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Simply smashing
Published: 9/10/2006 2:20 PM
Last Modified: 9/10/2006 2:20 PM

Hey, I've got something in common with Cristie Kerr and it's not driving distance, since she can knock the white off a golf ball.
Kerr skipped her high school graduation to play in a golf tournament.
I skipped my senior class trip to play in the last day of a high school golf regional.
Our golf team was the worst in the state, so there was absolutely nothing at stake, and some of the guys chose a class trip over a golf tournament. I thought golf sounded more fun so I skipped the class trip (to Fin and Feather, which I would later discover to have a buffet that puts Las Vegas buffets to shame). If I had it to do over again, who knows if I would make the same choice? But I posted a score, won nothing and drove home.
This morning, before arriving at the LPGA event in Broken Arrow, I smashed my little finger in a car door at a church parking lot. It's good that it happened to me instead of Kerr or Annika Sorenstam. I won't be golfing for a while.






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John Fusselman (6 years ago)
You are so right about Fin and Feather. Several years ago I took a Senior Class there and I gained at least 7 lbs in four days. Loved every bite of the fantastic buffet. Since then I have been looking for some school class taking a trip there so I could offer my services as an adult supervisor. Thanks for bringing up the memory.
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