{"id":30412,"date":"2021-05-18T12:05:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=30412"},"modified":"2021-05-19T05:44:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T09:44:18","slug":"hunter-special-to-buffalogolfer-from-luke-reese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/hunter-special-to-buffalogolfer-from-luke-reese\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter: special to BuffaloGolfer from Luke Reese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Luke Reese is many things but, to us, he is a golf writer. His book <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">One For The Memory Banks<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfwrx.com\/623662\/two-more-golf-books-getting-to-18-and-one-for-the-memory-banks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was reviewed by this writer<\/a> on GolfWRX.Com. If it doesn&#8217;t win awards, I&#8217;m a monkey&#8217;s uncle&#8217;s caddie. Luke is currently engaged in a series of vignettes, and we are privileged to bring them to you. In anticipation of this week&#8217;s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, we present the first in a series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kiawah.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kiawah.jpg?resize=560%2C340\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kiawah.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kiawah.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kiawah.jpg?resize=24%2C15&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kiawah.jpg?resize=36%2C22&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kiawah.jpg?resize=48%2C29&amp;ssl=1 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hunter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>KIAWAH OCEAN COURSE. Quick.&nbsp;What comes to mind?&nbsp;Pete Dye. Brutally difficult.&nbsp;Diabolical greens.&nbsp;Gators lurking.&nbsp;The War on the Shore. Can&#8217;t hit the seventeenth green.&nbsp;Langer\u2019s agony.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rory running away.&nbsp;&nbsp;An amazing hotel<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Not for me.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I think of a golfer I played with there.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hunter Goodwin.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>That time in Kiawah, he was a reasonable golfer who played to a solid single digit level.&nbsp;Really good guy and nice to play with.&nbsp;He was like a utility infielder&#8230;you want him on your side&#8230;but not with the first pick.&nbsp;There was nothing about his game to really notice.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not too good.&nbsp;Not too flashy.&nbsp;Not too slow.&nbsp;Most importantly, not wild off the tee.&nbsp;Thankfully, he didn\u2019t force me to search for lost balls near water at Kiawah.&nbsp;Large teeth and slim shoulders lurk.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Our next round of golf was about 7 years later.&nbsp;Things had changed.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Dramatically.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>For Richmond, Virginia&nbsp;natives it might have been a cool, crisp 95 degree morning.&nbsp;For me, the humidity hovered somewhere between Bangkok and a steam room.&nbsp;Pulling into the new Tudor Revival clubhouse at Kinloch Golf Club, my anticipation swelled.&nbsp;I\u2019d be playing with Hunter and Matt, two brothers who were both business associates and friends.&nbsp;Both low key and humble. They had an enviable relationship based on trust and understanding.&nbsp;Over the years, I had watched them in meetings.&nbsp;They both knew exactly what the other was thinking.&nbsp;Words were not needed.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Matt waited for me in the grill.&nbsp;I was early.&nbsp;He was earlier.&nbsp;Mutual respect.&nbsp;We ordered coffee.&nbsp;Always understated, Matt promised world class breakfast.&nbsp;I was all in.&nbsp;This was Virginia.&nbsp;Country ham and scrambled eggs showed up.&nbsp;Wow.&nbsp;In my hometown in Ohio, I grew up eating some form of water and salt pumped into baloney-like product.&nbsp;This was a serious upgrade.&nbsp;Breakfast vanished quickly.&nbsp;I think some of it spent a few seconds in mouth.&nbsp;But it all wound up in my stomach.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>We made our way out to the driving range.&nbsp;I set my bag down and took a few swings.&nbsp;No tightness in this old back.&nbsp;Too humid.&nbsp;Titleist Pro V1 range balls and sculpted greens for target practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Field of Dreams&nbsp;driving range.&nbsp;I could spend serious time here.&nbsp;This kind of place could make me as accurate as William Tell.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>To the left of the range, a small structure housed what looked like a learning center.&nbsp;Every few seconds a laser guided golf ball would hiss&nbsp;away from one of the bays.&nbsp;All dead straight.&nbsp;All with ferocity.&nbsp;They all landed in a circle the size of a hula hoop.&nbsp;I wondered what tour pro was back there.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I waited for a&nbsp;pause and peeked around the bay.&nbsp;A sinewy, athletic man glistened in sweat.&nbsp;His soaked shirt was pasted to his body like partially hung wallpaper.&nbsp;Hunter Goodwin was too busy to smile.&nbsp;His intense glare and contemplative look said he was almost&#8230;but not quite&#8230;happy with the last few hundred shots.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The pro turned to me, \u201cWelcome to Hunter\u2019s office.\u201d&nbsp;Alignment sticks.&nbsp;A few sets of irons.&nbsp;Drivers with exotic shafts.&nbsp;Vokey wedges with different bounces.&nbsp;Small buckets lay strewn on the ground like empties after a frat party. This was a place of work.&nbsp;Not for socializing.&nbsp;Video machines.&nbsp;Launch monitors.&nbsp;A KJUS Retention vest and Pro 3 L rain jacket hung on a chair.&nbsp;I was glad to see a backup clean shirt for our round.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Curious, I watched a few swings.&nbsp;It wasn\u2019t smooth or languid. It was just perfect. Think Rolex.&nbsp;Repeatable.&nbsp;Reliable.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>At Kiawah, he had played like a utility infielder for the Baltimore Orioles.&nbsp;Now, he was the cleanup hitter for the Yankees.&nbsp;I asked about his handicap.&nbsp;The pro whispered to me, \u201cHunter as a plus two, gets a BUY recommendation.\u201d&nbsp;As we headed to the first tee, Hunter, in a fresh new shirt, agreed to give us a few extra pops.&nbsp;This wasn\u2019t charity.&nbsp;It was necessity.&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019m pretty certain he was better than his handicap, and I knew I was worse than mine.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>By the turn, I had already inhaled about five bottles of water.&nbsp;I walked by a jar of Virginia peanuts&#8230;and couldn\u2019t imagine eating.&nbsp;I never pass a halfway house without sampling the wares.&nbsp;But today, it was hotter than a cast iron skillet. Water was the only item on my menu.&nbsp;&nbsp;The match seesawed back and forth. Thanks to the strokes, we were actually two up on 13.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Then Hunter decided a birdie binge was appropriate.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>By eighteen, we were all square.&nbsp;Shortish par four with a peninsula green. Just avoid the string of bunkers down the right and the water on the left.&nbsp;We all did.&nbsp;The competitive juices flowed.&nbsp;We didn\u2019t&nbsp;talk as we walked to our balls.&nbsp;I chugged yet another bottle of water.&nbsp;My throat was still dry, but I couldn\u2019t keep the sweat out of my eyes.&nbsp;Wiping sweat repeatedly from my hands, I made a smooth swing with my eight-iron.&nbsp;Felt great.&nbsp;Fifteen feet.&nbsp;My partner Matt stuck his even closer.&nbsp;Two good birdie looks.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Just needed Hunter to&nbsp;be average.&nbsp;Like expecting Ted Williams to strike out to end a game.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Hunter methodically surveyed the approach.&nbsp;Pin deep.&nbsp;Water.&nbsp;Front.&nbsp;Left. And behind!&nbsp;Don\u2019t think he saw any trouble.&nbsp;That Rolex swing.&nbsp;His Pro V 1 took off with a built-in homing device.&nbsp;Almost hit the flagstick.&nbsp;Kick in birdie.&nbsp;&nbsp;I had to putt over a ridge.&nbsp;I didn\u2019t feel good about the line or the speed.&nbsp;I was right.&nbsp;Harmless par.&nbsp;Now Matt had about an 8-footer for birdie for the half.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Giving him space, Hunter and I backed away to the edge of the green.&nbsp;We both watched anxiously.&nbsp;Hunter had shot in the 60s and Matt and I had played well.&nbsp;But none of it mattered.&nbsp;Just this putt.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Hunter turned to me and spoke softly, \u201cI really hope he makes this.&nbsp;I hate to see him disappointed.\u201d&nbsp;I did a double take.&nbsp;He was kidding right?&nbsp;He was talking about his opponent.&nbsp;Not even a glimpse of humor.&nbsp;He meant it.&nbsp;He wanted his opponent&#8230;his brother at that&#8230;to do well at his own expense.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>It was pure love.&nbsp;Selfless.&nbsp;He loved great golf.&nbsp;He loved striking crisp irons.He loved dropping birdies.&nbsp;But he loved his brother even more than he loved any of those or even himself.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Matt missed.&nbsp;Hunter winced in pain.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I reflected.&nbsp;Wiser.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>A few years later, Hunter was diagnosed with cancer.&nbsp;With typical tenacity, he fought it.&nbsp;It went away.&nbsp;Soon he was back hitting a million balls a day from his office at the driving range.&nbsp;In the fall of 2019, he won the Kinloch club championship.&nbsp;Gross.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>In January of 2020, he was taken from us.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>When I watch the PGA at Kiawah, I\u2019ll think of Hunter.&nbsp;Grateful for his lesson of unselfish love.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><em>Luke Reese is the author of the critically acclaimed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thememorybanks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One for the Memory Banks<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Reese is many things but, to us, he is a golf writer. 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