You always hear about athletes getting their knees scoped.  I have always been a little bit curious as to what that’s all about. Well I finally had mine done after tearing both my left interior and exterior menisci almost 2 years ago.  It happened as I was kneeling to pet my wonderful Lab/Golden mix dog Lucy (yes she has red hair).

As I write this it is almost 24 hours after the surgery and, although I went into the situation with trepidation, I am feeling no pain and am really glad I had it done after dragging my feet (foot, actually) for so long.

What I really care about is that my handicap has gone from 13 to 19 since the injury.  I have never been long off the tee (short game is my magic).  Try tearing your meniscus if you don’t want to clear the pond on the 4th at Torrington Country Club.  With the surgery, I can almost feel (imagine) my length off the tee.

Kevin has things at goodsportsart.com under control while I recuperate.  He will be handing all of your reasonable offers for our “no reasonable offer refused” spring training sale.

And with all that is going on in the health care industry (yes, I have health insurance) I was pre-certified for the operation and everything went seemlessly. Thanks to Keith Penney, MD, my orthopedic surgeon and his entire staff and also those at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington CT.

Fore.

Fore!

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I used to be a runner.  About 30 miles a week in NYC’s Central Park.  8 minute miles.  Around the reservoir. Park Drive. It didn’t matter.  18 years ago we moved from the friendly confines of New York City to the rural hills of Northwest Connecticut. That was it for my running career.

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Then came golf.  My friend Jim said you have to do this. I said I didn’t want to.  But he persisted and I tried it- and caught the bug.  Now I play over 100 rounds a year, often at sunrise, always walking the 6 or 7 miles of the hilly Torrington Country Club course.  I think it is about 6 miles if I play well, 7 if I don’t.  Some years I calculate I walk over 1000 miles.

I was lucky enough to have a hole in one on May 22, 1999 on the 188 yard 17th at TCC.  Didn’t see it go in as the sun was behind it and the glare killed any clear view. But there is a plaque on my locker declaring it was so.

I almost played the Pebble Beach par 3 course, but I got sick the day we were scheduled.  For years my mother had an art gallery in

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Bridgehampton, NY and I was always in and around Shinnecock, but never played it.  I have become a great fan of the PGA Tour and never miss the Masters at Augusta National.

My favorite thing about golf is the friends I’ve made on the course and at the club. That is irreplaceable.

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When it is time to come up big with that special gift for that important occasion, consider the gift of sports art. Everyone has a favorite baseball team (how about the NY Yankees, the team everyone either loves or loves to hate), favorite player or ballpark. What better way to solve a gift problem that with the gift of baseball art lithographs, postcard type art card sets or posters or maybe golf art lithographs from Bill Goff Inc / goodsportsart.com.

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