Larry Miller

Last Wednesday, November 27th, the day before Thanksgiving, Jim Corsar and Chuck Allegrini got off to an adventuresome start to their golf round. Off the number one tee, Chuck hit his drive to the left side of the fairway. Chuck had to punch his next shot because of his ball position. Punching a shot in golf means you keep the ball low, which is a line drive. You need to punch a shot if there are low-hanging limbs or something obstructing your direct flight to the green. Being the good golfer, Chuck is he hit a nice low-line drive punch right toward Jim Corsar who was standing down the fairway. With his eyes tracking the quickly approaching ball, Jim jumped up and spread his legs, creating a space for Chuck's ball to continue its journey right between his legs. Nice shot, Chuck. Nice jump, Jim. A shot or so later, Chuck was on the first green. Hearing the word fore bellowed in the air, Chuck briefly glanced over his right shoulder and saw a ball headed towards him.

Were you on the Little River Golf Course last Thursday at 10:44 a.m.? At that time and date, there was a 7-magnitude earthquake centered 44 miles west of Rio Dell in Humboldt County. It was felt all over Northern California, with some folks saying it was the shakiest quake they had ever experienced. Now, perchance, you had just hit your tee shot on the second hole, a par three. Perchance, your ball landed very close to the hole, which was almost a hole-in-one. At 10:44, you strode to the green, and as you walked on the green toward your ball, you felt the ground move and the trees sway. Then you saw your ball drop in the hole, and yes, by golf rules, that would be an ace. Rule number 9.3. If a natural force, like an earthquake, moves a ball at rest, there's no penalty, and the ball is played from its new spot. In the case of it falling in the hole, that is its new spot. Equally, if the ball is moved by wind or water, you must play it where it comes to rest. Now, if you had marked your ball, picked it up, and replaced it, and then the earthquake hit, rolling your ball in the hole, it would not count. You would have to place your ball where it was marked. On Thursday, the course was not crowded, and many of the few players on the course when the quake hit said they did not feel anything.

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I'm sure many of you local golfers saw, last week, the interesting, heavy-duty high-lift machine next to the driving range. I'm sure you also saw it in operation with a skilled operator manipulating the lift from high up in the basket. The lift machine was used to repair rips and tears in the driving range netting. I asked Pro-Shop manager Kathy Shepley, who the golf course had hired to do this work? “That's Terry Stratton operating the lift,” Kathy informed. Wow, I had no idea that the course manager, Terry Stratton, was a heavy equipment operator. Terry said the machine was rented from Herc, formerly Hertz, Rentals in Ukiah. It is transported from Ukiah on a semi-flatbed truck. Terry speculated that it weighed numerous tons in order to counterbalance the lift platform, which has a maximum extension of 60 feet. Terry said he “learned to operate it by the seat of my pants and reading the instruction/warning labels on the machine. I received no training from Herc Rentals. Very exciting up that high, and I wasn't scared, provided it wasn't windy. You are hooked in with a safety harness and the handrails on the working platform are high.” Terry revealed he was surprised the height didn't scare him because his knees turn to Jello when standing close to our brittle ocean cliffs. The machine cannot be operated on much of a slope, so the Little River Golf Course will need to hire a tree climber with a bucket truck to repair netting and damaged cables in areas on the hill.

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As we all know, recently there has been lots of rain and not much golf. Last week, the course was closed on Tuesday, as it normally is, and closed again on Wednesday, Christmas Day. It was nice for the Little River course staff to be able to spend Christmas at home with family rather than at work. The course was open again on Thursday and Friday, then closed again on Saturday, in the rain. After raining most of Saturday night and early Sunday morning, the course was open for business on Sunday, and golfers were itching to tee off.

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The Little River Golf Course was closed last Tuesday, December 31st, as it normally is, so the last folks to play golf who pulled the curtain on 2024 were Bruce Woodruff, Paul Cookenboo, Mathew Hernandez, and Alex Espinosa. These gentlemen pulled the curtain on Monday, December 30th. The first golfers to open the golf course curtain on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025, were Mike Roscoe and Ralph Turrentine, contingents of the Dawn Patrol. Thanks Guys. Good job.