A Note Of Gratitude, Inspired By A Retiring Pro

Scott Langley, at age 32, is walking away from professional golf a grateful man. Photo: Tracy Wilcox, PGA Tour via Getty Images

Ed. Note: This personal message from Global Golf Post publisher Jim Nugent, which ran in the Monday issue of GGP, is being reprised today for our GGP+ subscribers.

For various reasons, all of them very personal, American Thanksgiving has been my favorite of all holidays since my college days back in the 1970s.

This year, I contemplated crafting a Thanksgiving message for our readers and advertisers. Something that would codify why I feel the way I do about this holiday, as opposed to Christmas or the Fourth of July. And something that would express my gratitude to all who support Global Golf Post.

Not being a natural born wordsmith, I struggled mightily in putting words to paper … or in our case, pixels to screen.

And then, with time running out, I came across a powerful message found in a most unexpected place: Twitter.

It was a tweet posted last week by a professional golfer name...