This is Part 4 in a series of articles about my summer trip to the western U.S.
We woke up at sunrise early Friday morning. I was nearing the halfway point on my Odyssey and was looking forward to a morning round at Olivas Links Golf Course in Ventura, CA with George and his neighbor Brent Barker. I met Brent only two days earlier. It was pure coincidence that Brent moved in across the street from George. Brent attended Miami University in Oxford, OH at the very same time George and I did, having played three years of football for the Redskins from 1970 to 1972 before a distinguished career in the Air Force, California Air National Guard and the aerospace industry. So the round was a mini-college reunion. Notice I said "Redskins". You will find very few graduates of Miami University before the year 2000 who refer to the school by its so-called politically correct name. The weenies gave in to the pressure.
In one way or another, we all have our "15 minutes of fame" on the world stage. Brent's turn came in a movie many of you will remember. Hot Shots was a parody of the movie Top Gun. It starred Charlie Sheen and Valeria Golino and included cameos by many well-known personalities (such as Lloyd Bridges, Efram Zimbalist, Jr. and Charles Barkley). Brent was one of the pilots in the opening scene of the movie and received a movie credit under the "Other Crew" category. I'm not sure how much Brent was paid for his contribution but, given his status as a Miami Redskin, I am positive it was not enough. And with his movie credit, his fame will last way more than 15 minutes!
We woke up at sunrise early Friday morning. I was nearing the halfway point on my Odyssey and was looking forward to a morning round at Olivas Links Golf Course in Ventura, CA with George and his neighbor Brent Barker. I met Brent only two days earlier. It was pure coincidence that Brent moved in across the street from George. Brent attended Miami University in Oxford, OH at the very same time George and I did, having played three years of football for the Redskins from 1970 to 1972 before a distinguished career in the Air Force, California Air National Guard and the aerospace industry. So the round was a mini-college reunion. Notice I said "Redskins". You will find very few graduates of Miami University before the year 2000 who refer to the school by its so-called politically correct name. The weenies gave in to the pressure.
In one way or another, we all have our "15 minutes of fame" on the world stage. Brent's turn came in a movie many of you will remember. Hot Shots was a parody of the movie Top Gun. It starred Charlie Sheen and Valeria Golino and included cameos by many well-known personalities (such as Lloyd Bridges, Efram Zimbalist, Jr. and Charles Barkley). Brent was one of the pilots in the opening scene of the movie and received a movie credit under the "Other Crew" category. I'm not sure how much Brent was paid for his contribution but, given his status as a Miami Redskin, I am positive it was not enough. And with his movie credit, his fame will last way more than 15 minutes!
Olivas Links
Olivas Links Golf Club Olivas Links is located in Ventura County, about 60 miles north of Los Angeles. A little over 30 minutes from George's home, it would be my fifth and final round with George on this trip.
The course is less than a mile from the Pacific Ocean and from the course, you can see Ventura Harbor, the Ventura hillside and the Channel Islands. The course is owned by the city of Ventura and there's not a single home on the course.
Our tee time of 7:20 was one of the earlier tee times on the day. We teed off to find that chemicals were being applied to the fairways as we played that day.
The course is less than a mile from the Pacific Ocean and from the course, you can see Ventura Harbor, the Ventura hillside and the Channel Islands. The course is owned by the city of Ventura and there's not a single home on the course.
Our tee time of 7:20 was one of the earlier tee times on the day. We teed off to find that chemicals were being applied to the fairways as we played that day.
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