Keeping an eye out for the good stuff

As a writer, Oldgolfdawg is more of a blacksmith than an artisan, more of a stagehand than a playwright. Good writing is a God-given talent that enables one to communicate a viewpoint or story with clarity and precision. The words just seem to flow like good jazz music and in time the writer's personality reveals itself to readers. In Oldgolfdawg's case, the music often sounds more like something from an ump-bah band providing entertainment during an October-fest celebration.

That's why he spent most of his 30 years in sports journalism as a rim rat laying out pages or editing copy under deadline pressure. As time went by and technology and the internet changed our world, it dawned on Oldgolfdawg that he spent a lot of his time keeping things out of the newspaper that he was interested in to serve the deemed needs of the many. In doing so, he spent a lot of time perusing the news wires in an effort to find the most interesting news items of the day that there wasn't any room for and to boil them down into a few graphs of copy.

Blogging doesn't have the same limitations in terms of space. In the world of blogging, space is unlimited. But that can make finding the nuggets worthy of consideration that are available through the internet harder to find. Oldgolfdawg hopes he can help in this regard and will begin offering up links to articles or commentaries he thinks golf enthusiasts will enjoy under a Suggested reading tag on the right side of Chase The Pea, just below the Search This Blog tag.

From time to time, friends of Chase The Pea have e-mailed articles to Oldgolfdawg they found interesting and wanted to share. When this happens in the future and I can establish a link to the e-mailed article, I will gladly include it under the Suggested reading tag if deemed appropriate.

Oldgolfdawg's first two offerings under the Suggested reading tag deal with Tiger Woods' return to competition at the Masters. One is insightful and the other is hard hitting in nature. Oldgolfdawg hopes you enjoy them and other future links.