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OUT OF ORDER! YOU’RE OUT OF ORDER! THIS WHOLE BLOG IS OUT OF ORDER!

OUT OF ORDER! YOU’RE OUT OF ORDER! THIS WHOLE B...

Walter Iman

In his golfing career (“career”, that classification is somewhat of a stretch), TD has been blessed with the encounters of more than A FEW GOOD MEN; none better than Hardeep...

OUT OF ORDER! YOU’RE OUT OF ORDER! THIS WHOLE B...

Walter Iman

In his golfing career (“career”, that classification is somewhat of a stretch), TD has been blessed with the encounters of more than A FEW GOOD MEN; none better than Hardeep...

RICH & GALON CARRY THE (WEDNES)DAY -21 May 2026

RICH & GALON CARRY THE (WEDNES)DAY -21 May 2026

Walter Iman

One of the great things about being a (traveling) duffer is the extreme likelihood that you’ll be paired with folks whose talents far exceed those of your own; at TD’s...

RICH & GALON CARRY THE (WEDNES)DAY -21 May 2026

Walter Iman

One of the great things about being a (traveling) duffer is the extreme likelihood that you’ll be paired with folks whose talents far exceed those of your own; at TD’s...

GEORGIAN TRAVELERS ASSIST TD IN PIXEL FINDING EPISODE (As it turns out, they’re sort of, almost, just as smart as i-phones…well maybe).

GEORGIAN TRAVELERS ASSIST TD IN PIXEL FINDING E...

Walter Iman

Another grueling golf day in Northwestern Ireland with some wind and rain, but not as much as yesterday, and the day before, and the day before.  This five person “smelfie”...

GEORGIAN TRAVELERS ASSIST TD IN PIXEL FINDING E...

Walter Iman

Another grueling golf day in Northwestern Ireland with some wind and rain, but not as much as yesterday, and the day before, and the day before.  This five person “smelfie”...

IRISH LABOUR SHORTAGE MAKES “EH?” FOR CANADIANS

IRISH LABOUR SHORTAGE MAKES “EH?” FOR CANADIANS

Walter Iman

DUBLIN:  This just in.  It has come to TD’s attention that labour shortages across Ireland have led to immigration problems caused by Canadians taking jobs that could have stayed in...

IRISH LABOUR SHORTAGE MAKES “EH?” FOR CANADIANS

Walter Iman

DUBLIN:  This just in.  It has come to TD’s attention that labour shortages across Ireland have led to immigration problems caused by Canadians taking jobs that could have stayed in...

BRITS INVITE TD TO BECOME NEXT PRIME MINISTER

BRITS INVITE TD TO BECOME NEXT PRIME MINISTER

Walter Iman

After his disastrous front nine performance in today’s scramble, these Brits (Mark, Brad and Louise - she has her own lake in Canada) agreed that the TD might be better...

BRITS INVITE TD TO BECOME NEXT PRIME MINISTER

Walter Iman

After his disastrous front nine performance in today’s scramble, these Brits (Mark, Brad and Louise - she has her own lake in Canada) agreed that the TD might be better...

TD WEARS OUT HIS SRIXON THEN ENJOYS VICTORY DINNER

TD WEARS OUT HIS SRIXON THEN ENJOYS VICTORY DINNER

Walter Iman

Paired with locals Edmund, Kevin and Peadar today on the Hackett Course at Carne (this picture is not them but, from a distance, they would be similar, but then again...

TD WEARS OUT HIS SRIXON THEN ENJOYS VICTORY DINNER

Walter Iman

Paired with locals Edmund, Kevin and Peadar today on the Hackett Course at Carne (this picture is not them but, from a distance, they would be similar, but then again...

Duffer Update

THE TRAVELING DUFFER KEEPS ON "DUFFING" TOWARD 2026 with E-Commerce

Now in its sixth year, the Traveling Duffer (TD) website and blog, once again reinvents itself as not only a historical account of years of hope for the aging, but also as a site where like-minded old (and maybe even a few young) people can learn not only about quality links golf offerings, but also experience new signs of toward life lessons...or something like that.  

TD started posting just after a trip to The Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia in 2019.  Covid was knocking at The World's door and Australia was on fire.  Yet, the TD felt there was a brighter story to be told.  Now, some 200 blog posts and (maybe) tens of thousands of view later, the TD site is taking on a new look, a new angle, a new life, as everyone needs to reinvent themselves to allay stagnation...and possible deportation.    

Going forward, you'll be able to wear the TD close to your head and heart with a significant array of apparel, travel suggestions, hacks, facks and quacks in a medium which only an aging duffer can conjure.  

TD began his golf travel experiences in the late 1980's with a group of already aging golfers, many who have gone to that great driving range in the sky.  He prided himself as someone who could hang these serious duffers while maintaining his youthful stature in the group.  Today, he is one of the older statesmen of a group which, even with substantial attrition, has grown to nearly 50 golfers.  That's how popular duffing actually is.  

Perpetuating an image built out of the right to play  mediocre golf in significant locations around the world seems to be  the ongoing  charge of The Traveling Duffer.  Age and mediocrity, levity and now increasing brevity, are all soldiers in a battle being fought within a very tough sport and playing thousands of rounds with hundreds of new and old friends is the true gift of a full (golfing) life.                                 

"... right at the end we'll put a flat piece with a flag to give you xxxxing hope"

                                                                                                                            Robin Williams