Word: gilchrist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does miniature golf make that special Saturday night so magical? Is it the nubby green turf? The plastic Paul Bunyan with a tiny golf ball-sized mouth? The tiny putters you get stuck with when all the adult-sized clubs have some-how disappeared? For Peter A. Gilchrist '00, Harvard's very own miniature golfing champion, "putt-putt golfing" has been the source of tremendous success...
...Miniature Golf Association of America (MGAA) was founded six years ago by a gentleman named Skip Laun who, Gilchrist says, "Is a jerk. As far as I have been able to tell, his only goal was to make some money out of the deal, which i believe he has done thanks to various sponsorships." Europe Gilchrist explains, has a "much more organized system of tournaments, culminating in the European Championships held every year in August...
...real" golf, Gilchrist confesses, "I'm an awful golfer. People say golf is relaxing, but I'm more annoyed and upset after nine holes of golf than after just about anything else...
...competitive career began in September 1995 when he won the Northeast Regional Tournament, which was conveniently held in his hometown of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. After winning that tournament, he advanced to MGAA nationals that October. And as Gilchrist so cleverly states, "The ball started rolling from there...
...cold day in hell before I willingly hand over my freedoms of labor, speech, religion and all that other stuff the Bill of Rights says to a government (of Johnsons and Branches) that thinks it knows what's best for me better than I do myself. WESLEY B. GILCHRIST '98 April...