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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:55 pm
by ozover50
RICKENBACKER PUBLIC GOLF COURSE
5600 Airbase Road,
Groveport, Ohio
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:29 am
by wayang
That's the place for a World Rickenbacker Confluence...I'm claimin' to have been the first to suggest it! Although obviously the real credit goes to Howard for his painstaking research...
FORE!!!
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:42 am
by jaybic
Actually Jerry, the notion that "golf" is an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden" is false. From snopes.com...
A theory ascribes golf to the Scottish goulf (also gowf), a verb meaning "to strike or cuff." This theory would at least place the origin of the word with the people who invented the game. As for "striking or cuffing," an integral part of the game is, after all, hitting the ball.
Another favorite urban legend about golf is that a golf course has 18 holes because there are 18 shots in a fifth of Scotch. This is not true - St. Andrews has 18 holes so every course after them has 18 - but it's a swell myth
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:50 am
by shamustwin
Thanks, Jason. Isn't this a cool place? You learn something new everyday!
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:02 am
by jaybic
Yeah, I love snopes.com - all sorts of urban myths explored and/or debunked. Not as much as I love this place though
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:40 am
by ozover50
I just counted the significant holes on my 620/6. Six for tuners, one for the pickup switch, five for controls, two for pickups, two for output jacks and two for strap buttons.
Eighteen!!
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:58 pm
by jaybic
'Golf, is a good walk ruined by the actions of chasing a small ball only to hit it again.'
- Mark Twain
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:11 pm
by beatlefan
...or a good cart ride...
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:29 pm
by brammy
Absolutely.... the carts are the best part.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:50 pm
by ozover50
Especially in "Jackass - The Movie"!!
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:46 pm
by brammy
haaaaaaaaaaa... but Howard, we're way too old for THAT stuff!
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:32 pm
by ozover50
Yeah..... but it would be great to see a remake!!
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:48 am
by wayang
Yeah, but...why does St. Andrews have eighteen holes? There has to be some reason...I don't see how we've debunked the 'urban legend' here at all...
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:04 pm
by ozover50
Maybe they just plain ran out of land!!
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:37 pm
by shamustwin
Maybe they got tired!