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Thanks to A True Golfer or ATG for finding this video. Golf needs an injection of cool if it wishes to swell it’s ranks with the youth.
This entry was written by , posted on January 14, 2010 at 4:33 am, filed under Golf Etiquette, Heroes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Bill Powell 1916 – 2009
“…the only color that matters is the color of the greens.” – Bill Powell
Who was Bill Powell? He was the grandson of Alabama slaves (white people owned his grand parents), who served in World War II. He later returned to the United States to build a golf course for those who weren’t “eligible” to play anywhere else. While building his golf course he continued to work at Timken, a ball bearing company, as a janitor and a security guard, the only positions available to blacks.
Bill Powell left a legacy built on struggle, pride and hard work. Something that isn’t respected as much anymore. It also isn’t rewarded as much either. Golf makes millionaires. Millionaires make douchebags. Douchebags buy 157 ft Yachts to get away from the people who make them rich.
Bill Powell created a golf course virtually by hand… by himself with these intentions:
“I didn’t build this course for any of the recognition,” he said. “It was a labor of love. Golf is a part of society and I wanted to be included. I want you to be included, too. I’ve always felt that each individual should leave something behind of meaning. It feels good to know that I have done that with Clearview, at long last.”
We celebrate and honour the wrong golfers. We hold millionaires up on pedestals when their millions do nothing for golf except pad their ego’s and bank accounts. Support the hustle and struggle of those who do their thing for golf and not for individual recognition.
This entry was written by , posted on January 12, 2010 at 4:56 am, filed under Ghetto Golf, Heroes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I stole this clip from fellow Canadian blogger Kenny Package over at Fairways & Flips. Like us, he is a devout golfer and technical rider of the wood plank. Triple Bogey is still on a well deserved vacation.
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As many as 156 Canadian prisoners of war are believed to have been executed by the 12th SS Panzer Division (the Hitler Youth) in the days and weeks following the D-Day landings. In scattered groups, in various pockets of the Normandy countryside, they were taken aside and shot.
A total of 20 Canadians were executed near Villons-les-Buissons in the Abbaye d’Ardenne, a massive collection of mediaeval buildings — including an early Gothic church and several farm buildings — encircled by walls and surrounded by grainfields. This was where Kurt Meyer, Commander of the 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (of the 12th Panzer Division), had established his headquarters.
On June 7, the Germans were counter-attacking the Allies in force. The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, supported by tanks from the 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (CAR — the Sherbrooke Fusiliers), were engaged in heavy fighting around Authie. Several of the CAR tanks were disabled and the infantry was overwhelmed. (A street corner in southern Authie was named Place des 37 Canadiens in honour of the 37 Canadians killed there that day.)
Place des 37 Canadiens
The abbey quickly filled with POWs captured during and after the fighting. Ten of them were randomly picked and dispatched to the chateau adjacent to the abbey; the rest were moved to Bretteville-sur-Odon. An 11th POW, Lieutenant Thomas Windsor was brought out to join the group after the first ten men had been selected. That evening, the 11 POWs were taken to the chateau’s garden and killed. Several months later, six of the bodies were discovered with crushing blows to the head. Four more were also found afterwards; it was evident they had been shot in the head.
Kurt Meyer (left), Commander of the 12th SS at the Abbaye…
This entry was written by , posted on November 11, 2009 at 4:58 am, filed under Heroes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’d like to point out here that the Canadian Veteran Affairs website is deplorable and is a perfect example of what a website looks like when designed by a developer. Their campaign, besides the above video, is a terrible attempt at trying to teach younger people about our history. Please don’t “jazz” up this type of subject matter to make it more palatable. It’s a serious subject which needs a serious theme.
Charles “Skippy” Hooper – My grandfather in WWII.
Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for peace and curse the Marines; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that soldier’s deaths, while tragic, probably save lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said “thank you,” and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
This entry was written by , posted on November 6, 2009 at 4:59 am, filed under Heroes, No Golf. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Only a real man could endure this… and still move forward. We need more people like Ken Green on this planet to propel the species.
Thanks to NiceBallz for bringing Ken Green’s story to my attention. It deserves more exposure…
This entry was written by , posted on September 28, 2009 at 2:42 pm, filed under Heroes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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