Category Archives: The Golf Pro Diaries

Now Spike Lemon, otherwise known as The Old Pro,  has been the golf professional at Angel Oak for almost a quarter century and in that time has seen some pretty amazing sites on and off the mossy links of AOGC. Like … Continue reading →

Angel Oak CC, so named for the centuries old tree guarding the clubhouse, practically invented the club tournament in the U.S. back in the day when the 2- woods were persimmon and the golf  bags leather.  The cars were black and … Continue reading →

Now old Crum Gregory wasn’t really in the mood to get yelled at about a lost umbrella.  He was just back from the bagroom where he had finished off his usual breakfast of a jumbo Red Bull and a six-pack of … Continue reading →

It was a bright and marvelous spring Wednesday at Angel Oak,  a bluebird sky and 70 degrees by noon.  The sort of rare day where one is simultaneously warm and cool.  As Director of Golf Spike Lemon stood on the … Continue reading →

Spike Lemon is the Director of Golf at Angel Oak Golf Club, so named for a Live Oak tree that for 400 years has grown on the site…the last 100 gracing the club’s circular drive.  Director of Golf is a new … Continue reading →