#samburns

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It’s Not Fair, No It’s Golf!

The US Open final round has just finished and there are quite a few sore and sorry golfers. Oakmont Country Club has punished an elite field of professional tournament golfers. If it wasn’t the steep, deep bunkers it may have been the 10cm rough. If that was not enough, the inclement weather joined in to kick a man when he was down. It’s not fair, no it’s golf! The final pairing was 17 over par, as Sam Burns and Adam Scott faltered on Sunday at the US Open. JJ Spaun won this prestigious major and deservedly so. JJ hung in there, despite being 5 over after 6 holes, and then there was a weather break. The Unfair Nature Of The Game Of Golf Sam Burns called for casual water relief, twice, but was denied by the rules officials. It’s not fair, no it’s golf! 279 strokes got the job done for JJ Spaun on Father’s Day in Pennsylvania. The 125th US Open was torturous for all the competing players. A tough, tough golf course in Oakmont. The wet cabbage grabbed balls and frustrated golfers to the nth degree. Viktor Hovland never gave up but fell a couple of shots short. Robert Macintyre very nearly won this thing but JJ Spaun birdied the 18th to claim victory by 2 strokes. https://www.usopen.com/2025/scoring.html US Open Final Round & Golf’s Cost The truth of the matter is that you can set up a golf course to challenge and overwhelm even the best golfers in the world. One man broke par after 72 holes at Oakmont – JJ Spaun. The usual suspects were never really in contention - Scheffler, McIlroy and co. Tough, hard golf over vast distances with penal rough and hazards. Steeply sloping greens that most of the field could never work out. In the end, an unassuming looking pro, JJ Spaun, walked tall when other more athletic types went missing in action. Perhaps, it took a fella more used to disappointment to cope with the US Open? The more prolific PGA tour winners were nowhere to be seen for most of this US Open. This was a golf course designed to beat golfers up. One guy took it on the chin and came back for more. One unlikely figure kept on coming, whilst more attractive contestants faltered. “Congratulations to JJ Spaun, commiserations to Bob MacIntyre, and thanks to you for reading this live blog. Hope to see you again for the final major of the season at Portrush next month.” - (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/jun/15/us-open-golf-final-round-on-day-four-at-oakmont-live) It’s not fair, no it’s golf! All of us who play the game know this bitter truth. The Scottish game is parsimonious with its prizes. The bad breaks outnumber the lucky ones’. Golf ball’s buried lies and missed putts. Your ball rolling into a divot on the fairway. The mounting misfortunes mess with your head. 18 holes is a stern test of character. That we keep fronting up for more is either a sign of fortitude or masochism, maybe both. “Oakmont is a very tough golf course and has been rejuvenated by Gil Hanse the golf course architect. The church pew bunkers are probably the most famous feature on the course. Oakmont has been the site of multiple US Opens over the decades with champions like Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Ernie Els to name just a few. The track is long and the bunkering is penal. The US Open rough is invariably around 10cm long too. Winning a golf tournament around Oakmont is going to be a hell of an achievement. “ - (https://www.golfdom.com.au/the-dentist-who-played-in-the-us-open/) Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of The Stoic Golfer and America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump. ©Golfdom Read the book that started it all! Read the full article

[mdforhadhossain]

Sam Burns Has Been Hot Lately! It's Time to Break Through The Winners Ci...

[wornoutspines]

Fluke and the Fantastic Finale (The Fantastic Fluke #5) by Sam Burns | Book Review

I might have sat on this finale for too long because #FlukeAndTheFantasticFinale feels like we're catching the tail-end of it not the beginning of the end. #MMRomance #BookReview #FantasyBooks #SamBurns

For centuries, the Believer cult has preyed on arcane mages from their place in the shadows. Now, for better or worse, Sage has taken arcane magic public, and all eyes are on him. While he’s not comfortable in the spotlight, neither is the cult that wants him dead. But the Believers aren’t quite ready to give up yet. In this fifth and final book in The Fantastic Fluke series, they’ll take their…

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🕊#ArtIsAWeapon @samthmb 🕊 #SamBurnsForever Reposted @stmb_legacy It was 3 years ago today... We love and miss Sam "The Man" Burns. #holdontothememories #samislove #DCNightlife #DCLegend #HouseMusic #DJ #SamBurns #DanceMusic #housemusicculture #DCIsMySecondHome #SamTheManBurns (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgCwRRv2Fs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cosechadehuellas]

Edward Linley Sambourne: Maud Sambourne lost in thought, looking out to sea, ca.1888

[coastalmagicconvention]

New to us this year is #SamBurns, who’s Wilde Love series (among others) has already gotten our #CMCon22 attendees' attention.⁠ ⁠ 🔹🔷🔹🔷🔹🔵🔹🔷🔹🔷🔹⁠ ⁠ #CoastalMagicConvention #CoastalMagic #authorsofinstagram #books #bookish #bookworm #booklover #booknerd #bookstagram #readers #reading #writer #convention #event #10thAnniversary #authors #readerevent #authorevent #bookevent #Florida #DaytonaBeach #fantasybooks #romancebooks #mysterybooks #historicalromancebooks #steampunkbooks #YAbooks #CMCon22ReadingChallenge ⁠ ⁠ 📗💛📘🌴📙💻📕🏢📔🌐📒 https://www.instagram.com/p/CQBs3cctEK9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Fun on the boat during The @SamBurns Boat Party & Friends feat. #AndyGrant (#dchousegrooves)w/@unspooled #dchousemusic #dmvhousemusic #housemusic #boatparty #CazGardiner #goodiesandgigs #instagrammer #singerslife #musicianslife #webstagram (at Boomerang Party Yacht)

[onelovemassive]

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The golden hour is so so golden right now. Big love DC. #deephouse #deepdc #samburns #locallegend #DCASFUCK (at The Embassy Row Hotel Washington DC - A Destination Hotel)

[hardhitsandloudnoises]

Life According to Sam is on HBO on demand.

If you can, watch it. It's amazing.

[todayi]

Today I ...

I realized being brave isn't supposed to be easy. 

- Sam Berns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36m1o-tM05g

PS - NEVER MISS A PARTY! 

[wornoutspines]

Fluke and the Frontiere Farce (The Fantastic Fluke 4) by Sam Burns | Book Review

While light on steamy romance, #FantasticFlukeAndTheFrontierFarce is a clever and entertaining read that answered questions I didn't even know I had. 😄 The Fluke-centered chapter was pure joy. 😊 #BookReview #SamBurns #MMRomance #TheFantasticFluke

It’s been a long year for Sage and his friends, and all of Junction, California, and it’s not over yet. Freddie’s school of magic is still a mystery, and figuring it out would be enough work, but the investigation leads them to the mysterious coded notes of Junction’s long-dead first magical artist, and then to the last place any of them ever expected to end up: the nineteenth century. Worse…

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🎶💥#ArtIsAWeapon Happy 25th Anniversary to the genre-blending, game-changing @masters_at_work_official [@djkennydope & @louievega] #NuyoricanSoul album! It was released Jan. 29, 1997 (time is FLYING by)! I clearly remember the first time I heard a song from the album - @georgebensonofficial's "You Can Do It Baby" - the late great DC DJ legend #SamBurns played it and I bolted to the DJ booth to ask about it. This is the album I gave to and "converted" friends who claimed they didn't like "#HouseMusic." This is an album that has never left my regular rotation. In fact, my crew @diajohnson & @jodinedorce JUST had a long conversation 2 weeks ago about how much we still love it as we listened and danced to it in #PuertoRico! Thank you Louie, Kenny, @DJJazzyJeff, @yosoylaindia, #royayers #TitoPuentes, #JocelynBrown and all the other musicians who contributed to the creation of this #dancemusic masterpiece! Reposted from @albumism: Happy 25th Anniversary to Nuyorican Soul’s eponymous debut (and only) studio album Nuyorican Soul...Ever since I bought my first album on cassette way back when, I have loved liner notes. As well as the visceral thrill of the music, albums have also been about connecting the dots between artists, genres and those who contribute to the great pieces of art we are fortunate enough to hold in our hands. For me it’s never been enough to listen—I’ve always wanted to learn more about how the album was created, who helped along the way and how it fits in to the grand scheme of things. The most helpful albums in joining up the musical cosmos are those that blend genres or lay bare the musical forebears of the particular artist or sound at hand. Nuyorican Soul is one of the albums that opened my ears to the importance of Latin music in the development of the music I love. Created by Masters At Work (MAW), the dynamic house music production duo comprised of “Little Louie” Vega and Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez, it revels in their Puerto Rican upbringing amidst the cultural multiplicities. Visit https://buff.ly/3AAEkBn to listen to the album + explore more of our anniversary tribute by #PatrickCorcoran. #LouieVega #KennyDope #MastersAtWork #MusicIsLife #HouseHead https://www.instagram.com/p/CZX7H__gILp/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Audiobook I'm listening to today: Blackbird in the Reeds (The Rowan Harbor Cycle #1) by Sam Burns and Chris Chambers (Narrator). 🎧📚🙂 #LGBT #Audiobook 🎧 #SamBurns #TheRowanHarborCycleSeries

[dyernoga]

is there a blog tracking the growth of sam winchester's sideburns because i am just faaascinated by them

[wornoutspines]

Fluke and the Faultline Fiasco (The Fantastic Fluke 3) by Sam Burns | Book Review

I've enjoyed #SamBurns' #TheFantasticFluke's quirky world and lovable characters. This urban fantasy series, and the character dynamics keep getting better! #UrbanFantasy #BookReview #LGBTBooks #GayRomance #MMRomance #ParanormalRomance

When an earthquake shakes up Sage’s night, his instinct is to forget about it. They live in California—quakes happen. But this one sends the consciousness that lives in the ley lines running to him in fear, so he and his gunslinger boyfriend set out to investigate. What they uncover is a century-old plot to destroy not only the ley lines but the city of Junction itself.Now, they’re in a race…

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🕊🙏🏿💔🎶 #ArtIsAWeapon Sam "The Man" Burns @samthmb, The Godfather of #HouseMusic in Washington DC, made an indelible impact on so many people. He was an architect of the city's dance music scene, a gifted #DJ, and a passionate advocate for #HouseMusic culture. His passing is a tremendous loss for us. Peaceful journeys Sam, and thank you for the decades of dancefloor joy you gave us. You are loved and appreciated immensely. ___________________ @18thstlounge “A Gathering For Sam Burns” 9pm Tonight In The Gold Room ___________________ #Photo by @sneakshotphotography ____________________ #SoulMusic #SamBurns #SamBurnsForever #ChocolateCity #BlackDC #WashingtonDC #DCIsMySecondHome #DCNightlife #TraScapades #MusicIsLife #DancingIsFreedom #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fBeFLAGuq/?igshid=uq9cv7o54n3l