{"id":1282,"date":"2011-04-01T09:09:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tombedell.com\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2014-04-01T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T16:36:34","slug":"news-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/1282\/news-of-the-day","title":{"rendered":"To Combat Slow Play, Firearms Issued to Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO GOLF CLUB TAKES AIM AT SLOW PLAY, ISSUES FIREARMS TO RANGERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>CHICAGO, IL, April 1–Hot on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s action in striking down the city\u2019s ban on handguns, the Chicago Golf Club has announced that it will supply its course rangers with revolvers in an effort to speed up play. Established by legendary architect Charles Blair Macdonald as the nation\u2019s oldest eighteen-hole course in 1893 (though redesigned by Macdonald disciple Seth Raynor in 1923), the Wheaton course has recently been plagued by long waits for those stuck behind some of the older members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel we\u2019ve always been on the cutting edge,\u201d said Frieda Stones, club manager. \u201cAfter all, we admitted our first African-American member in 1993, and our first full female member in 2001, so we like to think we look forward as well as back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charles Blair Macdonald<\/p><\/div>\n

But referring to the club\u2019s traditions, Mrs. Stones observed, \u201cCharles Blair Macdonald was of an age when rounds were speedy affairs, and caddy flogging was still in vogue. We think he would have been appalled at the lethargic pace some of our members have adopted out on the course, and would applaud our proactive solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the exact firearms policy is still to be worked out, Stones assured members that rangers will not be encouraged to shoot to kill, at least at first. \u201cWe expect that firing a few divot-raising rounds at players\u2019 feet should get the message across.\u201d<\/p>\n

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GOLF JOURNALIST SHUNNED BY COLLEAGUES AFTER ACTUALLY PAYING FOR ROUND<\/strong><\/p>\n

WESTFIELD, MA, April 1–Daniel Carter, a freelance golf journalist who plunked down a mere $15 to play an early season round at the East Mountain Country Club in Massachusetts, is discovering just how costly that round has become.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve basically been shunned by all my golf writing \u2018friends\u2019 for going against the code and paying for a round of golf,\u201d said Carter.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Syrus Cophant, membership director for the Golf Writers Association of America, said, \u201cI just don\u2019t know what Danny was thinking when he put his hand in his pocket. True, it may be an unspoken rule, but actually laying money on the counter for a round of golf is a pretty serious breech of protocol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter, a member of the GWAA, the Met Golf Writers Association and the International Network of Golf, says he\u2019s playing solo these days: \u201cEvery time I call someone to try and arrange a round they all say the same thing: \u2018Sorry, our threesome is full.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While no official records are kept, one ING official who asked to remain anonymous said he thought Carter\u2019s transaction was the first time a golf journalist had paid for a round in 27 years.<\/p>\n

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Here at The A Position we\u2019re given a topic to address (or not) each month for The A List feature, and last year around this time–same day, actually–some truth stretchers were called for. Click here<\/a> to see what my colleagues came up with, or here<\/a> to check this year\u2019s version.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t do one for 2011, as I was in Washington consulting with President Obama, discussing possible ways to provoke legislation outlawing cart path only golf courses, while drinking all the homebrew he\u2019s been making<\/a> lately.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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