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Wednesday 10:30–11:15 am

Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory Adventures in Golf
David Owen
Wednesday 10:30–11:15 am
America Today Jack London Room
Douglas Brinkley, Karl Rove and Bret Stephens David Owen once thought golf was uncool. Then
Wednesday 10:30–11:15 am he tried it out, and his life, and golf writing, have
John Steinbeck Room never been the same. In writing about golf, Owen
represents the regular guy—not the sublime shot-
Our country seems more divided than any time since the Civil War. Some argue the election result of November 8,
2016, was the match that set the nation ablaze in a philosophical fire. Others contend that the accumulation of heat maker fine-tuning his swing for hours a day, but
from decades of multi-cultural fixations and a harder left than we had seen battling a very angry right was bound to the hacker out there on weekends having a ball
lead to the social tensions that turn our conversations into broken relationships. With Douglas Brinkley, Karl Rove with his buddies as they take mulligans, choose
and Bret Stephens, this panel will address the current topics facing America today. Moderated by Susan Eisenhower. nicknames for each other, and whack away at that
little white ball. Join Owen as he regales us with
some very funny stories about golf including topics
such as playing golf inside the house, the lies golfers
tell themselves, the slowest member at his club,
and how he has wasted a ton of money on new golf
equipment over the years.

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