Comments for Janina Jacobs

Comment on A Bear-y Merry Christmas by Tim Spanjer

Tim Spanjer — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:55:24 +0000

Love that ole BEAR! Thanks Janina, it was great seeing you at The Farm!

Comment on Madeline Joell: Bermuda’s Golden Girl by Janina Jacobs

Janina Jacobs — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:38:47 +0000

We’ll have to talk. I know so few people who knew Mady very well. Even though it has been almost 13 years it still does not seem real that she is gone…..at least from our sight. Watch for another story I’ll post soon about my first visit to Bermuda since her death. I played in the Bacardi Par-3 at Southampton Princess last March and a very remarkable thing happened. Have a wonderful Christmas and blessed New Year!

Comment on U.S. Navy’s Biggest Battle: Getting Kids Healthy by Janina Jacobs

Janina Jacobs — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:34:12 +0000

Hello Teena, thanks for the kind words! I am happy to work with you and all the other ebullient ladies. Had a wonderful time at lunch today……JJ

Comment on U.S. Navy’s Biggest Battle: Getting Kids Healthy by Aishwarya Devgupt

Aishwarya Devgupt — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:53:05 +0000

Janina!

Loved your website and all that you have written! It’s on my Bookmarks now!
Very proud to be in the Women’s & Programming committees with you! I look forward to working with you on any volunteer opportunities you may be involved in!

Comment on Madeline Joell: Bermuda’s Golden Girl by Leslie Franks McRae

Leslie Franks McRae — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:08:42 +0000

Hi Janina: This was absolutely beaufiful! I had known Madeline since age 12, was her maid of honor, and along with another good friend Fiona, made sure she was dressed in red for her burial. I also read Psalm 23 at her funeral 12 years ago; and oh boy, it was a funeral she would have loved!

I was thinking of my old friend and googled her name; happy I came across your tribute!

God bless you!
Leslie

Comment on Slow Play: You’ve Met Your Match by Bob Ackerman

Bob Ackerman — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:01:15 +0000

There is only one fair way to enforce pace of play. Put an NBA style shot clock on every hole that is visible to every player, spectator, ranger and rules official. When the group reaches the tee, the predetermined time to play the hole starts ticking off. If the players don’t finish the hole in the alloted time and it is recreational golf, the group moves to the next tee. If it is tournament golf, either a fine or penalty stroke is applied. When an NBA player crosses the half-court line, the team has 24 seconds to shoot the ball and everyone has visible access to the clock. Same should hold true in golf. Everyone should have an equal amount of time to play each hole. As far as changing equipment goes, just change courses. Walk and play a Donald Ross course and pace of play is not an issue unless the food and beverage people overcrowd the course. The real fault of slow play is not the players who are the customers but the architects, real estate developers, golf cart companies and food and beverage people who have tried to “sell” the game to the public and then overcrowd a course that is too hard for the average golfer to play.

Comment on The Masters and Family Tradition by Janina Jacobs

Janina Jacobs — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:53:19 +0000

Hey there Doc, thanks for the lovely comment. I needed a pick-me-upper this morning…..you know why! You’ll likely see my newest story on the site soon! Head for repair this afternoon.

Comment on The Masters and Family Tradition by paul jerry md

paul jerry md — Fri, 27 May 2011 03:46:28 +0000

i too had a great day at the masters in 2010. my son and i made the trip and we “brought” my dad to spend eternity standing guard at amen corner. my son will one day take me back to watch the action with my dad. my family shares your love of golf. thanks for a lovely piece about love and respect. paul jerry md

Comment on Oh No, (Na)t a 16: Variations on the Unplayable Lie by Janina Jacobs

Janina Jacobs — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:26:18 +0000

Just so you know, there is no Rule 28/2; if it’s a decision from the USGA Decisions on the Rules of Golf you are referring to, it does not apply to this situation (Decision 28/2: Player Declares his First Ball from Tee Unplayable; Abandons Provisional and Claims He is Lying Three with Third Ball). In interpreting Rule 28, under the b. option, you are certainly allowed to do what you suggest, taking as many drops as you wish since the rule does not limit how many times you may invoke it. However, one must keep in mind that the drop(s) cannot be taken closer to the hole, thus a player would likely have to back up and out of the woods, which may not necessarily be the shortest way out of trouble. Plus, I’d have to think a touring professional would feel rather foolish doing that. My guess is he’d never hear the end of it from his cohorts!

RE: Na not going back to the tee a third time. Thanks for assuming I’m nice (I am!!!) but I’m only guessing about his reasons for doing what he did. My two worst tournament rules scenarios were 1) hitting 3 balls in a row OB off the tee but that was quick and I didn’t hold up play by reloading. Pretty cut and dried rules-wise and my 11 was easy to count; 2) listening to another player tell me my options for….guess what…..an unplayable lie…..I made the mistake of heeding her advice and believed her when she told me I could re-trace my way back out of the woods from my drive and drop back into the fairway – NOT how I described it properly under Rule 28 c. As I was signing my scorecard, I checked with the officials who then informed me I had taken an improper drop. Since I would have had to correct it before playing the next hole (too late) and didn’t, I was DQ’d. That’s why I am now VERY familiar with Rule 28.

In any rules matters, I am always very aware of holding up play as I’m sure most top players are. However, it is a fine line between doing things correctly yet expediently – especially when you are not sure of the rules. And by the way, you may think Tour players know the rules really well, but you’d be surprised that many don’t. That’s why you’ll see them get an official ruling for seemingly simple affairs like cart path drops or Ground Under Repair or water hazards. Reason is that if an official gives the player a ruling and it turns out to be incorrect later on, the player is in the clear; if the player took the same relief on his or her own and it was wrong, they are in a jam and susceptible to DQ or penalty strokes depending on the severity of the breach.

Comment on Oh No, (Na)t a 16: Variations on the Unplayable Lie by court

court — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:52:55 +0000

You left out the additional option of 28/2 – you are allowed to continue taking 2 club length unplayable lie drops until you are out of your trouble. Na’s ball looked to be less than 20 feet into the woods to start. Even if it took Na 4 or 5 drops, he still could have saved 4 or 5 strokes…but that is a 20/20 hindsight thought.

But it’s nice of you to assume Na was worrying about holding up the groups behind him by not going back to the tee for a third time. Not many players with the “slow player” tag would get that consideration.