From: To: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Subject: Observations made during "2001 A Fripp Odyssey" (Also posted to R.S.G.) Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:03 AM Thor has a good sand game, which he apparently feels he needs to show off by hitting into a bunker on every hole. If you see one alligator, there's probably another one around nearby. Lee Trevino says even God can't hit a one-iron but maybe He should borrow the one Terry Easton uses. If your drive lands in the right-hand fairway on the 18th hole at University Club, pitch back to the left-hand fairway with your second shot. Even a professional statistician can't comprehend on which holes each person gets handicap strokes in a three-man Skins game. It is possible to buy too much beer for a Fripp Island trip -- even to buy waaaaaay to much beer. The beach at Fripp Island is exactly 73 yards wide at low tide. It takes more than just olives to make a proper Greek salad. The 9th hole at Ocean Point ain't so hard -- as long as you have a magic eight-iron. It's hard to have a good round when you start with a 14 on the first hole. Alligators are not impressed in the least by the fact you just made a downhill, left-to-right breaking 68-foot putt. The more houses they build around a golf course, apparently the more they charge for greens fees. S.C. National is the best course at Fripp Island, Ocean Creek has the best greens and Ocean Point in the windiest. You can do a lot worse in the middle of January than being the first group off the tee on a sunny Sunday morning, playing in a threesome with Mark and Thor and getting around the course in 3 1/2 hours without ever hurrying the least bit. There is no constellation in the sky named after Jack Nicklaus. Super Bowl Sunday, 2002 is approximately 361 days from right now!