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03-14-2015, 06:36 PM
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I am Lost today...
I just received the sad news that one of my very best friends....a cpga professional golfer has died one week after winning his club championship in Palm Desert...when he left last fall to go down there for the winter and right after a doc appointment he hugged me and whispered in my ear...Good By my brother I don't think I will be back here next summer...I knew he meant it as I have known this man for going on 30 years now...so today right after hearing this, I managed to get myself out side and in the snow I teed one ball up and let her rip towards the river...I put the year and his name on that ball...he taught me a lot over the years as I met him in my drinking days...we had fun!
I cant believe that I will never get to play another round with this man as that was his and my passion...to always be golfing whenever possible.
He had a very big heart and a very friendly manner...he was just simply "the best". he won that club championship with pneumonia and then fluid around the heart....I cant wrap my head around the fact that his big heart was what let him down in the end!
call your friends...say hi, hug your family, say a prayer for my buddy please!
a very very sad day for a lot of us today..
Thanks everyone for reading my message, I wont even reread it before posting as it was hard enough to write the first time...
Zip
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03-14-2015, 06:40 PM
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My sympathy and condolences zip.
Rip.
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03-14-2015, 06:43 PM
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Sorry for your loss. May he RIP. Prayers to you and his family.
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03-14-2015, 06:43 PM
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Gone Hunting
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Sorry for your loss. We lose our friends far too early.
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03-14-2015, 06:53 PM
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My condolences......
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03-14-2015, 06:54 PM
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Sounds like he kept doing what he loved, in a place he chose until the end. Sad for you Zip and all those who cared for him.
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03-14-2015, 07:05 PM
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Sad to hear. Condolences.
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03-14-2015, 07:34 PM
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Condolences.
To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die. -Thomas Campbell
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03-14-2015, 07:42 PM
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We are now part of a generation whose sad inheritance is to say to goodbye to everything and everyone that we have ever loved.
Just as every generation before us.
Peace to your friend.
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03-14-2015, 07:54 PM
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ZIP sorry to hear  There is a special bond between athletes and it sucks to lose that friendship God Speed
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03-14-2015, 08:23 PM
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My condolence's Randy ... Take Care !!!
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03-14-2015, 08:28 PM
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That's sad bud. Sorry for your loss.
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03-14-2015, 08:33 PM
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Condolences Zip.... Sounds like you have some great memories that you are left with.
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03-14-2015, 09:35 PM
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Sorry to hear about your friend Zip. He said his goodbye last fall to you, as it sounds like he knew what was coming. He made his choice to live life on his terms with no regrets until the end. Cherish his memory and all the good times you two shared with no regrets. He wanted it that way.
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03-15-2015, 08:39 AM
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Good morning everyone....Thank you all for the messages, it is very much appreciated, you for the pm's and texts...rough night last night for the wife and I here at home...still cant seem to keep the inside of my glasses from getting wet.
Thanks again
still sad
Zip
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Zip
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03-15-2015, 08:53 AM
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Zip relish the time you had with him as lots of us don't get that much time.
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03-15-2015, 09:13 AM
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My heart felt condolences Zip!
Noting better than a round of golf or a hunting trip with a best friend.
Lost my father last year, he was my best friend so I understand our pain. Know that he will live in your heart forever.
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03-15-2015, 12:35 PM
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Thoughts and prayers are with you Zip. Love the memories you have with your friend. Not everyone is blessed with them. 
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03-15-2015, 01:46 PM
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I agree 100%. Do not neglect your loved ones. Make that phone call. Take the time for a visit. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to hear your voice and vice versa just to make someones day! 
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03-16-2015, 08:44 AM
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Sorry to hear of your loss Zip. Condolences to you.
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03-16-2015, 09:17 AM
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Best friends are hard to come by, sounds like you shared 30 years with yours. Sorry to hear of his passing, remember the good times and take care.
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03-16-2015, 09:34 AM
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My condolences Zip. Just make sure to not only mourn his death, but to celebrate his life. He sounds like he was a good man.
Cheers,
Jay
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03-16-2015, 09:39 AM
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Thank you all who have posted up the kind words, today I am still feeling the aftershocks of what has happened, very hard to see such a friend as he was to our family leave to go on that journey alone...very sad, but yes there are a ton of stories and memories and pictures to help keep him close...I just wish for one more year,one more month, one more week, one more day, one more hour, or even just one more minute with him...he was just that special to me!
Thank you all again for the heartfelt posts and thank you AO for letting me be a part of this forum...the kindness of everyone here is a big help to me. Thank you all so much...my friend was the happiest when he was around others and laughing was his normal way of life...he was originally from Pictou Nova Scotia where all his brothers and sisters are still living...big family! They are all pretty much the same as Tracy was...good hearted, fun to be around, he helped many many people over his time here on earth...and he will be doing the same wherever he may be now!
I was blessed to have had him as a friend all those years but I cant seem to find any happiness in his passing...I miss him more with each passing day...again not a very happy house I am in right now...
Thanks
Randy Zip
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience...well,That comes from poor Judgement"
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Zip
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03-16-2015, 10:26 AM
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You were a very good friend.
And that is what it is all about. I lost one of my dear friends about 3 years ago, I still think of him. But like your friend, he knew where he was going, and told me that it was O.K. with him. It is my grief not his.
This is a journey we all share, so live every day like it is your last.
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