Taba’s Stories
About her travels, golf, art, life in Ireland and cows
Haste Ye Back – The Ayrshire Coast
The Ayrshire Coast No sooner did we disembark from the Stena Line ferry, we came to the first little hamlet. A minute later we saw the familiar sign: Haste Ye Back. No doubt about it — we’re in...
Haste Ye Back – The St Andrews Experience
The St Andrews Experience It’s always exhilarating to pull into the Auld Grey Toon and see the hallowed ground of the Old Course spread out with quiet dignity on your left. We had a set agenda that...
Haste Ye Back – Machrihanish, My Spiritual Golf Home
Machrihanish, My Spiritual Golf Home The time had finally come to make the pilgrimage to my spiritual golf home: Machrihanish Golf Club. The journey down the Kintyre Penninsula reminded me of the...
Ship Ahoy
GHS goes to the GCSAA Show! The Invitation When I saw a GHS ad for A History of Greenkeeping; Golf’s Cause and Effect, I called the author, Mel Lucas, and bought his book. That’s when I learned of...
Hear the Heartbeat
Intro Shortly after I got back from Ireland last summer I discovered an event at Troon Country Club called the Hawk Talk was scheduled for November 18th. I signed up for it right away. I was hoping...
You Can Call Me Alice
Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh - a place full of wonder! I should have been named Alice like the girl from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. No kidding. The day Mary Bernacki took...