PublicGolfer
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Hi, THP! I'm Garrett, a new member from Pebble Beach, CA. I've been lurking in a few different forums for the past several months, and this one, it seems to me, has a real sense of community while still being big and active. An excellent combination!
So... a little on my background: I played golf competitively as a junior in Santa Barbara, and I did odd jobs at local courses throughout high school, but once I moved away for college I more or less disengaged from the game. For most of my 20s I played only when visiting my parents. That changed last year, when I got a job as a teacher at a boarding school in Pebble Beach. I don't think any ex-golfer can live here without getting lured out to the course occasionally. As I started playing more and more rounds with my colleagues at Pacific Grove Golf Links and Bayonet / Black Horse (the courses inside the Pebble Beach gates are well out of my price range), the golf bug got me. Now I'm just as obsessed as I was when I was 13.
The main thing that sustains my passion for golf is thinking about the courses themselves. Great golf courses are like great works of literature (sorry, I can't help it; I'm an English teacher): they contain layers of meaning that reveal themselves only on repeat "readings." They also serve as a living record of their own histories, which is why I find older courses like Pacific Grove so satisfying to play over and over.
Anyway, I look forward to joining the discussions here!
So... a little on my background: I played golf competitively as a junior in Santa Barbara, and I did odd jobs at local courses throughout high school, but once I moved away for college I more or less disengaged from the game. For most of my 20s I played only when visiting my parents. That changed last year, when I got a job as a teacher at a boarding school in Pebble Beach. I don't think any ex-golfer can live here without getting lured out to the course occasionally. As I started playing more and more rounds with my colleagues at Pacific Grove Golf Links and Bayonet / Black Horse (the courses inside the Pebble Beach gates are well out of my price range), the golf bug got me. Now I'm just as obsessed as I was when I was 13.
The main thing that sustains my passion for golf is thinking about the courses themselves. Great golf courses are like great works of literature (sorry, I can't help it; I'm an English teacher): they contain layers of meaning that reveal themselves only on repeat "readings." They also serve as a living record of their own histories, which is why I find older courses like Pacific Grove so satisfying to play over and over.
Anyway, I look forward to joining the discussions here!
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