Why is golf more important in our lives than any other sport?

GOLF IN FLORIDA
By Jock MacKenzie

Why is golf more important in our lives than any other sport? Because it is the only one in life that can be enjoyed through the ages of 80’s and 90’s!

Proof that is the golfer in Portland, Maine who played this marvelous game well into his 90’s, shooting scores around 85. While playing the terrific Hammock Dunes Course in Palm Coast at the invitation of the Florida area’s radio station owner, I brought this up for conversation somewhere around the 4th hole of that match. He replied: “That’s true. I know him.
I quickly asked why in the world he would know this golfer when he was busy with his radio stations in Florida.
He told me, “I go back to Maine every summer and know this golfer well. I’m a member of the same golf course. And yes, he is playing into his nineties now and hitting some great scores.”
As time took its course, the golfer approached the 100 year mark and finally gave up his beloved game. “But”, the radio station owner told me, “Now he goes to the bar at the Club every day!”
Time has taken away the golfer’s name but I and a ton of others will never forget the accomplishment of this golfer in the State of Maine.

If you want proof that golf is the only sport in all our lives that one can play seemingly forever just remember the accomplishment of this dedicated golfer from Maine. 

While age is a meaningless number, it is a fact that other enjoyable sports cash in at ages of 30 and maybe stretching it out to 40 but no more than that. So haul your golf bag to the nearest golf course and swing away – good, bad or mediocre. It could be the most impressive step of your life. Greatness, like the golfer from Maine, is never given. You earn it. And a quick step to the golf course with clubs in tow may provide the first step for you. Please don’t laugh when TV displays a five or six year old youngster swinging a golf club. He or she is on the way to a special success that I wish I could have had. And if you are 60, 70 or 80 years of age ready to call it quits, don’t. You’ll be amazed at the success you earned the hard way.

A PERFECT EXAMPLE
Bill O’Rourke, a golf group director of former law enforcement personnel, is a perfect example that age, his or mine, doesn’t mean a thing. O’Rourke heads up a group playing golf at two outstanding Florida golf courses – Pine Lakes and Cypress Knoll – in Palm Coast, Florida. 

The group started back in 1985 at Matanzas by Lew Sipowicz – another unit of The Grand Club, one that present owners are attempting to restore in good playing condition.
So what’s so sensational about a group of men playing golf not affiliated with a group affiliation? They are reportedly at what is said to be latter age but they play twice a week with golf partners and only the Lord knows how many more times during the week on their own. On a local basis, if anyone is interested in joining O’Rourke’s group, please call Mike Tsouklaris at (386) 437-5807.
Meanwhile, congratulations Bill O’Rourke, something tells me your perseverance will have you on the golf course well into your 90’s just like the golfer from Portland, Maine.

Don’t give up the ship. Golf is a life saver all the way to 99. After that you’re on your own.Please remember this: Greatness is never given. You earn it! Playing this wonderful game into large numbers may have you taking the right step. In other more direct words: “Don’t give up the ship!”

GRAND RESERVE GOLF
It’s been nearly two weeks that a local group played the game together at Grand Reserve for the first time.
They were stunned at the excellent condition of this popular golf course just off Route 1 in the Palm Coast area and said it to all who would listen time and time again.
And you know what’s so amazing? They are still talking about it! They just can’t get over from that one time of play how good the day was because of the fantastic condition under their feet. The one problem was that the greens were so fast they couldn’t get the little white pellet into the hole with consistency.
Will they be back? You can bet most of them will be at the first group opportunity.

If you’re in the area for golf, call Bryan at 386-313-2966 for quotes and availability. But don’t miss this gorgeous golf course while here.

LASTLY
Come on to Florida and enjoy the golf time of your life by playing two sensational golf courses, Pine Lakes and Cypress Knoll.
Arnold Palmer built the Pine Lakes layout, Gary Player the fantastic Cypress layout. 

Always remember, coming to Florida and playing these beautiful golf courses as a man and wife from Montreal did, makes the perfect vacation. And they’ve got it in spades at Palm Coast and the Grand Club. Take it from this ancestral Scot, you won’t find better golf and more fun anywhere from New England to Florida by being here, maybe for vacation, and swinging the clubs with more fun and accuracy than anywhere else in the nation.
Like is often said on TV, “Come on down!”