A Thank You to The One-Eyed Golfer

"It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world is when one is playing golf" - Robert Lynd

Normally when someone you never had the chance to meet, never had the chance to speak with and never had the chance to get to know, passes away, it doesn't much matter to you. You kind of just go on with your day. Vince Spence, apparently, was the exception to the norm.

We here at golfstinks never had the chance to get to know Vince the way many of our fellow bloggers did. But nevertheless, we'll miss him just the same. Vince, even though he likely never knew it, held a special place in the hearts of the guys here at golfstinks. Last summer, when we first started up From The Rough, Vince was the first person ever to comment on one of our blogs.

At the time, we didn't know who Vince Spence or One Eyed Golfer was. We were just happy to get a comment! Happy that someone was paying attention to what we were trying to do. But as time went on and we continued to learn the lay of the land and continued to post, we came to understand what Vince meant to the golf blogosphere. From then, it was always a bit of a big deal when we knew Vince was paying attention to us. It was also cause for concern if we went a while without seeing a comment from him! We'd wonder if we did something wrong! "Did we make a mistake?" "Did we make him mad somehow?" His presence alone seemed to make what all of us are trying to do a bit more legit.

Our sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends of Vince Spence. Unfortunately, we all know what it feels like to lose a friend or family member, especially when it happens sooner than it should. But that never makes things any better. Hopefully all of the kind words from everyone here in the golf blog world will help to make things a little bit easier.

Thank you Vince. We'll miss you.

Sincerely,

The golfstinks team

Posted in: golf stinks,golfstinks,One-eyed golfer,Vince Spence