Taba’s Stories

About her travels, golf, art, life in Ireland and cows

Hear the Heartbeat

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

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...

Golf Heritage Society Experience

Golf Heritage Society Experience

GHS Outing at Latrobe Country Club — Arnold Palmer Country The first time I went to Europe I was eighteen years old. I came back to the U.S. six months later and was a different person. When I went...

Poisonous Beauty

Poisonous Beauty

Late Summer is a special time in the desert in Scottsdale. With so many plants in bloom, all the pollinators, and especially the butterflies, have been very busy. While out on an early morning walk...

Tipping Point

Tipping Point

St Patrick’s on the Edge of the Picturesque Sheephaven Bay In 2018, when my partner, Kevin McGrath, and I were in France we heard rumors about a new golf course that Tom Doak was designing in...

Perfect Peninsula

Perfect Peninsula

Discovering the Perfect Peninsula The Dublin part of our journey with the panelists concluded at Portmarnock Golf Club. Although formally “founded” in 1894, the book entitled A Centenary History by...