Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Seminole Golf Club, North Palm Beach, FL
Updated
1/11/08
Dear Classmates,
John Torell, John O'Neill, and Belden Frease '60 (members) will be our
hosts for golf at the Seminole Golf Club, N. Palm Beach, FL. Seminole is
ranked in the top 15 of all courses in the US and #1 in Florida.
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 11:45 AM – Meet for lunch on the terrace in front
of the golf club dining room, with T times starting at 1 pm.
We'll have dinner that evening at Morton's
Steakhouse in W. Palm Beach, 777 South Flagler Drive, at 6 PM (Dutch
treat).
For more info on Seminole, click here
Seminole is a classic Florida links type golf course, with plenty of water
and wind. The wind factor makes it a challenging course, and the club
requires caddies.
Golf fees:
Greens fee - $125, plus caddies fee (compulsory) - $80 per bag. (includes
tip)
Golf carts are optional ($20) and lunch will be about $30. There are no
rental clubs.
Pre-registration for golf and dinner is required by Feb. 1, 2008:
Send your check for greens fee and caddy ($205) to me at 98 Burning
Tree Drive, Naples, FL, 34105. Please note your golf handicap. We
will collect for golf carts and lunch on the day.
Dinner Reservations: Let me know by Feb. 1 if you (and significant other(s)) can join us at
Morton's Steak House for dinner.
Email - mc.ginj@verizon.netor phone 239-261-3215
Best regards,
Joe McGinity
Joe's Report: 2/16/08
'61 Ball Bashers Soaked at Seminole
A full 12 classmates reported for duty at Seminole Golf Club last
Tuesday, in North Palm Beach. Our hosts John Torell, John O'Neill and
Belden Frease '60 showed us around the historic clubhouse under the gaze
of mooseheads, a barber, bartender, and plaques attesting to the many
luminaries who have played there since 1929. We had lunch in the verandah,
overlooking the beach dunes, and Don Swan passed out the 1961 hats
(thank you Ken). Our three foursomes teed off at 1 pm under gusty
and darkening skies. Seminole is a magnificent course, wide, rolling and
beautiful. Each green was the size of Princeton stadium, or so it seemed.
After about 12 holes were played, a tropical rainstorm began that would
last for the next 24 hours, complete with sparklers and thunder.
So it ended with a soaking - and the socializing began at Morton's Steak
House at 6. There we were joined by the Turnbulls and several wives. A
fine evening, and a memorably abbreviated but good day of golf.
Regards,
Joe
Who was there?
Belden Frease '60
Martin & Blanche Gruen
Jim & Joan Lane
Larry Larkin
John McConnell
Joe & Mau McGinity
John H. & Etsuko Morris
John O'Neill
Don Swan
Dan Todd
John Torell
Larry Tornek
Ben & Jaye Turnbull
Jim & Martha Wickenden
McConnell, Wickenden, Swan
O'Neill, Larkin, Wickenden, Morris
O'Neill crushes it!
Lane, Gruen, Frease '60, McConnell
The Lanes and Wickendens
Seated,
L-R: Jaye Turnbull, Etsuko Morris, Blanche Gruen
Standing, L-R: Lane, Turnbull, Joni Lane, Maureen McG, Jim &
Martha Wickenden,
John H. Morris, Torell, Gruen, McGinity
Photo credits: Joe McGinity
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