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Welcome the Newest Member of SaskGolfer.com Family - George Bowditch
George was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and grew up on a small mixed farm near Success, Saskatchewan which is located 20 miles northwest of Swift Current. At a young age, George developed a keen interest in all sports especially baseball, golf and hockey.
After attending elementary school at Success he attended both O.M. Irwin and the Swift Current Comprehensive High School in Swift Current. Upon graduation George took a two year retail merchandising and business administration course at Vermillion College in Vermillion, Alberta. During these times George developed a very keen interest in the game of golf.
When he returned to Swift Current after completing college, George continued his activity in the sports field by coaching with the bantam rep hockey club and it was during this time that he became close friends with the head greens keeper at Elmwood Golf and Country Club and he spent the next summer working at what he says was his dream job as the assistant greens keeper. Work at golf and play golf, why life could not get any better.
Marriage took George away to Regina for the next ten years where he worked as a grounds keeper until a back injury changed his career path and he started on his way to being a salesman. During this time, George's interest in the game of golf continued to grow.
He jumped at the opportunity to return to Swift Current ten years later as a sales and retail development person with Sask. Sport/ Sask. Lotteries and he spent the next 16 years working for them. George retired from Sask. Sport when he was asked to transfer and he did not want to leave Southwest Saskatchewan.
Due to his interest in golf George had developed a close friendship with John Gaudet who was the Head Professional at Chinook Golf Club and John had asked him if he was interested in a selling career in the golf industry as he knew a company that was looking for a rep in Saskatchewan. There was no doubt that he was interested and so John contacted the company and told them about him.
Shortly afterwards George joined with Srixon Golf USA as their sales rep for the province of Saskatchewan. This was a great experience and an opportunity to meet and talk to golf professionals around the province as well as play and demo the equipment. These friendships remain to this day. He remained with Srixon Golf until Srixon purchased Cleveland Golf and the owners of Srixon decided to allow the Cleveland Golf team run the North American operations.
During these years of selling George had discovered another passion of his and this was for writing. While working for a variety of other golf companies after Srixon, George also was able to do some freelance writing for the Prairie Post, a weekly publication based out of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Here he was able to do a number of feature articles on the game of golf and the courses and the people involved in the industry. This was something he found he took a great pride in and still does today.
George's writing career continued to evolve and about four years ago he joined the Southwest Booster as a writer/reporter. This position was a varied one that gave him the opportunity to write about golf and sports in general to one that also allowed him to write about politics and government affairs. He found local politics to be fascinating and while he wrote about the goings on in municipal politics, George wanted to know even more about the inner workings of municipal politics.
He ran for a seat on Swift Current City Council in October 2009 and was fortunate enough to be elected as a Councillor, a position he holds today.
It meant that George had to give up his position as a writer/reporter with the Southwest Booster due to the "inside information" that he is privy to. It has been a great learning experience for him and everyday he learns more about the operations of municipal government.
While he can not write about city affairs, George has not lost the passion for writing and the great game of golf. He is very excited and thankful for the opportunity that Sask Golfer is giving him to write about the game of golf in Saskatchewan.
George is married to Debbie and they have two boys and two grand children(which he hopes love golf as much as he does). George and Debbie both love golf and whenever you are in the area, they would love to play a round with you or at least talk the game.
If you have any stories and news for George and Sask Golfer you can contact him at golfman@sasktel.net.
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The 24 Absolute Laws of Golf
LAW 1:
No matter how bad your last shot was, you should have Inner Peace knowing that a shittier one is yet to come. This law does not expire on the 18th hole, since it has the supernatural tendency to extend over the course of a tournament, a summer and, eventually, a lifetime.
LAW 2:
Your best round of golf will be followed almost immediately by your worst round ever. The probability of the latter increases with the number of people you tell about the former.
LAW 3:
Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic. Though this cannot be proven in the lab, it is a known fact that the more expensive the golf ball, the greater its attraction to water. Expensive clubs have been known to be partly made with this most unusual natural alloy.
LAW 4:
Golf balls never bounce off of trees back into play. If one does, the tree is breaking a law of the universe and should be cut down.
LAW 5:
The higher a golfer's handicap, the more qualified he deems himself as an instructor.
LAW 6:
A golfer hitting into your group will always be bigger than anyone in your group. Likewise, a group you accidentally hit into will consist of a football player, a professional wrestler, a convicted murderer and an IRS agent -- or some similar combination.
LAW 7:
All 3-woods are demon-possessed. Your Mother in Law does not come close.
LAW 8:
Golf balls from the same "sleeve" tend to follow one another, particularly out of bounds or into the water. See LAW 3.
LAW 9:
The last three holes of a round will automatically adjust your score to what it really should be.
LAW 10:
Golf should be given up at least twice per month.
LAW 11:
All vows taken on a golf course shall be valid only until the sunset.
LAW 12:
Since bad shots come in groups of three, your fourth consecutive bad shot is really the beginning of the next group of three.
LAW 13:
If it isn't broke, try changing your grip.
LAW 14:
It's surprisingly easy to hole a 50-foot putt when you lie 8.
LAW 15:
Counting on your opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own haircut.
LAW 16:
Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.
LAW 17:
It's not a gimme if you're still 4 feet away.
LAW 18:
The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the centre of a very large tree.
LAW 19:
You can hit a 2-acre fairway 10% of the time, and a 2-inch branch 90% of the time.
LAW 20:
Every Time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make a double or triple bogey to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.
LAW 21:
If you want to hit a 7-iron as far as Tiger Woods does, simply try to use it to lay up just short of a water hazard.
LAW 22:
There are two things you can learn by stopping your backswing at the top and checking the position of your hands: how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.
LAW 23:
A ball you can see in the rough from 50 yards away is not yours.
LAW 24:
Don't buy a putter until you've had a chance to throw it.
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Amen corner
"He's hit it fat...It will probably be short...It just hit the front of the green.... It's got no choice....It's rolling, but it will stop....It's rolling toward the cup...Well, I'll be goddamned, he sank it!"
-TV announcer Jimmy Demaret, calling a 104-yard eagle.
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