below is the first hole at Mountain Glen from the tee taken this summer by club manager and sent to me to post for them
MOUNTAIN MAN NATIONAL SENIOR 2024 is now History! We had outstanding weather the three rounds of the tournament after a rainy windy practice round.
2024 Mountain Man Champions
Sr Kevin Vandenberg of NY opened with a 73 only to come back with 65 and finish with 73 to win by 3 over defending champ Matt Avril. Joe Tumlin shot 71-72-71 to finish third.
Ssr David Anthony of Jax, Fl one of the nation's top ssr guys started slow but a second round 66 was all he needed to coast and repeat as Mountain Man ssr champ
Legends: Don Russell of Tequesta Fl defended but had a tussle from Bev Hargraves who finished with a final low round of 70 to finish second
Super Legends: The great Fred Peel of Chipley Fl opened with 69, low round the first day in entire field and he coasted to victory with 77-78 Tom Knapp of Jupiter Fl almost caught Fred with a final 73.
OCT 3, 2024 AS MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW PLAYERS WHO RESIDE IN AVERY COUNTY NC, THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING.....no grocery store, no fuel, no water, no drug store, no electricity, no internet...I'm told the army is handing out rations in Asheville 50 miles away but Newland....nuttin......just think about what we take for granted every minute of every day.......roads washed out, bridges out, little bridges over creeks people use to get off the hard road to their house.....gone.....so far, this morning, no national guard, no US Army nuttin....the only good news is forecast is for dry weather for at least another week and temps are low 70s mid day. Biden and cackler are nowhere to be seen.....a photo op 70 miles away in a relatively undisturbed Spartanberg, SC and a fly over was about it, jojo was probably asleep and cackler on the phone i'm sure. If DT or George Bush was president the media would be screaming but with jojo and cackler in charge....crickets as Jesse would say. You have to realize Asheville is a deep blue city of many many thousands.....Boone is a university town.....the smaller rural areas are solid red they will be the last to get help its politics at their dirtiest.
I predicted the oil companies would keep gasoline cheap as they can till after the election way back in February.....I was right....look out in Dec unless DJT wins which I till have grave doubts about. The VP so called debate almost put me to sleep....the commentators cheated as predicted and only corrected Vance ad incorrectly corrected then cut his mic off when he started to tell them how bad they were wrong....I expected nothing less.....many pundits say Vance won and Walz lost the debate....as a slightly educated white man watching with great interest I didn't see it that way I call it a draw but I also think it swayed nobody.....noooobody. The polls keep swinging back and forth....my question for you is this: Have you been called by a survey taker? ever? How the hell can a sample of 953 people tell us who will win what? I see the dems as predicted are weaseling around to let the illegals vote....no id no problem push this button right here.....I still think the last election was stolen and this one will be too.....if a pollster calls me I will tell them I'm undecided....they will probably check off he box they want to cause trust me the college kids conducting these surveys will check whoever they want to....I have conducted polls way back in the late 60s n 70s..... even back then kids making calls woke down what they wanted to hear when they made a call....hell they even wore down a response when nobody answered......now I'm getting pisseed off....think I'll shut up and go get in my cart....rt
NOW.......I KNOW MANY OF YO ARE WONDERING ABOUT THE DEVASTATION IN OUR HOMETOWN OF NEWLAND NC THAT OCCURED JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER THE TOURNAMENT. Thank you for calling and texting me and emailing me, your concerns are greatly appreciated. Here's the deal. I left to come back to Florida and pick up my wife to go to a family reunion, meanwhile my best friend's wife passed away unexpectedly so we stayed. My brother Joe and a couple of Florida friends up there kept telling me they had never seen rain like they were getting.....90 mph winds and 3 days of biblical rain.....I didn't think much of it just oh well, it'll quit and the win and I shall return Sunday. Wrong.....power out in the entire Avery county, lines and poles down everywhere, rivers flooded downtown and swept away houses and buildings, no phones, no water, no food no fuel....total destruction. My brother and Mike Johnson and another Florida guy got hold of a chainsaw down at the maintenance shed at Mountain Glen and literally sawed their way out of the development.....9 trees down over the road.....impassable.....a couple of trees too big to saw blocked many residents. No fuel, washed out bridges washed out roads.....my neighbor across the street had a tree limb go through his roof....my house, is okay. When I added on a few years ago I told the roofer to double the fasteners on my metal roof.....he said 16 inches is code....I said I'm from Florida I go with 8 inches ....he frowned and said okayyyyy. I had zero roof damage according to those still there while many others lost all their shingles....trees were down on houses.....a disaster area. I was told yesterday by a friend up there a deputy told him they had over 100 at the morgue and ordered refrigerated trucks bodies were being found every day. News media is concentrating on Boone and Asheville, Newland is about halfway between by the crow.
So, how did the golf course fare? I'm told it will be okay our creek became a river the course went under water but is okay and maintenance with a few members are working hard. It will be fine minus a bunch of trees I'm told.....I just hope the tree to the right of 17 is gone.....the hole is hard enough without it.
Other courses in the immediate area known as the Mecca of NC mountain golf were severely damaged. Linville CC severe, Diamond Creek severe, Elk River severe, Linville Ridge is very high not too bad just lost lots of trees, word is Hounds Ears total destruction....I had two friends of members at Grandfather say that historic course is a total loss...I don't know what that means but I know a good sized river winds through Grandfather CC and it could be devastating with 30 inches of rain in 3 days.....only time knows what really happened. Grandfather is/was in my all time top five best courses in the world.
Now, some good news: The 2025 Florida Sr Azalea is scheduled for March 7,8,9 and Moot in Ocala is a couple days after. Entry notifications will come out in a few weeks.
RT
Below is list of Florida Sr Azalea Champions then my political perspectives
2009 Sr Champion Bill Zylstra , Michigan (141) SSR Boyd Johnson , Georgia (144)
2010 Sr Champion Rick Woulfe , Ft Lauderdale, Fl (211 won in playoff over David Brookreson ) SSR Boyd Johnson, Georgia (143)
2011 Sr Champion Chip Lutz, Pennsylvania (208 ) SSR Gary Shimmin, South Carolina (143)
2012 Sr Champion Chip Lutz, Pennsylvania (208) SSR Jim Carley, Ormond Beach, Fla (141 won in five man playoff)
2013 Sr Champion David Anthony, Jacksonville Fl (209) SSR John Darr, Gainesville, Fl (206 )
2014 Sr Champion Ronnie Tumlin (208 won in playoff over Doug LaCrosse) SSR Ted Smith Indiana (211)
2015 Sr Champion Doug Hanzel, Georgia (208) SSR Berger Warner Ocala, Fl (211) Legends Brian Sachs Gainesville, Fl (213)
2016 Sr Champion Doug Hanzel, Savanna Ga (209) SSR Rob Hess, Casselberry Fl (211) Legends Jim Carley Ormond Bch, Fl (212)
2017 Sr Champion Doug Hanzel, Georgia (201) SSR Rob Hess, Casselberry Fl (212) Legends Brian Sachs, Gainesville, Fl (212)
2018 Sr Champion David Anthony Jax Fla (203) SSR Pete McDade , Lakeland Fl (212) Legends Don Marsh Johns Creek, GA (209)
2019 Sr Champion Doug Hanzel, Savannah Ga ( 213) SSR Rick Woulfe, Ft Lauderdale (213) Legends Don Marsh, Johns Creek, Ga (214)
2019 Super Legends Champion, Charlie Busbee of Georgia with scores of 73,73,73 a very very good performance
2020 Sr Champion Randy Haag SAN FRANCISO (203) SSR Champion David Anthony (210) playoff over Mark Baxter(210) Leg Champion Berger Warner (207)
2020 Super Legends Champion Charlie Busbee (217 star)
2021 Sr Champion Dr Doug Hanzel (203) SSR Champion Randy Elliott(211) Legends Dr Robb Hess (208) Super Legends Dr Jim Carley (209)
2022 Sr Champion Rusty Strawn, Georgia (136) SSR Champion David Anthony (147 ) Legends Don Russell (143) Super Legends Dr Jim Carley (140)
2023 Sr Champion Matt Avril Vero Beach, SSR Champion Marcus Beck Tallahassee, Legends Champion Don Russell Tequesta, Super Legends Randy Reifers Ohio
2024 Sr Champ Rich Buckner (210) SSR Champ James Starnes (211), Leg Champ Greg Osborne 209), S Legends Jim Carley (216), Grand Master Brian Sachs(216)
OCT 1, 2024 I was recently criticized by the leader of a national publication who read my comments below, we had a friendly back and forth he though my comments were racist....I begged to differ, I finally asked him one simple question I see nothing below racist in any way....exactly what did I say that is not true? He did not answer. He is in California.....shocker! I enjoy friendly political disagreements. He said his golf publication NEVER ever has any political overtones. I understand why....he is a commercial enterprise and like a famous entertainer once told me: If you ever get involved with politics the best you can hope for is to piss off half your fans......Me? I'm different I owned my own two radio stations, I commented conservative jargon weekly on the air.....I would tell folks if you don't like what I say there is a button on your radio.....button....that was a loooong time ago friends. Anyway I mean no harm to anybody just telling it like it is and making predictions and below after review is still TRUE.
I see by the news a large district in California (where else) will allow non citizens to vote in the upcoming elections....why not? You need them to stay in control. I see some purple state judges refusing to disallow voters who have no id.....hell I can run out there and vote all day all over every town I guess....in Fl you gotta have ID and you have to be a U.S CITIZEN......we are on the verge of collapse in my opinion.....throughout history democracies have collapsed when the electorate figured out they could vote themselves benefits until they bankrupted the whole system.....that boat guys, is coming down the river right at us. Can we stop this? I still do not think so.....the polls are crazy she is up one day the next day DT is up.....in a toss up, the cheat will do the job....I just don't think DT can win with less than a 60-40% margin.....they only need to rig a couple of states......oh, you disagree you folks from California? Why oh why are the dems screaming and sueing because Georgia legislature just enacted a hand count law instead of computer count? Whyyyyyyy? You tell me.
Gasoline is still under 3.00 through out southern swing states like NC and SC.....it will stay low till after the election do not even dream the oil companies want DT in office they are killing it under Joe and will under the cackler too.
So, Texas is on the road to creating the Texas Stock Market....and we ain't talking about a stock yard fulla cows....I heard the governor who I really like, say why not? Texas has a bigger economy than NY now, NY is in a shambles......Texas running the show is fine with me.
Remember guys, if you are in a blue state that does not require ID, get a foursome and ride from poll to poll. RT
AUG 30, 2024 Here we go with how the cackler will win......
1) The cheat: Over a million phony registrations in the redest of red states, Texas? And that's how many they caught. How many phony voter registrations are floating around in the rest of the country? Dozens of millions.....that my friends is how DT lost last time. No blue state will purge the roles, none zip zero.
2.) The oil companies will hold down gasoline prices: Why? I own a considerable amount of XOM and BP ..... they are making more money now than they ever did under DT. They will keep retail prices down best they can through Nov.....right now where I am its 3.05 a gallon....on Labor Day Weekend!
3) Broadcast and internet is controlled by lefties. They went to school in the late 90s and 2000s and were taught by far lefties....print media now is obsolete....all the kids 40 and under get most of their news from cnn and info from the internet....and most of that is phony...they believe anything if its on the internet....next case your honor.
4) Dumb voters: drives me nuts when both sides say "the American people are smarter than that" No they are not, they are plain dumb and complacent. We are probably in the less than 40% crowd who got a decent high school education, some of us even went to college....back when I graduated in 71, I never had a single professor who talked politics...not one....I had some law courses, lots of broadcast classes (cause they were easy and no homework)...my degree is from the college of liberal arts I never had any lefty crap.....In a debate class they put me up against some hippie girl and I smoked her....she finally hollered out loud...."damned Leos you can't argue with them!" The professor looked at me and asked me what my sign was......yep, Leo. Brought the house down.
5) DT can't stand it...he doesn't know when to shut up and that -pisses the women off even the red ones.
I wonder....I wonder when she wins, will the stock market go to hell? If she gets the house and senate all hell will break loose.....unrealized gains? She has no clue what that entails...stocks ? vacation houses? your office property? the vacant lot next to your house you bought? how many irs agents with guns will it take to enforce that one? Your Rolex? Your wife's diamond ring and gold jewelry you bought fifty years ago? The business you built and plan on handing down..... Are they gonna go search your safety box at the bank looking for stuff you have stashed away for hard times? Sure they will, its coming....I hear in- home safes are selling like crazy and for good reason. I hear gold coins are on fire and for good reason. What is one to do? grab your stuff and leave in December and head to the islands I guess....but I don't want to leave......kids coming up today have no clue...if they want to work hard and do well and have a house at the beach it ain't gonna happen they will have a socialistic anchor around their neck and won't even know it....kids today will never know the world as we enjoyed it the last 50 plus years......Think I'll just go get in my cart......RT
AUG 22, 2024 OK folks I was half right about my predictions on what the dems would do to Biden....I have predicted for a year they would push him out at the last minute and insert big mike.....they pushed him out alright but big mike probably told them no way she would run.....ok kamalahaha raised her hand. Who has been running the country the past 31/2 yrs? Obama easy answer....jojo had no clue has no clue....Jill is pissed off.....so I was half right.
What's gonna happen from here? I predict IFFFF the cackler agrees to a news conference it will be stacked just like jojo had it stacked with libs throwing soft balls.....IFFFF she agrees to a debate I will be shocked ..... but mayyyybe......that said I don't think it will matter. It all comes down to this: the cackler has a 90% chance of winning according to my crystal ball.....dumb dems are coming back home.....they got their black man president (never mind he is a zebra) now they want a woman zebra.....the black women are coming back, black men according to some are not happy with the cackler......the dems are successfully turning the election into a personality contest not a good sense contest.....that is why I give her 90%.....trumpster is too hard headed....he shoulda picked nikki.....that would have kept the white female vote solid....I predict they will drift away they still don't like djt and will either stay home or go cackler....couple all that with the regular cheat on mail ins, rigged computers and stuffed drop boxes and trumpster has a slim to no chance.....and slim done left town.
The democratic platform is absolutely insane.....48% capital gains.....25% unrealized gains tax.....90% of America is too dumb to realize what that would do.....the stock market would crash....unload at current capital gains or go broke paying the unrealized gain tax.....they would apply this to second homes, vacation properties, corporations whose owners have increased the value over much time....name it.....the dumb 90% of America has no clue it sounds great we gonna tax those sorry bastards on Wall Street, near mind it will kill us old folks who worked and saved the past 50 years, never mind old folks with two homes one down south for winter up north or in the mountains in the winter.....and WHOOOOO is going to be in charge of figuring out what your unrealized gain is on real estate? It will take at least a million IRS agents or a whole new govt department who will look out after their friends and the politicians but audit the hell outa you and me......they are crazy as hell.....but hold on folks, its coming.....RT
JULY 19,2024.....ok ok, guys keep asking what is going on and why politically......here's RT's take on the whole deal....I predicted "they" would try to kill Trump....that has come top pass....easy call.....next question was who? Easy the cia, fbi, doj, and secret service in coordination with Biden's puppeteers who we all know are baccala lowbama's henchmen who have been running the country the past three and half years. Next question is why???? because they all know that trumpster will wipe out the entire crowd from top to bottom.....from top to bottom.....next, was the assassination attempt a set up? of course it was, i have talked to a hundred people from all walks of life (mostly on the golf course) the past week and to the man and woman they ALL say it was a conspiracy.....somebody convinced the 20 yr old kid he could do the deed, get away with it and escape rich.....he was a dumbass....of course they shot him numerous times deader than dead. But....they waited till he got his shots off first.....the crowd saw the guy on the roof, cops saw the guy ss saw the guy they let him shoot before they took him out permanently....his parents called the cops to warn them ....... its all so obvious it makes you want to scream!!!!
Ok, that didn't work.....this time.....so they go to page two in the play book....take joe out.....I think he is being told get out or we will take you out.....he will get out before the weekend is over.....he has to.....they will replace him with big mike and hillary as big mikes vp.....the same crowd that has been running the country into hell, will keep doing so.....sounds like I think she will win.....yes I do....she will get the women, the abortionists, the dems who have strayed....couple that with the cheat on ballots and voting machines and they are a cinch to beat djt......I hope I am dead wrong but just my opinion....its all beginning to add up what I have been saying for a year and here we are with the pieces lining up......investigation? are you crazy? the investigators are the conspirators where you think that investigation is going to go? It's like asking that midget fauci how did we have a hand in getting the virus created?.....whistle blowers? anybody blows a whistle gets blown away and ignored by the media.....speaking of which even cnn is all over jojo to quit....time is not their friend they gotta get him out of the way fast....if they don't they will have to kill jojo and or trumpster.....just my opinion, hope I am wrong. I think JD is a good vp pick but I wish trumpster would have eaten a little crow and picked nikki but he couldn't bring himself to do it damnit....she would have brought along all those women who would leave the repubs for a new dem guaranteed. Hope I'm wrong we shall see
DJT speaks tonight for the first time since the shooting.....he seems a little subdued and humbled....not his usual fiesty self.....I think he is rattled that he now knows he cannot trust the secret service.....and he doesn't know who in the service conspired to get him killed.....his guards are his killers in my opinion.....we probably will never know unless somebody blows real hard and lives to prove the tale......fat chance.....nobody will believe them who controls news and info.....rt