing it Down – Comments on what’s going on in the industry.
  2. My Sojourn – The trials, tribulations, and triumphs in the pursued to beat “Old Man Par” and the courses, places and people encountered along the way during this lifetime endeavor.   Also, the challenges of retooling my game after being away from golf for over 15 in an effort to shoot my age.
  3. Road Trips – Golf outing, single day road trips,  “mini holiday” sojourns, as well as, links to related websites.
  4. Golf Ghosts – Covering the courses, companies and products that are no longer around. Remembering their place in golf history, sharing memories of a time when they were players in the industry.

 

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Featured Post, Gar's Golf Sojourn

My Nemesis

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines nemesis as a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent; a source of harm or ruin; a curse. And, of all the many rounds of golf; on…

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April 25, 2022
Gar's Golf Sojourn

Keeping Score – One Shot at a Time

If you have played for any length of time,  chances are, you have experienced “getting ahead of yourself” i.e.  counting your score before you finished the round,  then all of…

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April 11, 2022
Courses Lost, Golf Ghosts

Willow Lakes at PAFB

This is the first of the “Courses  Lost” posts, which I share, and invite others to share, memories of courses that have closed. Willow Lakes Golf Course opened in the…

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September 23, 2021
Gar's Golf Sojourn

A Friendly Wager

“ Want to play the last three holes for lunch? ”, my playing partner asked as we finished 15th hole during my first round at Stryker Golf Course in the…

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September 15, 2021
Keeping it in Play

Gotcha Covered

Look at anyone’s golf bag and, chances are, one of the first things you will notice are the headcovers. Why is that? Could it be because they tell a lot…

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September 9, 2021
  • WITB - what's in the bag

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The trials, tribulations, and triumphs in the pursued to beat “Old Man Par” and the courses, places and people encountered along the way during this lifetime endeavor.

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