Chip's Corner

Wit, wisdom, and whimsy from the fairways of Poplar Creek.

Beware the Low Handicapper
By Security Chip
Beware of the match play desperados waiting for a slow moving train! This precautionary sign, which hangs on our club house door, has bewildered members for years. Some believe it is a homage ...
February 19, 2026
Chip is Back, Again
By Chip Rewind
After many lonely months on a personal sojourn to find the perfect golf swing and peace in the Middle East, I have returned to reality. My hajj did not take me to Mecca or Jerusalem, instead it took ...
December 13, 2025
The King and his Court
by Royal Chip
THE KING HAS FALLEN! This was a recent banner headline of the Los Angeles Times;the Washington Post and The PCGC Website. It’s true. The indestructible King of Poplar Creek,Bill Swingin’ Mr, Stevens...
October 09, 2022
For Mike Bradley
By Chip
Husband, Father, Brother, Loyal Friend. Professor, Scientist, Astrologer, Philosopher, Teacher. Fun, Goofy, Teller of good jokes when he could remember the punch line, head slapper when he co...
October 09, 2022
A Priest, A Pro and a Pallbearer
by Trinity Chip
My golf game had gotten so bad, Cheron, the mythological Greek figure charged with ferrying the newly deceased to the promised land, was waiting for me on the shoreline. He told me in broken English...
July 29, 2022
Dodgers Lose
Chip The Comeback Kid
Everyone loves baseball! It is after all, next to complaining, our national pastime. My journey the last few months was like those unending little league games. We have all sat through where the ump...
July 12, 2021
The Nerve Of Those Guys
Chip-Free
I was recently approached by a potential publisher interested in my newest book, “The Last of the Truck Driving Poets”, who wanted to know what was my target audience? Target audience please! I have...
April 10, 2021
Preparing For The Majors
by Big League Chip
To be a contender in The Spring Handicap, the Club Championship and the Tournament of Champions, this is the holy trinity of my new year’s resolutions. Can I? A question I have asked myself many t...
February 08, 2021
There Is No Covid In The Chimney
By Chip Cringle
I was summoned by several senior reindeers to meet Santa at an undisclosed location. Although I am a personal friend of the Big Fella, and have twice appeared on the Nice List (1970, 2008). I was st...
December 02, 2020
Q-Tip Please
By Chip By A Nose
Championship week. The fine line between drinking champaign in a tux sipping from a slipper to waking up drunk in a dark back alley. Putts drop, or they don’t. Is it fate, karma, dumb luck or the go...
October 07, 2020
Three Halves
Chip By The Numbers
Fire, pestilence and a National League designated hitter, has God forsaken us? I am not sure, but I am certain He has put us on the watch list. These are, indeed, troubling times. Rumor around the ...
September 16, 2020
Household Chores
By Granite Chip
Heroes belong here, literally. In a day when the country is in doubt and unsure of its providence, pedigree and purpose, it is refreshing to know we have never wavered in our membership. While it is...
July 30, 2020
Biscuits and Brandy
Chip Knows All
We are back! Last Sunday I saw the stars of Poplar Creek out in force, sauntering down the fairways, talking mess, being upstanding members. For six hours, the world healed, disease, famine, and pro...
June 16, 2020
5-2 Against
Iso ChIp
It’s poetry month and you are quarantined, how much better does it get. We here at Chip love an audience, even if it’s held at gun point. Sit back and enjoy Chip in verse. I was shopping during...
April 16, 2020
The Lowdown Lockdown Blues
by Essential Chip
Good God Gavin, how do you sleep at night? I understand, in these troubling times, the governments need to close down movie theaters, the odd Warrior game with attendance over ten, and all Democratic...
March 20, 2020
Young Man’s Game
by Chip Amor
I must confess to you my loyal and discreet readers, of my not so private affair with Lady G. From what I have heard, (guys talk you know), many of you share an admiration for her as well. What hap...
February 21, 2020
FaceTime With Santa
Recruiting Chip
Don’t kid yourselves fellas, Santa is very tech savvy. He knows all about Facebook, Snap Shot and all those, “honestly honey, I don’t know how I got on these sites. Remember he knows when you are slee...
December 19, 2019
En Garde
Cutting Edge Chip
Outlined by the blue gray November sky rides not the four horseman of the apocalypse, but the man with the ascot wielding his rapier-like wit. En garde. Confined by little pond anonymity, efforts are ...
November 25, 2019
P.S. TIP Big
Credit Card Chip
alloween is fast becoming my least favorite holiday, let me explain. Dressed in my standard Chip uniform of matching smoking jacket and ascot, I ambled into the grill’s lively costume bash. Ghosts, go...
October 22, 2019
More Love
by Protest Chip
Sad sipping recently at The Grill, the very limited brain trust of the PCGC was contemplating Mike Love’s decision to abdicate his 13 year presidency. Jason, Blue Lou, Swingin’ Mr. Stevens and I decid...
September 27, 2019
Your Tee
By Chip the Muse
It is poetry month. As much as I agree, more than one poem published in year should be met with capital punishment, It will not deter me from bringing you Chip in verse. We were a couple of strange...
April 15, 2019
One On One with Cupid
By Chip Amour
At this year’s Chippy’s, I had the chance to sit down with everybody’s favorite cherub, the elusive Cupid. We had a thoughtful discussion of his career, his golf game and the politics of love. How ...
February 13, 2019
And The Chippy Goes To…
By Gold Medal Chip
It is time to review the best in golf. These are the reasons we spend our money, dress like pimps on a three day bender, and for sake our dignity. Roll out the red carpet, it’s golf and these are the ...
January 18, 2019
A Saturday with Santa
By Chip Cringle
Hey Chip, Mel wasn’t having any of that service animal stuff. Isn’t this California? If she didn’t make such a yummy Manhattan, why I’d put her on the naughty list. Easy Santa, I said, Randy already h...
December 18, 2018
Pro Shop Dangers
By Chip and Time
A guy walks into a pro shop and is instantly mesmerized. He begins to speak in tongues, muttering things like “more birdies” and “Cabo Nick has no chance against these.” Raise your hand if this has ha...
December 13, 2018
Morning Drive
By Motor Chip
“Hey Chip, why don’t we have hela-taxis from SFO to Poplar Creek? Imagine never risking missing a tee time or being stuck in gridlock traffic,” stated Randy G. “Uber Copters, their time has come,” rep...
November 05, 2018
Happily Living a Country Song
By Cow Chip
The sun shone brightly on this lively and unusually boisterous post-round affair. The boys, after all, had plenty to celebrate. The course and the greens were responding nicely to the work of our new ...
August 27, 2018
Dads, Lads and Munis
By The Son of Papa Chip
Who introduced you to the game? Was it your dad at the affordable local muni? Is it still there? The saddest thing to hear in our game is when someone says, there used to be a course here. Think a...
June 11, 2018
The Devil, She Wears FootJoy
By Purgatory Chip
Here’s the gospel according to Chip, boys, the devil doesn’t wear Prada, she wears FootJoy. 24 hours removed from my latest golf disaster, this was the cruel and painful morning after. I was s...
April 01, 2018
A Sure Thing
by Poker Chip
It was during the dark days of televised sports, that black hole somewhere between the Daytona 500 and March Madness, when she tripped into my life. Had I Known what I know now I never would have stru...
March 12, 2018
The 2017 Chippy Awards
by Red Carpet Chip
While the rest of the world begins to pair up, two by two, in preparation of Hallmark’s big day, we at Chip stand resolutely alone, focused on the Best in Bay Area Golf. Unlike other publications, ma...
February 07, 2018
Across the Alley from the Alamo
By Fighting Chip
his, the fall of my discontent, has weighed heavily upon my golf game. It has almost gotten to the point where I flip my collar up, turn my back to the past and put my thumb out. Orange slices, 3 fo...
November 15, 2017
Golf and the Late Night Benediction
By Chip, The Deacon of Dryness
Merriment reigned throughout the grill that night. The clock inched toward a new day and our early morning tee times, but no one headed to the exits. The occasion, Club Championship Eve, the holiest...
August 24, 2017
Sub Rosa Chip
by Chip Undercover
Disguised in a trench coat, false mustache, and a somewhat stylish Fedora, I went undercover at a rival golf club on a fact finding mission. Unfortunately, Sean Penn was unavailable to offer assistan...
August 02, 2017
Navy Seal Golf Camp
by Para Chipper
Earlier this spring as the rains continued to fall, talk at the bar centered on our lack of golf conditioning. After all that liquid sunshine could we ever get back to our 2016 form? Had our golf ga...
May 30, 2017
Ode to Golf
by A Chip in Rhyme
As you, my loyal readers know, April is poetry month. Before I hear a collective groan emanating from the grill, I too believe anyone who writes more than one poem in a calendar year should be drawn ...
April 10, 2017
Getting Out Of Jail
By Monopoly Chip
Rain, rain go away. These constant showers have forced golfers throughout the state to come up with new and previously unheard excuses to get out of the house. As is our customs in matters such as t...
February 23, 2017
Cabin Fever
by Indoor Chip
I have spent my weekends in golf limbo since the rains began in earnest in November. Cloistered on my usual corner stool, I have been locked on to The Weather Channel. Yes, you read that correctly, T...
January 23, 2017
Merry #$$%^Chipmas
by CensorChip
We entered the grill, Santa and I, to a profanity-laced welcome reserved only for politicians and the rare Forty Niners touchdown. It was colorful and timely. The big man, no stranger to Poplar Cree...
December 13, 2016
Chiplomatic
By What the Chip
After a rather pleasant Saturday morning round of golf, I encountered someone I didn’t think existed here at PCGC, a critic. Some wags might suggest we have 325 of them, but not like this one. This ...
November 21, 2016
Chip on Chip
by Chip Squared
Earlier this month, I was summoned to the 49er training facility in Santa Clara. After repeated phone calls, I relented and agreed to a meeting. Like everyone else in the state, I was well aware of t...
October 24, 2016
Man Versus Woman
By Clueless Chip
It was a work day, that much I can say with a reasonable amount of certainty. I was busy grinding away on the range trying hard to quell my demons. These tormentors are far too numerous and ingrained...
August 09, 2016
My Vote’s For Love
By Every Chip Counts
June is when the political process starts to get fun. The primaries are finally over. The shoe-in candidates are busy trying to look and act presidential, while secretly preparing to drop the gloves h...
June 27, 2016
Train Wrecks and Tequila
By Salt, Lime and Chip
For 17 holes my swing was perfected. It was graceful, strong and free. It flowed like two sweethearts on a deserted dance floor, easy and confident. Every strike was solid, every putt was pure. It...
May 23, 2016
Ode to Cabo Nick
By Chip Up To His Ears
April, as my seven loyal readers know, is National Poetry Month. There is nothing on earth quite like the PCGC membership in lambic pentameter. Sit back and enjoy a road trip with Cabo Nick and the ...
April 15, 2016
Saints and Sinners
By Holy Chip
The banner flying above the grill looked well worn and a bit tattered, it read First Annual Saint Patrick's Day Open. It seemed innoucous enough, a religious group having a charity event. My only rea...
March 07, 2016
Gone Hollywood
by Star Chip Enterprise
Life after the publishing of my book, “No Off Switch to Genius”, it has been a whirlwind personal appearances. It has been mostly the mundane stuff ranging from food festivals and new product launchi...
January 22, 2016
Santa Muni
By Chip Kringle
Say Santa, do you want to walk or ride? I got this covered, Chip, I brought Rudy and a couple of the boys to take us around. I just feel bad for the foursome behind us, I guess they will learn the r...
December 01, 2015
Sunday Morning Aftermath
By Chip by the Numbers
I awoke with the taste of stale wine, a drum solo pounding in my head, and the unmistakeable feeling that something was wrong in my universe. It was the Sunday morning Kris Kristofferson and Willie N...
November 19, 2015
Saturday Morning Cartoons
By Media Chip
It was at a recent speaking engagement promoting my up coming book, There Is No Off Switch To Genius that I was accosted by the media. The reporters, many of whom I am well acquainted, began to circl...
November 02, 2015
Gambler’s in the Neon
by Chips All In
The NFL would have you believe America is excited about its new season. Every detail has been scrutinized to hype your senses for the glitter of their game. Everything from the team's color schemes t...
September 23, 2015
A Clear Conscience and A Cool Pillow
by Chip Light
I was sad sipping, sequestered in the corner, on what most days is my favorite bar stool. I was a wallow in the post-round blues, sullen, contemplative and down right un-Chip like. What was causing t...
August 12, 2015
Play Hard, Play Fair, Play Fast!
Chip In Time
My editor yelled, in a thoroughly uncensored, highly agitated state which possessed style, originality and creativity, that my article was @#$%^^ing late. He belittled my abilities to read a watch an...
July 17, 2015
Handicaps and Other Tom Foolery
by Holy Chip
Blue Moon Retainer, my trusty attorney, and I trekked down to Monterey for an audience with the Pope of Slope. After kissing his ring, diamonds inlaid on an emerald field encased in gold, we began a ...
June 12, 2015
Sand and Rain
by Chip Isle
I was waiting near the second tee box, when my mind began to wonder. Suddenly, I was in the land of palm trees and Coppertone, mai tais and bikinis. I was on island time now. No rush, no worries, no...
May 14, 2015
An Invitation to the Blues
by Gaming Chip
National Poetry Month is here. The membership has voiced some concerns that this will bring the return of the pot smoking, poorly bathed Frenchmen. They have moved on to Palo Alto Muni, due to our lim...
April 01, 2015
Corkscrews and Sunblock
by Chips All In
The grill is a different place during the dreaded dark days of sport. That awful lull between Super Bowl Sunday and March Madness where conversations tend to be superficial and forced. The networks ...
March 09, 2015
Beer, Wine and Chip Remain
By Chip Ex Libras
This country has long been a nation of chance takers, gamblers and men of vision. Our forefathers introduced, to an uncaring world, the radical ideas of democracy, indoor plumbing, and Britney Spears...
February 18, 2015
A Look Into The Future
By Chip the Seer
With the aid of a Ouija board and my trusty magic eight ball, I will make some rather bold predictions for and of the PCGC membership in 2015. Bill Feeley, after a lengthy negotiation session and t...
January 20, 2015
Secret Santa
by Chip Undercover
Earlier this month, I was taking the air with the big guy himself, Santa Claus, on the veranda of a South Beach nightclub. He comes here for a week or so before the busy season to relax, pump pina co...
December 02, 2014
Chip, The Series
by Star Chip
he ref signaled for a thirty second TV timeout, sports most exciting two minutes, as I resumed my game day routine. I was working the nape of her neck south, southwest of the lobe when it happened. ...
November 16, 2014
The Meaning of Golf
by Chip Monk
I was recently immersed in a spiritual quest for the meaning of golf. A personal hadj for a lower handicap and golf enlightenment. This sojourn to cleanse my game of impure swing thoughts, day dream...
October 13, 2014
Poplar World Cup
by Global Chip
The balance of golf power is teetering on the edge. While most eyes are focused on the Ryder Cup and the possibility of two more years of European domination, I believe we need to take a more global a...
September 10, 2014
The Countdown
By Chip in Time
We began the countdown, like most Saturdays, at ten minutes till nine. The Grill was three deep. The members were in their usual fine voice and lively spirit. It has become our custom to refrain fr...
August 13, 2014
Gleneagles Golf Course Needs Our Support
By Chip
Another public golf course is on the verge of closing. Gleneagles Golf course, perhaps the most difficult course in the area, is fighting to stay open and could use our help. This hard scrabble ...
July 14, 2014
School of Cool
By Scholarchip
To solidify my street cred and appease my parole officer (see my Feb post), I recently attended a public gathering of the great unwashed. I was inundated by the overweight, the over sweaty and the ov...
July 09, 2014
The Dilemma
By Hesi-Chip
Her golf skirt swished in a pendulum motion even smoother than Levi Fontaine's rhythmic putting stroke. She told me, in no uncertain terms, "Kiss me or get off the pot. With all of your hesitation, ...
June 09, 2014
Greetings and Salutations
By Sincerely Chip
It is truly gratifying to have a court order rescinded. My weekly suggestions to the Hallmark Greeting Card Company have met with some serious opposition. In fact, a legal cease and desist order was...
May 13, 2014
Game Time
Pro Chip
April is National Poetry Month. This does not mean the membership has to talk to, wave at, or interact in any way with any of these poorly dressed, odd smelling beret wearers. It does, however, help...
April 04, 2014
March Match Play Madness
Chip-A-Domis
Can you hear it? That haunting little refrain that has gotten a hold of the membership. They are humming it on the tee boxes, tapping to it in the men's room and warbling it a the top of their lungs ...
March 04, 2014
A Shot of Love
by Chip Amore
Say Jailer, what we all charged with? Do you mean, in addition to bad grammar? Well, son, the charges are down at the courthouse being sorted, typed, and quite frankly, marveled at. That was so...
February 17, 2014
For the Better of the Game
by Chipping In
With the silly season ending, so long shambles, it is time to make some serious new year's golf resolutions. Not the shed a few pounds or wear less plaid lip service, but the real kind of change need...
January 14, 2014
Merry Chipmas
By Chip
Tis the season for bad ties, fruit cakes, and sweaters too ugly for golf. Yes, for golf. You know the sweaters. That gift from a relative who wants to know how often you wear it. Red or blue with o...
December 11, 2013
Chip vs. IRS
By Chip E. Nomics
(This is the actual trial transcript of Chip vs. the IRS) Judge: Bailiff, why are we trying this case in the Poplar Creek Bar? BMR: If I may, Your Honor, I am Blue Moon Retainer, counsel for th...
November 11, 2013
Alcohol and Alchemy
by Cocktail Chip
It was a simple recipe really. A perfect blend of alcohol and alchemy. Pour a delicious dram of stranger with a dollop of moonlight, add a splash of laughter over a jazz soundtrack and let the encha...
September 30, 2013
For Bettor or Worse
by Dumb Chip
It was a who's who of club respectability that morning. The Roosevelts, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts were filing in, en masse. Ok, perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration, but those who had jobs far ...
September 09, 2013
Vidi, Viche, Vino
by Chip Cellars
Vin Scully: Welcome back to Dodger's Stadium and the home half of the fourth. It's a beautiful night, the temperature is in the eighties, the smog visibility is nearly 200 feet, so there is no reason...
August 07, 2013
R and A and C
by Sir Chip
I was in England recently as a guest of the Royal and Ancient. I was there to accept an award and to evaluate the state of the game from my uniquely American position. I was knighted, long overdue in ...
July 15, 2013
Chip to Shore
by Chip Ahoy
Every four years we pretend to care about the America's Cup Yacht Race. Why, is it the name? Somehow we feel compelled to watch rich guys play with their toys. It can't be much of a sporting event ...
June 11, 2013
Tis the Season
by A Chip in Time
It wasn't until after a lackluster round at a nondescript Central Valley course that things got interesting. Bill Feeley suggested we all go to lunch at a place he used to go to when he was in the ar...
May 14, 2013
In Memory of Stephan Brmalj
By Chip
ecently we lost member Steve Brmajl after a long illness. He too, was an Elk with quite a story. Steve lived in Yugoslavia during the cold war. He was a grade school teacher and loved the work but ...
April 16, 2013
The Green Peel
by Chips All In
The great unwashed public is probably unaware that April is national poetry month. As cultural liaison officer, I feel it is my duty to keep the membership informed and classy. I sat hunched over, ...
March 27, 2013
Irish Painters
by Chip O'Paint
I recently called my attorney, Blue Moon Retainer, collect. I asked him what I should do about those outrageous stories being told about the Irish. He said, I should consult with an expert on the subj...
March 08, 2013
It Ain’t Love Until the Fat Kid is on the Wing
by Chip Amour
Cupid is in Season! To most, this means chocolates, cards and over priced wine at a restaurant neither of you enjoy. It is the season of Mel Torme, lingerie, and secluded weekends, hopefully not alone...
February 07, 2013
80 Years of Golf Bliss
by Chip-a-bration
It has been said the fine line between genius and insanity is, the knowledge of when to press and then to double down. Take our club's founding fathers, for example, and their roll of the dice in 193...
January 22, 2013
Letter from Santa
By Chip
December 2012 S. Claus North Pole Dear Chip, Thanks for the champaign. I agree with you that the Lafitte '58 is far superior to the Dom '63. In fact, when compared, the Dom is liquid pover...
December 07, 2012
Genius After Dark
by Chip Noir
He looked haggard and stooped at the shoulders when he slumped down on the nearest stool. Without looking up, he said, "Scotch with a splash of water, hold the ripples." The innkeeper arched a sin...
October 29, 2012
Sandbaggers, Hustlers and Euro Trash
By Scared Chipless
It was an A list Saturday at the club. All of the stars, sandbaggers, hustlers and hackers were out in force. Surrounding the first tee were a couple of Dave's, Scotty S., Bill the Web, and Lady Ki...
October 06, 2012
Sailing Ships, Gypsys and the Point Spread
by Stepped in Chip
It was a typical dusty, dirty Delta day in August. The temperature languished somewhere between water's boiling point and the changing room at the Playboy mansion. The sensible man stayed hydrated, ...
August 28, 2012
Country Music and the End of the World
by Chip Happens
"What's up with that get up, I asked incredulously, to an anonymous member on the putting green. You have on camo pants, an orange vest and golf shoes. Are you afraid of friendly fire or is an interv...
August 03, 2012
Ward 734
By Doctor Chip, M.D.
Entertainers and mimes constantly complain of the severity of the rooms they play. Certain venues, like Veteran Stadium, they booed Santa Claus, Carnegie Hall, The Ford Theater, and the old Caesar's ...
July 10, 2012
I Dream of the Limited Genie
by Chip Cellars
Golf can be a harsh and unforgiving game if you don't know your limitations. It can also swing toward a mystic level understood only by gurus and one handicappers. Let me try to explain. Last Satur...
June 10, 2012
Saturday Night with Mr. C.
By Mr. C.
Imagine an aged Bordeaux decanting amid the glow of the waning fire, your best gal in your arms and Mr. C. playing softly on the stereo. This is the very reason Saturday Nights were invented. A box ...
May 08, 2012
The Single
by Poker Chip
April, among other things, is national poetry month. Here's a verse with a Chip slant to it. He stood on the tee donned boldly in argyle and plaid, the only word to describe his sartorial splend...
April 10, 2012
Beware the Irish of March
by Potato Chip
Some elbow patched, bespected literary scholars believe a papal adjustment in the 14th century may have altered world history. These state-sponsored otherwise unemployable experts contend recently di...
March 05, 2012
National Beer Month: A Love Story
National Beer Month: A Love Story
February is the month of beer and love, and how the latter was saved by the former. Let me explain. As a lad, I was seduced by the sweetest singing siren of them all, Lady Golf. At the start, it ...
January 30, 2012
Old Fashioned, New and Improved
By Chip-O-Matic
The month of January, it's bigger, it's better, it's made from time honored traditions. It's confusing. It is no wonder that Janus, the Roman God for whom the month was named, has his head on a swiv...
January 09, 2012
Dear Santa
By Chip
Dear Santa, I believe. I believe in you, the Tooth Fairy and the Playboy Bunny. I believe naughty is more fun than nice. I believe that some nine handicaps are legitimate. I believe the DH is wr...
December 10, 2011
The Noble Bird
By Full of Chip
Bird, bird, bird is the word. This time of year, the turkey is king. His A list celebrity status is more sought after than a Kardashian wedding invitation, a night out on the town with Charlie Sheen...
November 13, 2011
Octoberfest, the Fall Classic and the 300 Yard Drive
by Chip or Treat
believe golfers play golf as a public service to others. Sure, the game lends itself nicely to the uniquely male combination of stripes and plaids, but our participation is much more spiritual tha...
October 18, 2011
College Football, the Point Spread and You
by Scholar Chip
My dear readers, school is back in session. This means the college football betting season is upon us. That same eighteen year old you would not allow out with your daughter is now a freshman footbal...
September 12, 2011
Emperors, Kings and Club Champions
by Chip Augustus
Noblesse Obligie. According to the behavioral code of noble birth, nobility obligates. The problem is, emperors, kings and club champions are just not like the rest of us. It is not that their atte...
July 25, 2011
Independence, Liberty and the Pursuit of the $2 beer
by BBQ Chip
Way back when, our founding fathers, Geo Wash, Thomas Jefferson, Arnold Palmer and friends forged the infrastructure for our Independence from, among other things, high green fees. In fact, Thomas Pa...
June 29, 2011
Dads, Grads and Plaids
by Chip Emeritus, Professor of Golf Economics, PCGC
June is the month we honor the U.S. Open, grads and dad's financial independence. I, as your loyal advice columnist never a blogger have an idea on how to combine the three. Invite that ankle biting...
May 18, 2011
Music in the Cafes, Revolution in the Air
By Chipo DeMayo
Historically Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of a Mexican victory over French forces in 1862. Unlike other French entanglements, see Germany, Vietnam, et al, they faced this contest alone and were ro...
April 20, 2011
It Is Better To Give
By Chip
To many of my loyal readers (thanks mom and dad), April is the month of Easter, baseball’s opening day and the Masters golf tournament. It would be remiss of me, the clubs cultural liaison officer, no...
March 27, 2011
A Drink Proceeds a Story
By Chip
It is mankind's bain to reduce great historical figures from giants to dwarfs through omission, the passage of time or the political whims of the day. Many historicals, Captain Crunch among them, ha...
February 22, 2011
Golf on the High Holidays
Advice by Chip Amor
February is a month of dilemmas for many of our members as they try to fit golf in among the high holidays of the Super Bowl and Saint Valentine's Day. Many bookies and several spouses feel a sense o...
January 20, 2011