The Last Ride
(Photos at bottom)
I enjoyed my last golf trip of the year on Novembers 29 and 30.
There's much that can be said about this one, from the planning to the departure, but I'll cut right to the parts that really matter:
1. We were at Secession Golf Club, which, I'm proud to say, I'd put up against any club in terms of delivering a top-drawer golf experience. Our president, Bob Harcharik, and our Director of Golf, Mike Harmon, have created an environment where guests are as welcome as they would be in our homes, and it shows. Last night, during dinner, I think my six guests felt as though they, themselves, were members, and there's nothing, nothing, that makes a host feel better than that.
2. My guests, their-own-selves, were top drawer. All had been to Secession before, and it's clear they value the experience. (That makes it all the better - the best, perhaps - for the host.) I've taken control of with whom I play and where I play, and it shows. This was - as was another the previous week - an outstanding group, and we laughed and cut up on as well as off the course. We played, drank, and ate together as old friends, even though some of them became brand new friends this week. (How good is that?)
3. Our golf wasn't all that good. We played a difficult, wet, not-in-its-best-condition golf course, but it was still pretty special. Secession played long (I forced us back on the "Grant" tees, and I think I'll have to re-chrome my 3-wood), and the game we played rewarded stick-to-it-iveness as much as a medal score. My pal Kirk Davis won all the individual games, but there were enough better balls going around that everyone won a little bit. Perfect.
I'll use another entry to sum up the year, but this was a perfect outing for me to end 2005's golf. Thanks, fellas. Hit 'em straight forever.
PHOTOS
This is our group being served dinner. Tami, who served our table is much nicer and more attractive, but Claude McElveen, who runs our food and beverage operation at Secession, helped serve the entrees.
Let me tell you about the dinner Tory and Justin prepared: We had an outstanding appetizer (potstickers), followed by a Caesar salad, then a Rigatoni Bolognese that reminded me "sauce is, truly, King." The pleasant surprise, however, were some bacon-wrapped asparagus. (Did I tell you that we know how to treat guests at Secession?)
This is our last hole on the first day. I insisted we go out and play the "the point" (Secession's 16th, 17th, and 18th holes) again after we finished our round. Here's Glenn Prillaman on 18 tee:
And, yep, it was that dark!
Here is Tami serving Kirk and Neil:
And here's the Secession club house at dawn this morning.
How beautiful is that?
I enjoyed my last golf trip of the year on Novembers 29 and 30.
There's much that can be said about this one, from the planning to the departure, but I'll cut right to the parts that really matter:
1. We were at Secession Golf Club, which, I'm proud to say, I'd put up against any club in terms of delivering a top-drawer golf experience. Our president, Bob Harcharik, and our Director of Golf, Mike Harmon, have created an environment where guests are as welcome as they would be in our homes, and it shows. Last night, during dinner, I think my six guests felt as though they, themselves, were members, and there's nothing, nothing, that makes a host feel better than that.
2. My guests, their-own-selves, were top drawer. All had been to Secession before, and it's clear they value the experience. (That makes it all the better - the best, perhaps - for the host.) I've taken control of with whom I play and where I play, and it shows. This was - as was another the previous week - an outstanding group, and we laughed and cut up on as well as off the course. We played, drank, and ate together as old friends, even though some of them became brand new friends this week. (How good is that?)
3. Our golf wasn't all that good. We played a difficult, wet, not-in-its-best-condition golf course, but it was still pretty special. Secession played long (I forced us back on the "Grant" tees, and I think I'll have to re-chrome my 3-wood), and the game we played rewarded stick-to-it-iveness as much as a medal score. My pal Kirk Davis won all the individual games, but there were enough better balls going around that everyone won a little bit. Perfect.
I'll use another entry to sum up the year, but this was a perfect outing for me to end 2005's golf. Thanks, fellas. Hit 'em straight forever.
PHOTOS
This is our group being served dinner. Tami, who served our table is much nicer and more attractive, but Claude McElveen, who runs our food and beverage operation at Secession, helped serve the entrees.
Let me tell you about the dinner Tory and Justin prepared: We had an outstanding appetizer (potstickers), followed by a Caesar salad, then a Rigatoni Bolognese that reminded me "sauce is, truly, King." The pleasant surprise, however, were some bacon-wrapped asparagus. (Did I tell you that we know how to treat guests at Secession?)This is our last hole on the first day. I insisted we go out and play the "the point" (Secession's 16th, 17th, and 18th holes) again after we finished our round. Here's Glenn Prillaman on 18 tee:
And, yep, it was that dark!Here is Tami serving Kirk and Neil:
And here's the Secession club house at dawn this morning.
How beautiful is that?
posted by Mark Burris - BURRIS at 8:28 PM
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