September 9, 2007

ALPINE LAKE, WV — Greg Long, the 8-year member of Golfapalooza, continued to release smidges of his new book, “Memories: How I lived Golfapalooza”, which is due out to book stores in a couple of weeks. Long, a.k.a. Slick, was asked to walk through Chapter 5, which is titled, “The Front Nine” as it provides his insights of how to play the Ron Forse par 72 golf course.

"The fourth hole is a joke except for the green. Never ever hit the ball right of the fairway. Everyone hits driver, but it is unnecessary at this very short Par 5. Hit 7 or 8-iron before risking the right side. Getting to the green is the easy part.

The hole requires just three 150-yard shots. Everyone is eager to show everyone a shot in their bag they don't have. This green, which is very slanted from back to front, might be the most difficult on the golf course as this green continues to suffer more erosion than Hole 13. Waste your strokes on the green instead of immediately off the tee.

As far as a lasting memory, I have nothing here. I saw Dosky take a 12 here once without a penalty. There are plenty of memories on the back nine. I promise."