The talented Mark Ruckhaus has been posting “The Tour” on the Delphi Skeetersoft Forum. We will post it here, and continue to do so, for your convenience. The Tour is based on ASG PC Golf. Mark’s imagination, talent, and insights into the world of golf are worth a good read. If you have not read … Continue reading
There had to be at least 500 of ‘em there. Though some recognized the place, all wondered how they got there. It was golf’s equivalent of 42nd & 8th, that noted intersection in Manhattan near the Port Authority Bus Terminal where, it was said, if you stood there long enough, you’d see one of everything … Continue reading
Tournament of the Centuries – Play Begins Day number one of Q-School dawned bright and sunny with players out practicing as the sun came up. A player would arrive, see fifty players on the practice tee, another twenty or so on the practice green and the Chairman would just seem to have a knack for … Continue reading
Tournament of the Centuries – Day 3 at Q School Not much movement at the top of the leaderboard on day three at Q-School though a couple in the top ten at the end of yesterday, Gil Morgan and Andres Romero each took a three-shot dump, both shooting 75s and sliding back. For Morgan, it … Continue reading
Not much movement at the very top of the leaderboard as four rounds seems to have settled everyone in and, barring a major change of fortune, all 520 golfers have an approximate idea as to where they’re going to be earning their paychecks this season–at least to start, as the Chairman has made sure that … Continue reading
FIRST EVENT – ST. ANDREWS This time, the golfers weren’t as surprised waking up somewhere and wondering where they were. Televisions and radios had people speaking with a brogue along with those other couple stations where people spoke the King’s English. For those who remembered playing at St. Andrews a very long time ago, those … Continue reading
SECOND EVENT PINEHURST STAFFA TOUR – FIRST ROUND Narrow fairways, waste bunkers and car hoods for greens. What else could you want from Pinehurst #2? Throw in some sustained gusty wind, a rarity down in the Carolinas, and NOW let’s see how these seasoned pros attack the course. What happened was, in a field of … Continue reading
PEBBLE BEACH RUCKHAUS TOUR FIRST HOLE [Ed. Note: Starting here, as long as it’s a full-size course, I’ll play every golfer. As aggressive play is the only way to get off the Ruckhaus Tour, the AI wouldn’t understand that. Therefore, the object for this hole is to go for the green in two and no … Continue reading
FOURTH EVENT SAWGRASS RUCKHAUS TOUR Though it was bizarre and still a bit unnerving, the golfers were getting more used to going to bed in one place and waking in another. So, after hitting the sack on the Monterey Peninsula, they woke up in northeast Florida and, miraculously, without jet lag. OK, no jets were … Continue reading
FIFTH EVENT The players were sort of getting used to going to sleep Sunday in one place and waking Monday in another. Sort of, as the unnerving part had pretty well disappeared for most, instead replaced by a sort of anxiety, the kind little children face when they hop in the family car and, when … Continue reading
SIXTH EVENT KAPALUA RUCKHAUS TOUR FIRST HOLE [Ed. note: This is a quick play event. Though I’ll try to use my imagination, a lot of the hole by hole descriptions will be missing.] Action moved from the pines of the southeast, specifically Augusta National, to the palm trees and trade winds of the Pacific, specifically … Continue reading
EVENT #7 THE RUCKHAUS TOUR It was like the “atomic flush,” only with clock radios. Just before 6 AM in 143 hotel rooms: “WCBS news time 5:58. Traffic and weather together on the eights…” Not much traffic just yet but it would be miserable in an hour. The weather sounded good: Mid 60s now, heading … Continue reading
EVENT #8 CELTIC MANOR RUCKHAUS TOUR No passports, no TSA people copping a cheap feel and no jet lag. Members of all three tours woke up across “the pond” and it was the 137 remaining members of the Ruckhaus Tour taking first crack at Celtic Manor while the others rolled over and went back to … Continue reading
EVENT #9 TPC SCOTTSDALE RUCKHAUS TOUR FIRST HOLE Some of the older guys had trouble breathing. It seemed that, depending on where they came from, they either got used to breathing the damp stuff or, as some came from areas with factories, coal mines and the like–the stuff you could see before you inhaled. The … Continue reading
EVENT # 10 The Chairman was reading before bedtime. Always a sucker for a good golf story–baseball too– he was reading the former and was about to turn out the light when he said to himself, “I could do that. Hell, I’m the Chairman; I can do anything.” After watching the 256 members of the … Continue reading
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