Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013 - (Page 74)
SportS
THe swing
sHifT
A iming to i m p rove
h e r g o l f gA m e ,
A lA fA ir B u r k e s i nk s
A f e w in s A r As otA
74
w w w. r i t z c a r lt o n . c o m
From Top: Chip henderson; AlAFAir Burke
GOING GREEN
From top: Hole
16, perhaps the
course’s most
challenging; the
writer in action.
H
“How long have you been playing?”
The question is simple enough. So should be my answer:
Since 1995.
That’s 18 years. But given the realities of Manhattan
living — the weather, the traffic, the apparent impossibility of building a golf course in the middle of Greenwich
Village — 1995 to 2013 feels like seven months in actual
golf time. At the end of every summer, as New York area
courses close and we pack away our clubs for the season,
my husband, Sean, and I convince ourselves we have finally
gotten somewhere with the sport — only to wonder the
next April where our beautiful swings went.
This year, we decided to look for them at the Tom
Fazio-designed Members Golf Club at The Ritz-Carlton,
Sarasota in Florida. The question — “How long have you
been playing?” — comes from Glen Murray, the club’s
director of golf operations, who is playing the back nine
with us to kick off our trip. I’ve made it off the 10th hole
with a respectable bogey, but, considering the monster
par 5 that awaits us on 11, I feel the need to qualify my
response: “1995,” I say, “but … our dog’s name is Double
Bogey. The previous one was Duffer. That should give
you a sense.”
A huge ridge frames the entire right side of the narrow
fairway. On the left, two long bunkers wait, the grains
of sand silently willing my ball toward them. The sight
usually would be enough to ignite panic in this seasonal
golfer, forcing my mind into mantra-like repetitions of my
http://WWW.RITZCARLTON.COM
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013
Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013
Contents
Contributors
Editor’s Letter
President’s Letter
Falling in Love With … New Orleans
Design
Technology
On the Boulevards
Shopping
Jewelry
Watches
Family
Local Knowledge
Sports
Cancun
Doha
Fashion
Culinary
Let Us Stay with You
Heritage
Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2013
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonexperience_2014summer
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2014winter-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2014winter
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013fall-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013fall
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013summer-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013summer
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013spring-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013spring
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013winter-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2013winter
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012fall-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012fall
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012summer-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012summer
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012spring-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012spring
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012winter-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2012winter
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2011fall-ch
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2011fall
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mcmurry/ritzcarltonmag_2011summer
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com