[widgeon13]

I was at a business conference at Pinehurst some time ago and was playing Pinehurst #2. A beautiful day probably 80 degrees, sunny, a Donald Ross course, well known as one of the best. I'm playing with a good friend from the Boston area, a real gentleman and the four of us are all pretty solid golfers (8-10 handicaps).

We were walking down the fairway and our caddy is two steps back an one to the left, a nice fellow, southern black gentleman, carrying two bags.

Just a very relaxing fun day on a beautiful course, not a cloud in the sky. My playing companion says sort of in a kidding tone, "What do you think the poor people are doing today"?

Without missing a heartbeat, our caddy says, "Carrying your ******* bag mister".

Neither one of us said anything until after we walked off the green.

Maybe you had to be there to really appreciate the scene and tone of the comment but we still talk about that story to this day. For those of you who might never have visited Pinehurst, the caddy's are very proper, quiet, quite professional as they are doing this every day and most of their lives. They see and hear a lot about life, especially things they will never experience.

This guy was just thinking out loud. We gave him a pretty good tip.