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Things we think we know

July 19, 2012 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

Watching Tiger Woods play golf today at Royal Lytham & St. Annes  is, as always in recent years, a complex mental exercise. You can’t watch him without thinking of his monumental fall from grace and wondering where he’s at in his mind and body and golf game and why we should care. Well, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Off Course, UncategorizedTagged With: Joe Paterno, Penn State, PR, public relations, Sandusky, Tiger Woods

The high price of private liquor: You get what you vote for

June 24, 2012 By Bart Potter 2 Comments

The flask in the side pocket is standard golf equipment for a couple-three guys I know, and if you live in Washington USA like I do, filling the flask with brown liquid is fraught with complexities, over and above laying hands on the funnel … We will write in this space about something other than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Off CourseTagged With: booze, flask, liquor prices, Private liquor, side pocket, standard golf equipment, Washington state liquor privatization

Leave these on the teebox with no regrets

May 16, 2011 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

The girl in my life, wise beyond her dozen years, has been known to say, reproachfully, "You should not be smoking, Grumpy." (She calls me Grumpy, which is a story for another day). I don't argue with her ... I just say, "I only smoke cigars." And: "I only smoke when I play golf." To which she says, … [Read more...]

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