Mr. Strayton is an average golfer who is enthralled by a new type of golf tournament, one that combines the betting of poker with the pressure shots of golf.
Adam Scott, the Masters winner, broke the course record Wednesday at Port Royal in Southampton, Bermuda, with a seven-under 64 to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf by two shots over Justin Rose, the United States Open winner.
Twice, he failed to get the ball out of sand traps — a routine shot for golf professionals.
At the Three Rivers office — no flat-screen TVs showing panning shots of Jack Nicklaus golf courses here — a whiteboard on the outside wall of the office lists phone numbers for firewood sales and raffle tickets for a quilt.
Grab an outdoor table and a shot of caffeine at Golf Caffe, at the south end at Ulica Petra Preradovica 2 (00 385 1 481 4746; golf-caffe.hr), then hurry back to Dolac (7) and Bistro Amfora at Dolac 2 (00 385 1 4816455) for market-fresh tuna for HRK60 (£7).
Junk shots were injections of golf balls and other objects to obstruct the flow.
During the Principal Group affair, which he left primarily in the hands of Treasurer Dick Johnston and Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Elaine McCoy, a photographer captured a shot of Getty playing golf while his press secretary had said that he was "working out of the office".
But an investigation discovered he had destroyed the phone when he played a poor shot during a round of golf and hit his bag with a club in frustration.
Showing no ill effects from a stroke he sustained last fall, Burke, a Texan, fired his opening shot at the overbuilding of golf, which he believes has led to a glut of courses, many of them failing.
Mr Thompson recalled stepping into a bunker to take a shot during a game of golf when the reptile appeared from nearby undergrowth and clamped down on his leg, in an attempt to drag him into a swamp close to the Iberostar Cancun Golf Club.
