The Sunday Golfers

Birkdale Golf Club "Golf is a game of misses." - Ben Hogan (Played on Sunday, December 24th, 2017.) Birkdale Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer designed golf course located in Huntersville, North Carolina, about a half an hour north of Charlotte. The 9th flagstick at Birkdale. This is not the same Royal Birkdale that Jordan Spieth won his third major last Open Championship, obviously. You may be wondering why we are all the way down here, instead of back in the homeland that is New Jersey. Well, two-thirds of us were still in chilly New Jersey on Christmas Eve, while the other third was playing golf in just as chilly North Carolina. Chris Colman was the lone Sunday Golfer, playing with his uncle while visiting relatives in Huntersville. He surely missed his two friends while he was playing, but nothing could stop him from playing. Colman had played this course a few times, but never had the chance to take many photos, so he finally had photos of his own to sho

December Golf in New Jersey "Cinderella story, out of nowhere..." - Carl Spackler (Sunday, December 17th, 2017) Happy Holidays! We die-hard golfers here in New Jersey are accustomed to playing in cold, bitter winter weather.  Frozen greens, chilly wind, and sunlight that is a luxury that we really appreciate when spring arrives. What New Jersey golfers are use to seeing during the winter months. There is nothing quite like it. Although it is sometimes an annoyance waiting for frost to lift before our morning round, or having a shot ricochet off the green like it asphalt.  In the end, the only thing that matters is that we are having fun.  Some people think we're crazy to play in 30 degree weather, and sometimes I think these people are right. However, most of the time, these "golfers" are the players who put their clubs away from October to April, and throw their clubs in frustration.  They wonder why they can't hit the ball sol