Roll Call: North Carolina

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Rough timing on Hillandale, just got the email that they’re covering the greens and shutting down for a few days until the cold spell passes.

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Need to regrip in Charlotte- recommendations?

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Support a local business - Carolina Golf Mfg on Central!

Edit: but don’t expect lightning-fast turnaround

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Definitely NOT Greater Golf Express in Pineville

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I take payment in six packs if you drop off

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Finished listening to the TrapDraw New Year’s Goals pod (one of my yearly favorites) and it motivated me to sign up. Live in Greensboro, am a PhD student in the history department at UNCG, and enjoy getting out to local gem Bryan Park.

Aside from golf, one of my other major hobbies is cooking; I am going pursue the goal that Tron put out there of cooking 52 new recipes over the course of 2022. Looking forward to getting more involved!

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Hey there. I would definitely be interested in getting out to Hillandale (aka Thrillandale) later on this month.

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welcome!

fellow Spartan here, living in High Point

got another history buff of sorts here in @rkris and another member passionate about cooking in @Hawk

lot of solid courses around, hope to see you out at some meet ups this year

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Please power rank the Roosevelt’s.

cc: @rkris

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Welcome! Got a masters from UNCG. Join us in the cooking thread lots of fun stuff happening.

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Slight understatement.

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I have two groups trying to play Pinehurst #2 between the dates of 4/29 - 4/30. Probably another PH course and one other in the area as well. Any way around staying at the resort to get on to #2? Any tips or tricks?

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NO. No stay no play these days.

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I’m giving it a like because that’s correct, not because I like the policy.

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There is a way. Look for a member.

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If Eleanor isn’t at the top, you’re too wedded to the patriarchy.

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Welcome! Do you play in the Bryan Park MGA? That’s usually when I get out there to play.

Also check this out

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I also am down for some Hillandale golfing if you guys are up for it

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Good question! I put some thought into it today. OK– here we go…

  1. Theodore Rooseselt– TR takes home my top rank. He was a bold leader who valued competence, adventure, self-improvement, and conviction. TR had a keen sense of history as well, and met the moment at the beginning of the twentieth century.To be sure, his brash views of imperialism don’t hold up; but he was rightly esteemed by his contemporaries and later commentators for a commitment to conservation and taking on monopolies.
  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt- FDR receives the silver medal in this ranking. Adept at building bridges and promoting a sense of shared American purpose, FDR fireside chatted the country through the crises of the Great Depression and WW2. He was able to overcome the loss of his legs at age 39 and pursue singular electoral success in history. A great “what if” in history is what a full fourth term of a Roosevelt presidency would have looked like.
  3. Eleanor Roosevelt- Eleanor makes this list as well. A dogged activist and workaholic, I find Eleanor’s primary achievement to be in the realm of defining and advocating for human rights. FDR and Eleanor’s relationship was… interesting to put it mildly. Nevertheless, as someone who used the “bully pulpit” in a way that TR would no doubt approve of, not at the top @rkris, but Eleanor makes this list.

A few quick reading recs that informed this list…

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey - Candice Millard

No Ordinary Time - Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Thanks for the welcome; definitely will check out the chef thread.