Andy Gross and me

A widely read supplement

Today, I was interviewed by Andrew Gross, a reporter for the Journal News. He will be writing an article about me that will appear in the May issue of Suburban Golf. As you may have read in an earlier post, Mark Vergari, Senior Photographer of the Journal News, has already taken a number of fotos of me as well as the scorecards that we are planning to use this season.

The Journal News is aware that changes and improvements are being made to the two golf courses managed and operated by the Somers Pointe Golf Club. The newspaper also knows that Maria Sanyshyn, our newly installed Managing Director, is at the helm, and that this Golf Club is now on a fast paced beam reach and gathering speed. Our scorecards, in particular, have piqued the interest of Suburban Golf.

Andrew Gross spent almost three hours with me and together we visited many areas of my life and background, but his principal focus remained on the scorecards. In essence, there is nothing that different about our design. But in contrast with most clubs that don’t quite know where on the card (or in the Club itself) women players should be, ours (like our Golf Club) makes it clear that no gender distinctions are operating here. Hopefully, that will someday be the case everywhere this game is played.

It was an exhilarating experience, being interviewed by this remarkably intelligent young man. He asks profoundly searching questions and although we went on for hours, our rapport never waned for an instant. Instead of a tape recorder, he used a laptop computer and in all candor, I have never seen fingers fly over a keyboard as fast as his. And yet, all the while he is typing, he maintains unflagging eye contact. Amazing!

So far, I have met only two members of this newspaper’s staff, and I am impressed!