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    Two Good Rounds: 19th Hole Stories from the World's Greatest Golfers
    Two Good Rounds: 19th Hole Stories from the World's Greatest Golfers
    Two Good Rounds: 19th Hole Stories from the World's Greatest Golfers
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    Two Good Rounds: 19th Hole Stories from the World's Greatest Golfers

    By Elisa Gaudet

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    Everybody loves a celebration, and golfers are no exception. It has long been a tradition after a round of golf to gather together and celebrate a win or merely enjoy the company of friends, new and old, with a second round at the 19th hole,” a slang term used in golf that refers to a pub, bar, or restaurant on or near the golf course. Two Good Rounds is an interna-tional tribute to great golfers and the golf lifestyle, which often includes the enjoyment of drinks. In each chapter, golf writer Elisa Gaudet asks a notable professional golfer the same questions:

    What is your favorite drink?
    What is your favorite clubhouse or 19th hole?
    And what is a special time or memory from a 19th hole?

    The results yielded a wide array of answers ranging from crazy celebrations after a win to heartfelt memories of childhoods spent playing golf with family and friends. From the Arnold Palmer (½ lemonade, ½ iced tea) to the margarita (the preferred drink of tour star Vijay Singh), drinks and golf are inextricably linked. Two Good Rounds shows you how.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateDec 1, 2011
    ISBN9781620872567
    Two Good Rounds: 19th Hole Stories from the World's Greatest Golfers

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      Two Good Rounds - Elisa Gaudet

      Introduction

      Life is at its best when it’s shaken and stirred! Everybody loves a celebration and golfers are no exception. It has long been a tradition after a round of golf to gather together and celebrate a win or merely enjoy the company of friends, new and old, with a second round at the 19th hole.

      Outside The 19th

      Hole in Cape Cod.

      The 19th hole is a slang term used in golf that refers to a pub, bar, or restaurant on or near the golf course. A standard round of golf has only eighteen holes, so golfers will say they are at the nineteenth hole, meaning they are enjoying a drink after their round. Golf courses have always been a place to connect with nature and with friends. If it were not for the 19th hole there would be no place to connect the dots between golf, nature, and all those marvelous tales of eagles and birdies.

      Golf is an international sport that continues to travel and touch more people in more countries than ever before. Being reinstated into the Olympics exemplifies its global reach.

      Miacomet Golf Club’s John Daly

      Two Good Rounds is therefore an international tribute to great golfers around the world in which they reveal in their own words their momentous wins, their most memorable golf stories, their favorite drinks, and other entertaining aspects of the golf lifestyle.

      While working in the golf industry over the years I have met the most interesting people, made terrific business contacts, and developed great story ideas at the 19th hole. On the Lip, a golf column I have been writing since 2003, was an idea scribbled on a cocktail napkin one day while having drinks in Miami with a longtime golf friend, Walt Shuler. Working on the business side of the golf industry for both the PGA Tour and the Latin golf tour, Tour de las Américas, and writing the OTL column have afforded me the opportunity to get to know a number of professional tour players. While vacationing on Nantucket Island I noticed a drink called the John Daly (iced tea, lemonade, and vodka) on the menu at the Miacomet Golf Club. I was thinking of writing a column on Nantucket, golf, and the drink but instead it became the inspiration for this book.

      While I have a great deal of respect for my fellow golf journalists and their work covering tournament golf, I have chosen to write about the lighter side of the game. As my good friend George Willis from the New York Post jokingly put it, Elisa writes a fluff column. Sometimes we all need a little fluff, a good laugh, and a reminder to not take ourselves too seriously. It is my hope that this book will highlight, in a respectful manner, the lifestyle and lighter side of golf that we all enjoy and also provide interesting vignettes of Tour pros doing the same. It is worth mentioning, however, the importance of drinking responsibly. Perhaps Fuzzy Zoeller said it best on his Fuzzy Vodka website, where he wrote, Trust your caddie and please drink responsibly.

      After attending the Metropolitan Golf Writers Dinner in 2009, a few of us gathered at the hotel bar for drinks. One special man in attendance was Arnold Palmer. To be able to spend a little time socializing with The King off the golf course and in a relaxed environment while enjoying a drink was a very special moment for me and one of my all-time favorite experiences at the 19th hole. The fact that we both enjoy vodka just exemplifies that I am one step closer to being a better golfer.

      One of the most spectacular 19th holes is the outside bar at the Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach where every day at sunset a bagpiper closes the course in Scottish tradition. The grill room at Isleworth is beyond one’s imagination during the Tavistock Cup, with the Tour players relaxing and playing pinball and half-court basketball or using the golf simulator—all of which are inside the grill room. This is what a fifteen-year-old boy would design if he had $20 million. The bar at Winged Foot is a treat, and the cocktail areas where people sit and enjoy a drink before going into dinner are bursting with golf memorabilia from the legends that have walked the club’s fairways over the years. The bar at Port Royal Golf Club in Bermuda is perched above the golf course and has breathtaking views of the bluest ocean you have ever seen. The Dark and Stormy and Rum Swizzles taste just a little bit better from there.

      The King and I

      By far my most jubilant 19th hole memories stem from attending the last seven Masters tournaments. The first year I attended the Masters was with a ticket given to me by Seve Ballesteros as a birthday gift. Sitting on the lawn at Augusta National, inside the ropes in the clubhouse lunch area, sipping the club’s famous Azalea cocktail (one part lime or lemon juice, one part canned pineapple juice, three parts gin, grenadine to color pink, mixed in a cocktail shaker and shaken with ice) provides a perfect 19th hole moment. The day and evening hospitality events in Augusta are teeming with interesting people and celebrities. The Marquis Jet and NetJets folks throw some of the best parties, and over the years they never cease to amaze me with their impeccably detailed hospitality and creativity. The bar at the Partridge Inn in Augusta has always been a favorite during the week of the Masters, as it is a great place to meet friends old and new and a place where many golf writers get together. I have fond memories of enjoying drinks, smoking cigars on the porch, talking golf until the wee hours, singing, and even meeting an Irish prime minister—well, at least that’s who I was told he was.

      16th Stadium Hole —WM Phoenix Open

      In the spirit of writing a book about golf and

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