A golfer with the initials MM has already been out playing on Palmer Golf Course this year. These are the kind of interesting things I learned while watching the foretee9th YouTube channel this week.
The special guest on the Sam Olson show was Nelly, who is listed as Rob Nelson on most official tee sheets. Nelly was full of stories about how good you really have to be to play golf professionally and about being clearly destined to be Alaska’s best golfer.
When he tried to become more than that, he literally got punched in the face and threatened by the presence of Irish Mafia, all while losing his luggage and being so sick he passed out in the hallway of his hotel and spent his last dime on Portuguese medical care.
There are more stories to confirm Nelly’s position in life was no accident, so check out the video when you get time. Nelly has played high-level golf for like a century or more. He details breaking par at age four and stuff like that.
There is hope of an early spring, as us Alaskans are having the best winter in at least a decade. Little snow and relatively warm weather, as in consistently more than 20 degrees outside, makes us giddy with anticipation.
Nelly and his friends have been practicing all winter in their ice shanty, as seen on the Olson show. Nelly says he still has a competitive fire, so look out Alaskan golf. This could be a good year for the older, wiser gent from Palmer.
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