1. Golfer: Think I’m going to drown myself in the lake.
   Caddy: Think you can keep your head down that long?
2. Golfer: I’d move heaven and earth to break 100 on this course.
   Caddy: Try heaven, you’ve already moved most of the earth.
3. Golfer: Do you think my game is improving?
   Caddy: “Yes sir, you miss the ball much closer now.
4. Golfer: Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?
   Caddy: Eventually.
5. Golfer: You’ve got to be the worst caddy in the world.
   Caddy: I don’t think so sir. That would be too much of a coincidence.
6. Golfer: Please stop checking your watch all the time. It’s too much of a distraction.
   Caddy: It’s not a watch – it’s a compass.
7. Golfer: How do you like my game?
   Caddy: Very good sir, but personally, I prefer golf.
8. Golfer: Do you think it’s a sin to play on Sunday?
   Caddy: The way you play, sir, it’s a sin on any day.
9. Golfer: This is the worst course I’ve ever played on.
   Caddy: This isn’t the golf course. We left that an hour ago.
10. Golfer: That can’t be my ball, it’s too old.
    Caddy: It’s been a long time since we teed off, sir.

What a beautiful weekend!  Played Rum Pointe on Saturday morning.  The course is in excellent condition!  Took pictures and added them to Rum Pointes photo’s on this website. 
Played Man O War Sunday morning.  Again excellent condition!  Love the Bermuda grass!

David Letterman’s Top Ten Caddie Comments
#10 –
Golfer: “Think I’m going to drown myself in the lake.”
Caddy: “Think you can keep your head down that long?”
#9 –
Golfer: “I’d move heaven and earth to break 100 on this course.”
Caddy: “Try heaven, you’ve already moved most of the earth.”
#8 –
Golfer: “Do you think my game is improving?”
Caddy: “Yes sir, you miss the ball much closer now.”
#7 –
Golfer: “Do you think I can get there with a 5 iron?”
Caddy: “Eventually.”
#6 –
Golfer: “You’ve got to be the worst caddy in the world.”
Caddy: “I don’t think so sir. That would be too much of a coincidence.”
#5 –
Golfer: “Please stop checking your watch all the time. It’s too much of a distraction.”
Caddy: “It’s not a watch – it’s a compass.”
#4 –
Golfer: “How do you like my game?”
Caddy: “Very good sir, but personally, I prefer golf.”
#3 –
Golfer: “Do you think it’s a sin to play on Sunday?”
Caddy: “The way you play, sir, it’s a sin on any day.”
#2 –
Golfer: “This is the worst course I’ve ever played on.”
Caddy: “This isn’t the golf course. We left that an hour ago.”
And the #1 Caddy Coment is:
Golfer: “That can’t be my ball, it’s too old.”
Caddy: “It’s been a long time since we teed off, sir.”

OC AIR SHOW

(Clockwise from top left) Team RV’s Danny Kight, whose goes by the call sign “Speedy.” The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Mike Wiskus in the Lucas Oil Pitts. And, in this photo, Team RV, the world’s largest air show team. (June 8, 2012) Organizers of the 2012 OC Air Show, set to take place this Saturday and Sunday, are expecting the fifth annual event to keep spectators on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
“This is the fifth anniversary and it’s getting bigger and better every year,” said Cathy Bassett, spokeswoman for B. Lilley LLC Productions, the company producing the show. “We have an incredible line-up of performers, with the return of the Thunderbirds. For the first time, we have two jet demonstrations teams, with Thunderbirds and the Black Diamond Jet Team. It will be an exciting, fun weekend for the whole family.”
The weekend show will kick off Saturday with a parachute jump by the 101st Airborne Scream Eagles team, who will carry a large flag down to the beach. More than a dozen military and civilian performers are set to take to the sky each day, from noon to 4 p.m. Many people who arrived in Ocean City before the main event may have caught a glimpse of them practicing their acts this week.
The show is centered around the beach at 16th Street, where there are premium viewing areas set up for a fee, though the performances may be viewed from the beach and along the Boardwalk for free.
The fifth anniversary show will feature pilots and teams performing various forms of acrobatic and extreme flying. The two-day line-up, headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, will showcase parachute jump teams, low altitude flyovers and the nation’s best aerobatic performers, including the U.S. Navy F-18 Hornet, GEICO Skytypers, A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog), 2011 Aerobatic Freestyle World Champion Rob Holland, U.S. Navy Seals Leap Frogs, Mike Wiskus in the Lucas Oil Pitts, 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles, Mike Goulian in the Goodyear Extra 330SC, Sean Carroll in the Yakovlev Yak-9 and C-5M Super Galaxy. The U.S. Coast Guard will also conduct a search and rescue demonstration.
Carroll, who lives in Ocean City, will be flying in the air show again this year, performing aerobatic tricks in his vin- tage World War II Yak-9 plane.
“It’s a fast, noisy airplane. It’s a difficult plane to fly, but it’s a fun plane to fly. It’s a loud monster,” he said.
Carroll, who has been flying the Yak-9 for 14 years, said the Ocean City show is one of his favorites because of the beach location. He will be maneuvering between 50 and 5,000 feet above the beach, reaching speeds of nearly 500 miles per hour. Many of his friends and family will be watching him perform.
“I love Ocean City. It’s like I’m the hometown boy,” Carroll said. “I’ve been all around the world and Ocean City is a pretty cool place to call home.”
After his performance, Carroll said he will stop by Show Center to meet fans and sign autographs.
Based in Minneapolis, Minn., Mike Wiskus and his Lucas Oil Pitts plane will make their Ocean City Air Show debut, and he said he is looking forward to the event.
“What a great place to do a show. My favorite shows are over water. We travel all over the U.S. and Canada and do a lot of big shows, and this is a nice addition to our schedule,” said Wiskus, who will perform many of his stunts about 10-15 feet above the ocean. “Spectators can expect to see a lot of smoke and hear a lot of noise. They’ll see airplanes do things you don’t expect airplanes to do.”
During the show, Wiskus’ aircraft will reach speeds of 250-280 miles per hour, and he will also drop to zero.
The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team consists of six of 11 remaining vintage World War II SNJ-2’s that demonstrate low-level precision flying. The team also “types” messages at 10,000 feet with puffs of smoke in dot matrix-style letters at an altitude of 10,000 feet. On a clear day, the messages can be seen nearly 20 miles away. The GEICO Skytypers are the only flying unit in the world that performs at air shows typing their messages in the sky.
During the 18-minute performance, the GEICO Skytypers will come within 500 feet of the beach and reach speeds ranging from 120-180 miles per hour.
“Ocean City is a really good show for us. It’s one of our favorite shows and it’s so close to New York so a lot of our families come,” said Jim Record, the No. 7 pilot, who has been with the team since 1992. The former Navy pilot, based in Long Island, N.Y., handles the team’s media, show narration and filming. “We like the commitment of the community. They support the air show a lot.”
Fans will have an opportunity to meet some of the pilots at the GEICO tent near Show Center.
The weekend will also include a number of beach parties, happy hours and other gatherings at local businesses, where the public can meet the performers. On Saturday, a fifth anniversary party will take place at 7 p.m. at Ocean Downs Casino, on Route 589 near Ocean Pines, featuring a joint parachute team jump by the Navy Seals Leap Frogs and 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles at 8:15 p.m., followed by a finale fireworks display.
Since the Air Show’s inception, visitors have flocked to Ocean City to witness the extreme flying spectacle. According to the city’s Demoflush statistics, which estimate population based on wastewater usage, there were 260,794 people in town during the 2011 event. That was an increase from 226,679 during the same weekend in 2010, though the air show did not fall on that weekend. The population during the 2010 air show weekend was 205,882, which was noticeably lower than during the 2011 event.
“The OC Air Show has become a signature event in Ocean City. It is an exciting event to watch, and from a patriotic standpoint it is also very moving,” said Donna Abbott, Ocean City tourism and marketing director. “We are thrilled to welcome the U.S. Thunderbirds back along with all of the great acts scheduled in this year’s line-up. It looks like it is shaping up to be a fantastic weekend, and the weather forecast looks great.”
General viewing from the beach is free. Tickets for premium viewing at the Show Center on 16th Street and the beach are available, starting at $22. VIP hospitality in the Clubhouse Chalet is sold out for Saturday, but earlier this week some tickets were still available for Sunday. Tickets cost $99. VIP Penthouse tickets cost $219 for one day, or $339 for a two-day pass. Both include parking, food and beverage, among other amenities.

Jim Furyk – War Admiral Designer

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A year ago, Jim Furyk missed the cut at the Memorial Tournament for the only time in 16 years.
It was emblematic of his season.
“I had my best season in 2010 and drove right into my worst season in 2011,” Furyk said yesterday.
He slumped from second in earnings in 2010 to 53rd, but now the 2002 Memorial champion believes he’s on his way back. He’s 24th on the 2012 earnings list with $1,542,689.
“I did a little soul-searching and had some things to figure out in the offseason,” Furyk said. “ I worked out really hard in the offseason, probably more than I ever have.
“I’m happy with how things have gone. I haven’t had a victory yet, but it’s much, much improved from last year.”
Furyk, 42, has made some technical and equipment changes, but most of the improvement has come between the ears.
“More than anything else, it’s confidence,” Furyk said. “In this game, you can fall off the cliff really quick and lose your confidence, but you have to climb that mountain slowly. I feel I’m climbing back.”
The Memorial is a special tournament to Furyk, and not just because he is a past champion and has six top-10 finishes here. His wife, Tabitha, is from Columbus, so the tournament serves as a quasi-reunion for their family. He also grew up in Pennsylvania idolizing Jack Nicklaus.
“Getting that trophy from Jack on the 18th green is pretty special,” he said.

By Bill Rabinowitz

Congratulations John Engh, a regular Ruark Golf player who played in the Nationwide pro/am with Dustin Johnson!
John’s comment:
That’s me on the right on 18 – yes it goes in for birdie and the gallery reaction was amazing. Fastest putt I have ever had! We finished a respectable 4th – apparently your money should be on Hunter Mahan this week. Tiger and Phil also played very well! Best golf moment ever!

Glen Riddle Golf Courses Celebrate their Horse Racing Heritage

The history to the course is rare in its passion and relativity to golf. McDonald elaborates by going on to say, “If you’ve seen the movie Seabiscuit you know that Seabiscuit raced War Admiral in that great race. War Admiral was a Triple Crown winner and the son of Man O’ War, who was considered the horse of the century back then. Both Man O’ War and War Admiral were housed on the property.” These beautiful creatures and their talents give the courses a level of quality that cannot be achieved artificially.
As we turned the conversation to focus more so on golf McDonald speaks of another unique quality the course has. He told me, “Typically on a 36 hole facility both courses replicate each other. Our courses are nothing alike. Man O’ War is your typical link style golf course, and is all Bermuda grass. That course is open to the public, whereas the other course is a parkland type of course, which will go private eventually.” Until they have filled all of their membership positions, War Admiral will remain open to the general public.
It goes without saying playing on the Eastern shore is different from playing on courses in the South or Midwest. An argument made on how the experience differs focused in on water breeze, wind and humidity; however, McDonald brings up the difference in elevation. He says, “More than anything down here, on the eastern shore compared to the western shore, there’s a difference in elevation. There’s a little more of the lowlands down here and golf is usually played on level ground. While we don’t have a lot of elevation changes, we do have rolling hills and fairways which will alter your stance and make you play a different shot.” These rolling hills are found to be helpful to golfers who are dealing with the ever-changing East coast weather.
One would assume that in order to play at such unique courses pricing would be very high. McDonald acknowledges that “Mr. Ruark has brought high quality prices to the Ocean City area, but we do have various packaging.” If you are looking into getting great golf packages, make sure to call Harrison Group Golf. It will be a decision you will never regret!
Tip of the Day: Enjoy yourself. Golf can be frustrating if you take it too seriously. You’re out in a beautiful place with your friends, you have to just enjoy yourself.