Livingston Country Club
I often stick my digital camera in my golf bag, but I haven’t been very good about publishing the pics I take. (It’s a great way to cool your heels if you’re behind slow players btw.)
So here to set things right are a couple pictures I took yesterday while golfing with my EWGA travel league at the Livingston Country Club in Geneseo, New York.
This is the famous . . . well, famous in Geneseo, anyway . . . rock in the middle of the fairway on number 14.
Here’s from the club website — contributed by one of their members:
When the new nine was being built, the contractor dug up thousands of rocks. On Hole #14, he came across one he could not move with his dozer. It was a problem because it was right in the middle of the #14 fairway. Scott Hicks called me up and asked me to check it out and see what could be done to remove it. I told him, “No problem! I would bring a few sticks of dynamite up and split the rock in two or three pieces and they could remove it.” Scott says, “Hold up on it, I want to talk to the Board first.” The Board then decided to leave the rock there; it would add a little class to the course, and lots of excitement. Boy were they right! In 1999 the club honored me with a party and the plaque you see on the rock. I have been cursed hundreds of times since.
Here’s another pic. I believe this is the 16th fairway. (One of the problems with taking pics on an unfamiliar course is remembering which hole is which afterward.)
This was about 4:30 in the afternoon; the sun was filtered and the light was just gorgeous.
Nice semi-private course, reasonable greens fees. Definitely worth playing if you’re in the area.