Facts “Walk-out” week started with the high school students. A whole bunch of them just walked out of class one day. The education establishment was thrilled! Prominent universities immediately announced that any subsequent disciplinary action against these students resulting from the walk-out would not effect their college admissions. The students, ever-mindful of admissions, could see where the wind was blowing on this issue and immediately began posturing for news outlets hoping their resistance would be documented. Some of the walk-outers…

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Order of Play… Foremost is well aware that this topic is not one which keeps his Readers awake at night … certainly, it pales in comparison to tax reform, tariffs, gun control, mayoral trysts and resignations, transit referendums (note, the Treasurer of the Opposed is Reader, Sandwich, although there are probably a few “Ayes”, as well, among this esteemed readership), and Vandy football, among other raging issues. Nevertheless, the issue of Order of Play raised it’s head recently at BMCC…

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Facts: Ball Moves on Putting Green Opponent TC had marked his ball and was facing a 12-foot putt for par to win the 9th hole in four-ball match play competition. He replaced his ball, and stepping in to putt said, “Did you see that? It moved.” He asked if he had incurred a penalty. Foremost was prompt with a reply. “Did you cause it to move?”, he asked. “No, I was just stepping in to putt,” said TC. F quickly…

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Facts “Your head is kinda’ floating”, said opponent EC to Foremost after F topped an approach shot into Hole #9. “Perhaps”, replied F, who had never before heard the term”floating head” in reference to a golf swing and was trying to picture what that must look like. “But the implication of that observation is that I need to hold my head still, which constitutes ‘Advice’, resulting in loss of hole for you in match play under R8-1.” F went on…

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Fighting Words 1.Facts  (Too Many Clubs) The stakes were enormously high in a scintillating match play competition recently at BMCC. Foremost, determined to get off to a better start, unfortunately had to disqualify himself on the first hole after finding in the fairway that the extra club he had left with the bag room for regripping had been placed in his bag with no forewarning. This sad tale should serve as a cautionary reminder to all players as the season…

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Re: Wrong Balls, Concessions, Casual Water (Rs 2,15,25) Foremost has to admit he fidgeted in his seat, somewhat uncomfortably at times, during the Nashville Ballet’s masterful performance of “Attitude”, a reflection on the various stages of the holocaust, which challenged the viewer to reflect on themes of man’s inhumanity to man, courage, luck, resilience, joy, and defeat. The dancers were outstanding, and F ached with them visually and emotionally as they twisted and turned and were cast happenstance into human…

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The word “s…hole” has received some attention lately and, upon hearing it on a couple of occasions recently on the golf course, Foremost would be remiss if he did not review its applicability to the game of golf. In this realm, F finds that the word has several distasteful, but applicable usages. For instance, the word could apply to a bad golf hole or an entire course,i.e., the 16th at Fernvale CC is a s… hole, or alternatively, Fernvale CC…

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Foremost has been besieged with inquiries…what’s going on with the University of Tennessee coaching search? He is reminded of the words of the poet: …Things fall apart The center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world The blood-dimmed tide is loosed and Everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned… (then, if memory serves, something about a slouching beast- Fulmer?) Anyway, while these words adequately describe the mood in Knoxville, they offer no explanation as to the root cause…

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Wire Services: Tensions were high at the Fernvale Country Club as the the American team began preparations for its annual Match Play competition against the International team. In fact, long-time observers had never seen things this ugly. Whereas golf competitions are generally distinguished by sportsmanship and etiquette, this particular match had devolved into a rude shouting match even before the first tee was placed in the ground. Players were already at each others’ throats, a fact uncommon in its own…

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A Top Secret Committee gathered to determine what actions could and should be taken moving ahead. No one knew for certain who sat on this Committee, as it was a Top Secret Committee, but all appreciated the weight and magnitude of the decision to be made, as it’s influence would have great bearing on the sports community locally and, of course, across the entire State of Tennessee. In fact, no one had seen this coming. All had expected a close…

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