Harvey on the practice tee at Austin CC |
Our social life in Richmond is picking up steam! Last Sunday, I played another round at The Richmond Golf Club as the guest of my Texas ex-pat friend, Brad Berwick.
The four-ball included Brad's friends, musician Alan Price and actor Stephen Greif. Alan and Stephen played well and were generous in not taking their deserved strokes. ("All bets won or lost on the first tee" comes to mind.) Brad and I took on the two prominent Brits and managed to scrape out a win coming from two down on the final three holes.
Do you remember the British rock band, The Animals? Alan was the keyboardist and produced the smash hit House of the Rising Sun. Here's Alan performing a 1980 non-charting UK single, a re-interpretation of the Animals' # 1 hit from the Sixties. Enjoy. It is an absolute classic and one of my favorites.
Stephen Greif is a UK-born, award-winning stage, film, television, and voice actor. On television, he is best known as Travis in Blakes 7, a British science-fiction program produced by the BBC. You will not believe this, but Stephen was good friends with Bud Shrake! (See The Making of The Little Red Book.) Bud and Stephen worked together on several theatre projects, including Benchmark, a play Bud wrote starring Stephen and Jerry Hall!
After the round, I enjoyed learning about The Stage Golfing Society. Alan and Stephen have been active members of society for years, which has its home at The Richmond Golf Club.
The Stage Golfing Society (SGS) was founded in 1903 and is the second oldest golf society in England. Our members are both men and women creatively involved in the Entertainment Industry. George Edwardes, the celebrated Impresario, founded the Society for the members of his theatrical companies. Rumour has it that his idea was to ensure his actors stayed out of the pubs during the day and were therefore sober when they went on stage in the evening.
Left to right: Brad Berwick, Alan Price, Stephen Greif, and me |
Beautiful finishing hole |
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