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Father's Day: A Day To Remember:

golfdigest.com 02 Jun '12, 12pm

It began as a dream, a boy, 16, and his father, descending the steps behind The Lodge at Pebble Beach and gazing wistfully at Eden. Some day, the boy vowed on behalf of both of them, before life intervened, as inevitably it will. Maybe next year. There would always be a next year. Then the lump appeared on the side of the father's neck. There were X-rays and tests, surgery and experimental drugs, and finally hope surrendering to heartache. Tim Galloway, a popular and affable Frontier Airlines flight attendant from Loveland, Colo., had medullary carcinoma, thyroid cancer, and it was winning. "I needed to create a memory," his son Winn, now 27, says. "I wasn't sure what was going to happen. But I wanted to create a moment for him and me, something we could talk about for a long time, and if he passed away, a memory I could hold onto." It wasn't that the Galloways were withou...

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@nickcombs » 17 Jun '12, 10pm
RT @grace_combs: Give your dad a big hug today and then read him this article! Don't take any time for granted. Make memories today! [link]
@grace_combs » 17 Jun '12, 9pm
Give your dad a big hug today and then read him this article! Don't take any time for granted. Make memories today! [link]
@jonathanrwall » 17 Jun '12, 4pm
Fantastic Father's Day read via @JohnStrege on a father and son's trip to Pebble Beach: [link]
@GolfWorldUS » 17 Jun '12, 4pm
A Father's Day story worth reading: A father and son share a Day to Remember at Pebble Beach: [link] (via @JohnStrege)
@winngalloway » 16 Jun '12, 3pm
@bubbawatson awesome story Bubba! Can u RT this story about my Dad and me? He would have been 57 today. [link]
@winngalloway » 16 Jun '12, 6am
@JasonDufner shared the pages of Golf World with you last week! RT my Father's Day story please? [link]
@DistinctiveLife » 15 Jun '12, 9pm
Great #Father'sDay read: a dad/son combo fulfill a Pebble Beach dream before dad succumbs to cancer. [link] #BucketList
@winngalloway » 15 Jun '12, 8pm
@donaldmiller We met 2 years ago @ The Gathering. Read this powerful Father/Son story about my Dad and me! RT if u like [link]
@winngalloway » 15 Jun '12, 7pm
Give my Dad's story a RT before you go dominate Olympic @bubbawatson! It will be a huge bright spot this FD weekend. [link]
@grace_combs » 14 Jun '12, 11pm
@TimTebow please share this story about my dad's big "tebow magic" moment on pebble beach 6 mos b4 he died from cancer [link]
@winngalloway » 14 Jun '12, 9pm
Good luck tomorrow @bubbawatson...cheering for you! Check out/share this story for some Father's Day inspiration! [link]
@winngalloway » 14 Jun '12, 9pm
Can you share this story @TimTebow? My Dad and I loved watching Tebow magic before his passing! God wastes nothing. [link]
@winngalloway » 13 Jun '12, 8pm
Help me out @bubbawatson and share my Father's Day story. God wastes nothing. #urwelcome [link]
@winngalloway » 09 Jun '12, 10pm
God wastes nothing @bubbawatson! Read this story about God's gift to my Dad and I before he lost a battle to cancer. [link]
@wmarkwhitlock » 09 Jun '12, 3pm
Son takes dying father for a magical round of golf. [link] My dad & I dreamed of Cooperstown. He was too ill to go. Don't wait
@thegoodfactor » 09 Jun '12, 4am
What an awesome story. @golfdigestmag [link] #cancer #inspiring #uplifting #golf #thegoodfactor
@dukelreid » 09 Jun '12, 12am
Best story ever, truly inspirational. [link]
@MyGolfTweet » 07 Jun '12, 9am
Bonita/triste historia del recuerdo imborrable de un hijo,su padre (enfermo terminal) y un hoyo en uno en Pebble Beach [link]
@winngalloway » 07 Jun '12, 3am
Hey @TimTebow God wastes nothing! Story of my Dad's ace at Pebble Beach, 6 months before going home. Please RT!!! [link]
@winngalloway » 07 Jun '12, 3am
Hi @TheEllenShow. Touching Father's Day story about my Dad and I before his passing, written by Golf Digest. RT? [link]
@winngalloway » 07 Jun '12, 3am
Hey @dpshow pick up this Father's Day golf story before the 'mothership' does! About my late Father's ace at Pebble. [link]
@winngalloway » 07 Jun '12, 3am
@Graeme_McDowell we both have amazing Father/Son moments at Pebble. I didn't win the US Open...but it felt like it! RT! [link]
@winngalloway » 07 Jun '12, 2am
Yo @bubbawatson The story of my Dad's ace on #7 at pebble 6 months before passing. God wastes nothing! [link]
@KurtisSolheim » 06 Jun '12, 11pm
This is a great article about my friends fathers dream coming true, before cancer took his life. Read it. [link]
@winngalloway » 06 Jun '12, 11pm
Hey @bubbawatson Huge fan! RT this story about my late Father's ace on #7 at Pebble! [link]
@grace_combs » 06 Jun '12, 11pm
Help @winngalloway and I spread the news about our Dad's amazing story! We want everyone to know. Please RT!! [link]
@grace_combs » 06 Jun '12, 11pm
RT @winngalloway: Just saw my Dad and I on the @YahooSports golf page! Thanks for sharing our story! [link]
@SJCCFThyNet » 06 Jun '12, 8pm
Faces of Thyroid Cancer: Months before thyroid cancer claimed him, Tim Galloway (left) and son Winn fulfilled a... [link]
@theoShu » 05 Jun '12, 10pm
It's important to have a golf bucket list. And this is why. [link]
@StinaSternberg » 05 Jun '12, 9pm
RT @rreiterman Still trying to loosen the knot in my throat from reading this incredible story by @JohnStrege [link]
@rreiterman » 05 Jun '12, 9pm
Still trying to loosen the knot in my throat from reading this incredible story by @JohnStrege [link]
@jcheney » 05 Jun '12, 2am
Hey @AaronRodgers12 @KevinLanflisi you've gotta read this story about my cousins husbands father [link]
@GolfWorldUS » 04 Jun '12, 10pm
A Father's Day story that'll make you smile: A son took his dying father to Pebble Beach & they had a day to remember | [link]
@grace_combs » 04 Jun '12, 10pm
@theellenshow please read and RT this article about my dad and brother's last game of golf before he does from cancer [link]
@MeltwaterPress » 04 Jun '12, 10pm
RT @RusEvans: Good luck reading this without getting Goosebumps. [link] #FathersDay (via @JohnStrege) @GolfWorldUS
@grace_combs » 04 Jun '12, 10pm
@bubbawatson please read and RT this article about my dad and brother's last game of golf before he died from cancer. [link]
@grace_combs » 04 Jun '12, 10pm
Hey @judahsmith You should read this article in golf world about my dad and brother's last game of golf before he died. [link]
@RusEvans » 04 Jun '12, 7pm
Good luck reading this without getting Goosebumps. [link] #FathersDay (via @JohnStrege) @GolfWorldUS
@BigBNewts » 04 Jun '12, 1am
I don't know these people, but this is awesome [link]
@FierceGolfGear » 02 Jun '12, 8pm
A grateful son treats his dying dad to a round at Pebble Beach, and together they experience a joy only golf can #golf [link]
@GuideDogsUSA » 02 Jun '12, 5pm
#Father'sDay top 10? Look no further. Golf Digest's story of @winngalloway Dad's ace on 7 @ Pebble. @SportsCenter [link]”
@caseyfeldser » 02 Jun '12, 4pm
@winngalloway Father's Day top 10? Look no furthr. Golf Digest's stry of my late Dad's ace on 7 @ Pebble. @SportsCenter [link]
@allyfairly » 02 Jun '12, 4pm
so amazing: @gracecombs my dad's epic hole in one on Pebble Beach published in @golfwordmag [link]
@ballsgolfp » 02 Jun '12, 4pm
A Day To Remember: Golf was a bond between them, a shared passion, Tim having introduced Winn to the game at 2. ... [link]
@grace_combs » 02 Jun '12, 3pm
Here is the online version of my dad's epic hole in one on Pebble Beach published in @golfwordmag [link]
@julissasmailbox » 02 Jun '12, 2pm
A Day To Remember: Months before thyroid cancer claimed him, Tim Galloway (left) and son Winn fulfilled a lifelo... [link]
@JohnStrege » 02 Jun '12, 1pm
A dying father, a son and their magical day at Pebble Beach. Here's my story from Golf World's Father's Day issue [link]
@wgtgolfnews » 02 Jun '12, 12pm
Father's Day: A Day To Remember [link]
@marybethkoenes » 07 Jun '12, 12am
RT @winngalloway: Just saw my Dad and I on the @YahooSports golf page! Thanks for sharing our story! [link]
@golf_balls » 02 Jun '12, 3pm
A Day To Remember [link]