Never underestimate the value of beating ones partners.Dinsdale wrote:Yup, it went that well. At least I beat the guys I was playing with.
So your going to be one of those no dick, no career, drunk ass wanna be's who creates drama and controversy and then try to look like a fucking hero?hat's me, fellas. I just hired a new golf pro and am making some drastic changes to our golfprogram.
Shit...my bad I missed some of the most important...no women before 10am on the weekends.
I was playing a CC years ago with a bud, he did not partake, but was cool about it...and the cart wasn't waiting for us... He went to the caddy shack, and I walked in the cart house. I did not see anybody, some dude started coughing, so I walked to the back room and one of the cart boys is holding a bowl and lighter.if the caddie's share, that sounds like a pretty damned good day.
I'd have an unfair advantage as I'd win that tourney every time. I like your thinking though.BSmack wrote:Frisco,
Have you considered a cooning contest?
One of my golfing buds just told me a story the other day from recently being put in a foursome. Said loser-dickweed #1 asked if anyone partook. Loser-dickweed#2 said he was down, so the sparking commenced. When it came to my friend's turn, he gladly joined. When it came time for golfer #4's turn, he politely declined. Apparently, dickweeds #1 and #2 started to apply peer-pressure to get #4 to partake (bear in mind, these guys were all 50-ish). After much ribbing, #4 breaks out with "Uhm, I'm a Washington County Sherrif's Deputy." The peer pressure stopped for a while, and the other 3 began to buy the cop beers.Derron wrote:I was playing a CC years ago with a bud, he did not partake, but was cool about it.
Pathetic smack ??? Every, every thing I cited actually happened. I sold turf equipment for 7 years, I built portions of 3 courses in Oregon, oversaw all construction on 2 in Las Vegas I golfed damn near every course in OR, WA and No Cal. I saw the mollared old fucks sitting at the bar at 7 am.Damn, ask for touney ideas and get pathetic smack.
However, there WAS a 22 yr old waitress involved.
Which one? I play just about all of the Hillsboro area courses, except a couple...I could live a happy life without ever setting foot at Merriwether, and...Derron wrote: I drove by one of my local courses today, and I see they lifted every tree on the place up to at least 6 feet.
Nope. Never been. Buddy used to live in the housing developement on it, too. Every single one of my golfing buddies who has ever been there has told stories of such incredible levels of rudeness from the employees (sup Merriwether), that they'll never go back. Grossly overpriced from what I understand, too.Dins probably has played this course, Quail Valley
That course is under water in a dry year. Look for it to open about April 15 maybe. McKay Creek on the other side of the creek is a nicer course, little more jack, but Killarny is a goat pasture. We partied at one of the houses on the course, and put about 50 pounds of potatos on the course one night with a spud gun. It's all in laws that own those 2 courses, as well as Wildwood. Nice thing about Killarny is I play about 3 balls on that course. There's more fucking balls in the creek on 2 and 3 than in the clubhouse.Hacker Capitol Of the World, Killarney West.
IndyFrisco wrote:Well, if it makes you feel better Derron, we've had the same greens keeper for 18 years. He takes damn good care of the course. We haven't asked a thing from him in years, and we buy him whatever equipment he needs to get his job done. Just cut an 11k check to him for a new rough mower last week.
We don't accept cash at our club now. That, too, came about because of the last pro.
What does this highly skilled and professional position pay ??That's me, fellas. I just hired a new golf pro and am making some drastic changes to our golfprogram.
Small town. Small CC. Didn't say it was Hilton Head.The Seer wrote:IndyFrisco wrote:Well, if it makes you feel better Derron, we've had the same greens keeper for 18 years. He takes damn good care of the course. We haven't asked a thing from him in years, and we buy him whatever equipment he needs to get his job done. Just cut an 11k check to him for a new rough mower last week.
We don't accept cash at our club now. That, too, came about because of the last pro.
Fine. I'll call your bluff...
Name of the CC? Annual fees? Monthly dues? Cough it up....
Not at liberty to say this, but the new pro we hired is getting about 20k more than the one that was fired. We think he's that good. We're building him an indoor training facility so he can teach lessons during the winter months. We are building an outdoor driving net so members can arm up before play and the pro can give lessons there as well. We don't have a range anymore.Derron wrote:What does this highly skilled and professional position pay ??That's me, fellas. I just hired a new golf pro and am making some drastic changes to our golfprogram.
Hacker Capitol Of the World, Killarney West.
I've played it through several dry winters. It all comes down to whether the creek stays in its banks or not(but it usually busts them in an average year). By the end of this month, once we get a warn dry week, it'll probably be pretty decent.That course is under water in a dry year. Look for it to open about April 15 maybe.
Sincerely, 1995?McKay Creek on the other side of the creek is a nicer course, little more jack, but Killarny is a goat pasture.
My friend actually had the phone to his face as he walked in the door. It's not that bad, although is rarely a "go-to" in winter. Not that many places play nice in winter, and during this winter, I think the number of "good ones" is zero. I've never played it, but I hear Langdon is about as good as winter golf gets. I played the OGA course in Woodburn in the wet last year, and it wasn't too shabby. The par-3 Edgefield in Troudale(sup McMenny's, sup yesterday afternoon)) is on a slope, and doesn't have quite the same dense, silty soil, so it doesn't get squishy very easily, and firms up pretty quickly. It's the bizzomb in the winter. That little course is more fun than it should be on paper, and I HATE par-3 courses, as a general rule. On the downside, it's in Troutdale, where rumor has it that they actually invented wind there. Aim about 30 degrees east off the tee towards the east(although it was calm yesterday, super-nice afternoon of golf in February).You would not have been able to get past the submerged cars on the road in there.
Ok... you know the score with Joe... I know the whole family.. helped build Killarney, played it so many times before it was open drunk..The nice folks there (the descendants of Uncle Joe...they have St Helens, Springwater (sup mountain goats), and a couple of others I can't remember...everybody in Washington County knows Uncle Joe, don't they?
What the heck is his daughter that runs the place name? I always forget her damned name, and she always remembers mine...I hate that. Isn't she the one who married the Vuylsteke, of Oak Knoll fame?Derron wrote: Joe owns Killarney
Colleen... she married Jim Vuylsteke, who farms in the same area. The Oak Knoll bunch is cousins.What the heck is his daughter that runs the place name? I always forget her damned name, and she always remembers mine...I hate that. Isn't she the one who married the Vuylsteke, of Oak Knoll fame?
Thank you. If I can remember, I won't feel nearly as foolish when she says "Hi Dinsdale," and I can't return in kind (except my name isn't really Dinsdale).Derron wrote:Colleen
Ron was a friend and coworker of my Dad's, up until the time he left to open the winery. I know Tom -- great guy.The Oak Knoll bunch is cousins.
Colleen and Jim built a house on the course there, but moved out to the family farm last year. One of their boys lives there now and throws partys all the time.
Washco used to be like a small town in a small world. Now, with half a million people, those days are gone. War -- old schoolers.Colleen introduced my wife and myself. Set us up on a blind date. My first wife and I lived across the street from them, so we done some pretty heavy misbehaving in those days. Jim and I go way back.
One of my good golfing buddies used to work for her way back when. He ran across her during the construction, and he went and did work out there in exchange for free rounds at a later date. I think he's spent them since then. But tell you what, the coupla times I've been there with him, he calls during the busiest times, doesn't give a name, just calls up and says "hey, what's up," and we have a tee time...which is nice.Her sister Jane, runs McKay Creek.
I got stuck in Madras, shithole of shitholes, Indian tweeker capital of the West, I think about 3 years ago. Never made it to the course, since the locals told us "it pretty much sucks." That's of course the locals that didn't say "How...golf no good...we get $10 for paleface scalp." I'm suprised, since that area is sporting some world-class courses, that there wasn't a huge market for a decent low priced alternative.Kevin is the one that had the Madras shithole. You never knew if the ball went in the hole or rolled off the side and went in a fucking gopher hole. Real shit hole. I went through Madras about 6 years ago, and it had been 10 years before that, fucking shithole, no other way around it. They added the other 9 before they secured the acutal real water rights, so the locals yanked it from them. I heard he sold it about 5 years ago or so.
Like yourself(and about 3 other freaking people here), I've been around these parts for a long time. And I learned at an early age that you just DO NOT speed, or even look funny while driving through the rez. They live by the idea that on the rez, ALL Indians are cops. And just try getting the key to the restroom at that little gas station/market thing in Warm Springs. The guys I was travelling with were of Indian descent(although they pretty much look Mexican), and everything was hunky-dory with them. Fuckers in the store wouldn't acknowledge me, and my coworkers had to get the key for me...nice folks.Kah Nee Taa... take your fucking life in your hands driving in there.
OK, we're on the same page. That's north of Dallas, not west.Derron wrote:Yeah... just keep on going south on 99 from Bayou Goat Ranch. Take a right on Hwy 22 and Cross Creek is about 4 miles out.
The nice thing about that is after you play a round, keep heading west and your about 20 minutes from Spirit Mountain Casino, that killer breakfast buffet and some gambling.
I would have been OK with $12. It was freaking 16 freaking bones. Didn't break the bank or anything, but it's the principle of the matter at that point. I'm guessing they've made some drainage upgrades, since it wasn't too horribly bad last weekend, although that place never even used to open until later in the spring.Bayou was or sold recently. 2 million fucking dollars for a course built on little hill tops to keep out of the water. $ 12 for nine on a weekend for Bayou...ouch.. but then a golf course built in a flood plain is bound to have some inhernet problems.
I've heard nothing but good things. If'n I'm not mistaken, it's the oldest course in the entire state. Another on my "to-do" list. No freaking rattlesnakes in Gearhart, so there's that.A fun course at the north coast is The Highlands at Gearhart.
Its fucking Oregon dude... were lucky we even got the casino...A non-drinking casino? Get the fuck outta here.
That would explain why it looked dryer than past March's. I did not see any players out, but it looked playable to me.I'm guessing they've made some drainage upgrades, since it wasn't too horribly bad last weekend, although that place never even used to open until later in the spring.
It is the oldest course in the state. In one of my former lives, I sold turf equipment and was on every course in this state. The Highlands was for sale back in 1992. I could have bought the WHOLE MOTHER FUCKING COURSE for $ 395,000 at the time. I just could not put it together, I guess paying that divorce off in 89, to the tune of about a $ 100K kind of fucked me up for a while.If'n I'm not mistaken, it's the oldest course in the entire state.
Wasn't too bad. Still plugged quite a few. Greens weren't too shabby for a wet March, though, but they have left the grass pretty long -- which is the putting equalizer in winter...divide however much break you were going to play by two, and add 50% to the speed of the putt, right? You're from Oregon, you know what I'm talking about. Putting finesse kinda goes out the window during monsoon season.Derron wrote: That would explain why it looked dryer than past March's. I did not see any players out, but it looked playable to me.
What, there was a three-hole corse there since like 1890, or some shit? That's pretty old for the Frontier.It is the oldest course in the state.
I have a friend who might (long, hard-to-believe story) be coming in to an ungodly sum of money (well into the nine-digits, if you can believe it), and claims he's going to buy up just about every course that's for sale in Oregon and Washington. Havern't heard an update on the transaction in quite a while, but I'm quite certain that if his deal goes through, he will do exactly that...and buy his way on to the Natrionwide Tour, or some such place (dude has MAD game, absolutely tears up the hacker courses when the warden lets him out on the weekends, and it becomes a matter of how many under par he'll finish, not if he'll finish with a minus...bastard).Any nine now will bring about 1.3 million regardless. But using conventional financial parameters, you have to run the damn things for about 20 years before you can pay them off, especially if you have to upgrade irrigation and drainage.
I was quite a ways upstream when I saw the shootout, actually. Wasn't even a particulary good spot, but when they're running hard, it doesn't really matter. But bullets start hitting the bank near you, and it's time to freaking go. It's a freaking rock they're gundighting over, for chrissake...but it's gotten WAY better. Never used to pack when I fished before that, if for no other reason I hate the extra weight the piece adds to the vest. I usually do now. Ain't no lawmen on the river unless they're writing you fishing tickets. And if there is, they tend to side with the Tllamook locals, who are all of course related. Not too many branches on them family trees.Derron wrote:The annual gun battles at the Hospital Hole are legendary and true. I have seen dudes start popping 44's into the hole just like a bunch of jungle monkeys.....homie don't play that game .
That's why I never fish below Mills Bridge. Fucking neckshow below that. The fish are a little less plentiful, sure, but the rocks to stand on are readily available. Us "old timers" know where to avoid the crowds. Probably my favorite all-around stream...but it's also the favorite of just about every other Westsider, too. My favoarite fall nooker stream is the Mainstem Nehalem...SHHHHHH!!!!. Lightly fished, huge numbers(self propagating, from what I understand), massive available room, and more different runs than any stream I can think of...summers, late summers, early falls, falls, winters...Nehalem has it all. And the fish seem less dependent on the freshet to bump upstream. I've hosted some freaking slaughters on that sucker. It's almost kindof a "secret" chinook stream, and I'm glad it seems to be staying that way. Much longer, more remote drive to the good spots.The lower Wilson can be just as bad when them mother fucking guides turn their 60 foot sleds sideways and start mining the hole. There was one dude who paid some kid $ 50 to sit there all night in a drift boat to "hold"the hole.
That's my beef with the fall fisheries. It's a fucking fish...you can go buy the shit in a store...it's supposed to be fun and relaxing, and I don't know about you, but I have a hard time relaxing when people are shooting at me...call me crazy like that. OK, nobody has ever actually shot AT me, since if they did, you would have read all about it in the papers, since one of us would have wound up dead.He tried showing us his piece and all that shit, so my my bud just uncovered his 12 gauge tactical Mossberg on the bank. He left with a bunch of pissed off clients.
You know, I will never stop kicking myself -- a few years back...must be about 10 years now...I came across a parcel of 5 acres stremfront on the tidewater of the North Fork Nehalem. Pretty sweet hole there, too. I think somebody had already built a crude dock thingy. $20,000. Twenty-freaking-K. Didn't quite have it together, but Mom to the rescue...thought it would be freaking nuts to let it get away. Got my "i'll take it, right freaking now, cash in hand" in about 5 minutes too late. Stll freaking pissed to this day. I'd still live here where the money is, but it woulda been kinda nice to put a trailer there for me and my buddies until the time came to build a house. Fuck.I aint flush enough to have stream front property, because even a sewer slough there gets too fucking expensive.
Please do. My buddy bought this crappy wood boat years ago for like $130. Absolute POS that had been sitting outside uncovered. He got a few runs(more than his money's worth), then got Yaegermeistered up on the Clack and sank it...sort of...all time funny story, the last half of which I caught, since I came to the rescue. I missed the part where they crashed the big party at the riverfrom semi-mansion to use the phoone, and ended up staying and guzzling their booze. Anyhow, my other fishing bud is a carpenter, so we took it and rebuilt the bottom, with a little extra reinforcement. That was probably three years ago, and that sucker hasn't been in the water since. Devout bankrats, since all that time spent messing with the boat could be spent wetting a line.But the idea is to have the drift boat close and ready. I'll keep you posted on the process.
A golf topic? OK.Sandlie...bwaaahaaaa... that one hole where you have to shoot over that gully.... gets pretty backed up with dudes smoking bowls on the tee...even a shitty tee shot gets a lot of run on the dry fucking fairways in the summer...
