Thursday, October 07, 2010

St. Andrews vets

Post round posers
Little Stix on the tee, Maxa,
what's left of him, at left.
An early morning phone call stirred Stan from his second cup of coffee this morning. It was Dan Martin, of the Danny Martin School of Charm, calling from the clubhouse. Last night he had assembled almost all the golfers he had escorted to Scotland last year and today was the first chance for a reunion round. Thanks for all the notice, Stan groused. But a perfect autumn day beckoned, so before you could say "double bogey" Stan was out in the yard awaiting pickup. After a crisp round, the group paused for these reunion snaps. Just one missing player. Everybody looked pretty much the same. . . except for Rick Maxa, who had dropped 60 pounds. There's one at every reunion.

Front row, John, Danny, Rick; back, John, Kevin, Stan