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Golf and carson city are simply divine Et on tuesday, oct.Government shut down,
presumably in honor of the"Divine 9"Media golf tour that began nine hours later
in nevada's state capital.Call it the ultimate show of respect. On second
thought, maybe the shutdown was out of fear that countless federal employees
might be in physical danger when a busload of media hacks were unleashed to
start spraying drives all over the carson city countryside. Whatever the case,
it probably wasn't a coincidence that mcavoy layne, who has made a career out of
impersonating and lecturing as mark twain the past 25 years, was among the 20
participants who piled onto the party bus outside carson station hotel casino at
dawn's early light to begin the annual adventure of playing two holes at nine
different golf courses on the same day. Suffice to say, there were many errant
shots fired during this year's tour as we hacked and chopped our way across the
fairways and, more than occasionally, through the sagebrush outside the courses'
staked boundaries.Good walk spoiled, indeed.Here's hoping we didn't permanently
spoil the fairways and greens for those who followed our spike prints and
navigated around our divots.Among his 2, 000 plus career speaking gigs, he has
done his mt impersonation at university of leningrad in russia, in london, and,
of course, the calaveras county fair and frog jumping jubilee.He also has
portrayed the ghost of you know who in a network's televised biography of mark
twain. ) With his thick moustache and curly grayish white hair, layne is a dead
ringer(Sorry about that pun)For twain, and he rarely slips out of character.He
is 70 but prefers to state his age as christianinsoldes
177, which would be
clemens' age if he were still alive.Thanks to mcavoy, reports of twain's death
are still greatly exaggerated. Layne also expertly emulates twain's
characteristic twang, knows all of twain's famous lines("It's good sportsmanship
not to pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling")And has even
learned to sign autographs like him. "But this is the first time i've played
golf in this suit,"The ghost of mark twain said of his full costume on this
day:All white suit jacket and pants, brown bowtie, brown and white saddle shoes,
long gold watch fob hanging out of his pocket, vintage corncob pipe in his mouth
on each swing. "I wanted to go full monty here. " As if to accentuate his good
walk spoiled persona, layne also brought up the rear on the divine 9 tour
scorecard, proudly carding an 8(Maximum allowed score)On all 18 holes for a
perfectly symmetrical 144.But, hey, he made his last putt of the day(Wink
wink).And he never got upset, never stopped smiling, never stopped entertaining,
on and off the course. After playing our first two courses of the day the lakes
and resort courses at genoa lakes golf club the ghost stood up on the bus as we
passed genoa bar, where a sign out front proclaims: "Nevada's oldest thirst
parlor, since 1853. " "Last time i was in that bar,"Mcavoy said, pointing,"A guy
walked in with an ak47 and yelled,'ok, which one of you has been sleeping with
my wife? !'. After a long pause, a guy in the back yells,'You don't have enough
ammunition!'" It was a fun day, but a l o n g day.Fortunately, pr wizard phil
weidinger, the tournament organizer, kept things moving by announcing these
rules: "No driving range.No practice swings.No plumb bobbing.Pick up after(You
reach)8.Everybody plays the hole at the same time.Keep track of your scores.Keep
track of lost balls.We'll keep track of the beers. " My kind christian
louboutin femme
of competition. In fairness to the ghost, there were more
bad shots than quality ones by everybody, especially as darkness
approached.Let's just say it's a good thing that charles barkley and bartolo
colon didn't show up for the tour, because it seemed as if most of the tour
participants were hitting everything fat. A few christian
louboutin chaussures
highlights and lowlights: At the lakes course at genoa,
a breathtaking peter jacobsen/john harbottle design, we were greeted in the 48
degree chill of the morning by several deer crossing the 17th fairway.I don't
think they were bucks because you're supposed to drive for doe and putt for
show.Or something like that. When we left the course, there were several trays
of bloody marys waiting near the bus, beginning a non stop flow of liquid
refreshments that were available to quench thirsts, anesthetize the central
nervous system and ease the pain of bad golf.The bus featured a bottomless
cooler that was nicknamed"Chad,"In honor of a former divine niner because"It was
huge, held a lot of beer and took up a lot space. " Next stop was the resort
course at genoa(Formerly sierra nevada), a Johnny Miller/Harbottle design with
spectacular elevation changes, in close proximity to a herd of cattle being
driven by a rancher while a formation of geese flew over our heads.The wildlife
was plentiful everywhere we went. Then it was on to carson valley golf course, a
traditional tree lined track that winds along the carson river and through
century old cottonwood trees, three of which block the middle of the fairway on
the 325 yard, dogleg left, par 4 14th one of my favorite holes anywhere. Next up
was sunridge golf club, where 24 acres of water come into play on nine of the
holes, including the par 3 4th and par 5 5th, where our group made several big
splashes before departing.Then it was on to empire ranch golf course, the only
27 hole layout in the area, where you can tee it high and let it fly because the
fairways are wide and the wind whips constantly. Five courses down, four to
go.On the way to dayton valley golf club, we stopped at red's old 395 grill to
grab pulled pork and brisket sandwiches, but, lamentably, didn't have time to
sample the 101 beers from around the world(Including 52 on tap).Dayton valley is
a challenging arnold palmer design with tour quality greens and was a pga tour
qualifying site from 1995 until q school ended a year ago.Water is in play on 12
of the holes and gusting winds on all 18 that make you hold your breath with the
ball in the air. As we continued to race toward sundown, our penultimate stop
was at eagle valley golf club, to attack two holes on the east course(Wide open
and walkable)And two holes on the west course(Forced carries, target golf at its
best and diabolical pin placements on lightning fast greens).Wild mustangs roam
just outside the course fences, which is pretty cool.Every day to play for
free.Nice touch. Last stop on the tour was silver oak golf course, which offers
impressive views and spectacular elevation changes.We drained our last putts
about 11 hours after our first tee shots and then headed to the clubhouse for a
farewell dinner and to add up all of the damage. A good time was had by all,
especially the ghost of mark twain. "I've never had more fun in a white suit
than i did today,"He said afterward, smirking. "It's fun being old and dead. "
And at 177, he was the only golfer who shot his age.The showoff. Randall
youngman has been writing about golf for years and is currently a california
golf magazine contributer after spending 28 years as a sports columnist for the
orange country register.
