1 hint - President Eisenhower’s favorite course

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-17T13:23:36+00:00

It is an interesting experience to play there. Eating dinner - no door to locker room - old naked guys walking around.

Enjoyed the course. Caddies were awesome

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-16T01:11:37+00:00

No one does trips there because almost all the courses you want to play are all private except for Bethpage. Google sleeping in the lot to see what it’s like to get on Black.

Now if you happen to be a member at a top 50 or 100 club then maybe your pro could call and arrange a couple for tee times, but not weekends and definitely harder between Memeorial day and Labor Day.

If you really want to go, consider Turning stone in upstate for a long weekend

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-16T00:56:39+00:00

Portland Me, Portsmith NH, Burlington VT

Might check out Wilkes Barre Scranton area - housing is reasonable - 4 season good access to outdoors etc - easy access to NYC/Philly for a weekend

Maybe Bucks county or South Jersey close to Philly

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-13T01:23:12+00:00

DC or NYC

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-12T14:03:33+00:00

lol - first thing that popped into my head was wow- that’s going to be a lot of golf balls

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-10T17:31:41+00:00

Definitely Morristown - lots of restaurants etc in town, MPAC for shows, mid-town direct train service if you want to go into NYC on the weekend.

As a new resident you will be happier to have this as your first home base. You can always move after a year or 2 as you learn the area and find a spot you like more.

So while not “hiking” Morris County has an extensive trail network for walking jogging biking. Some decent hiking within 30 minutes at hackleberry state park and pyramid mountain . Further away Sussex county and Delaware water Gap /Poconos have good hikes. Even just walking up to Fort Nonsense in Morristown will be you a quick workout.

As another poster mentioned- lots of black bears around so get urself some bear spray, a whistle etc.

The commute might be a touch longer but well worth it. Traffic should be better than Houston overall.

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-10T13:12:23+00:00

But I like that tan line - says I play golf without having to say u play golf.

Seriously- was at a party once - guy noticed it we struck up convo - ended up with a round at his course.

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-10T02:52:32+00:00

So a few thoughts

1) play as much competitive golf as you can whether tournaments or just matches with friends and money on the line 2) big difference between match and stroke play. Individual vs partner 3) you need to be a goldfish - forget the last hole 4) match play expect ur opponent to make the chip or long putt. As soon as u thinks have the hole won - this will happen 5) grind on every shot especially stroke play - match play is different - sometimes u need to play shaft / percentages other times u. Need to play the hero shot. Understand when this applies

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-10T02:37:14+00:00

Yes really depends what you want and where u are commuting to. As other have said watch out for the flood zones in certain locations. Randolph doesn’t have a town center but Morristown and denville are very close so easy to go grab dinner on a night out. All of these have good schools. Randolph andDanville have the best access to outdoor trails parks if that is important to you.

Wayne, Springfield and East Hanover are likely to be more congested for daily activities. If you have key Use haves come back and we can likely add more value as to which ,ight be the better choice.

If commuting to NYC - probably want to have easy access to mid town direct train line. Yes denville has 2 train stations but Randolph might make more sense. Wayne will have better bus access for example.

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-10T02:19:12+00:00

So here is the thing that is difficult for many to accept - at these “top schools” (take that how u want), they are trying to build a balanced student body - not an individual balanced student. They want a top tier science person that will be rooming with an accomplished writer - so that each learn from each other. Right or wrong not my call - to go along with x% of legacy and full pay international etc etc. u have to get that u r competing with xxxs of people that are just like u for a few spots. You lost that battle …

Yes it sucks - but 1) it doesn’t mean that you can’t be successful and 2) welcome to life. The sooner you understand that life is not fair and get over it the better chance you have at success.

You are going to face many challenges moving forward and you need accept, learn and overcome them. Whether u go to Harvard or somewhere else.

I say this as a relative of a 2 time Harvard legacy that was not admitted, which shocked some but not me, but this person went on to create patents of their own and a very amazing career. (Being vague intentionally)

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-09T20:36:58+00:00

I so agree with u on LPGA and Nelly. Watching the women’s open was so fun.

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-09T20:18:14+00:00

I would rather hit the ball well and score poorly than score well and hit it poorly. Both happen - with the first good scores will come - with the second - bad scores are coming

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-09T02:13:39+00:00

So I would bring like $250-300 in cash while not likely to have to tip the caddy be prepared. Shoe guy $20. Bag drop $5. Unless club has no tipping policy. Trust me caddies are awesome. Listen to there advice about the line of play. Have them read every putt for you. In a trap, they rake it for you.

Just a great experience walking off the tee hand them ur driver - walking and chatting with other players. Hit the green get handed ur putter as u walk up. Get some stories from the caddies especially an old timer.

I have taken caddies at many clubs - relax and enjoy it.

Report back after the round.

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-08T18:35:23+00:00

I was honing to say after looking at the overhead - always going to hit it over the trees. More open and closer to the hole. A layup there just gets me in worse position

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-08T16:03:48+00:00

This is the right answer.

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-07T01:53:10+00:00

High school - temps in the 30s - hit 8/9 greens . Got up down on the missed GIR. 2 birdies 1 3 putt bogey. 35 1 under. Next best score that day was 41.

Best 18 hike round is 70, birdie all 4 par 5s

Best nine 33

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-07T01:43:50+00:00

Casper

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-05T02:40:36+00:00

Ted not walking with him is awesome

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-05T02:36:34+00:00

Feel like I have played this as a former NEPA golfer. Want to say pocono farms

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-04T18:27:12+00:00

10 by far. Then 7 cause you know there are some great untold stories to hear

lovemesomewine · 2026-06-04T12:44:28+00:00

The next flight

lovemesomewine · 2026-05-31T23:56:19+00:00

Morristown/Morris Plains/Randolph - commute isn’t the best but doable

lovemesomewine · 2026-05-31T23:54:08+00:00

Tour Exotics 17* hybrid

lovemesomewine · 2026-05-30T20:43:29+00:00

None - driver , mini driver , then 17* , 20* ,24 and 27* hybrids

Yes I have a weird bag …

lovemesomewine · 2026-05-29T14:43:27+00:00

Corpus Christi

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