Comments on: Desert Golf Safari Conjures Memories of Bob Labbance https://www.halphillips.net/desert-golf-safari-provokes-memories-of-bob-labbance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desert-golf-safari-provokes-memories-of-bob-labbance Small-Batch Journalism & Comment Sat, 31 Aug 2019 14:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tom Bedell https://www.halphillips.net/desert-golf-safari-provokes-memories-of-bob-labbance#comment-291 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:39:37 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=485#comment-291 Lovely piece, Hal. I’ve been thinking of Bob lately, too, for some reason, perhaps because I included his “Golf in the Year 2100” in my recent “Desert Island Golf Library” post right here on TAP (at http://bit.ly/kcV9Ry I unabashedly promote).

I was forming a rebuttal in my mind as I read your characterization of Bob of a traditionalist (which he was, but…) when you swung into mention of the Stockbridge-Caymen tournament, which was anything but conventional. As I recall, the last of the few rules for play was, “If you’re not having fun, you’re disqualified.” In my mind that pretty much answers the disc golf question.

I know I have a couple of pieces about Bob in the archives, including one about my first time playing in the tournament, and you’ve inspired me to go hunt them down to post before too long. Anyway, thanks again.

]]> By: David DeSmith https://www.halphillips.net/desert-golf-safari-provokes-memories-of-bob-labbance#comment-290 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:56:11 +0000 http://halphillips.net/?p=485#comment-290 I’m sure Bob would’ve enjoyed disc golf, Hal — with a beer in hand, no doubt (not to mention…) Thanks for writing this piece. Bob does come to mind often. As the game grows ever more commercial, his approach to it and fondness for its better conventions stands out in contrast. He is greatly missed, just as we all knew he would be.

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