What "The Best In Golf" should be…"Fry ‘em up Biggin’!"

The Best In Golf was supposed to be about the standout (defined by a committee of one) French Toast, Bloody Marys, and Rocking Chairs in the game of g-ball but looks like it is in danger of turning into a rant on the things I find irritating…

Tony “Hello m’ friend” Orfanos tells me that a little temper tantrum now and again is healthy…could be…but yesterday I had lunch with John Corder (nominee for loving the ancient game the most, at least Top 10) at his “wunnerful” home base… Charlotte Country Club.

Now it would be hard to pick CCC for any one thing…from the front door, to the bar, to the golf course itself (D. Ross naturally), this is a spot…the staff knows your name as soon as you are introduced…that is to say they can introduce you to someone else 5 minutes later and get it right…they give “Golf Professional” the respect it deserves.

But the thing that stands out at Charlotte are the fried oysters…in fact they say right on the menu “CCC Famous Fried Oysters”…now your fearless reporter calls a 2-stroke penalty on this alone. You can call them famous but I’ll be the judge if they are The Best In Golf.

First of all you can order them in anything, on anything, or all by themselves…

OK, that’s a good thing…I’m calmer…in fact our host ordered the shrimp salad with fried oysters on top…even the wait staff was impressed with that play.

I had them on top of the Mediterranean Salad…they were like me…crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. They were at once unpretentious and bold…I laughed I cried…John paid the check.

Congratulations Charlotte CC…you say they are famous, and now we see why.