AW's golf scores

[Crampknees]

I played wolf with this group who plays about 5 days a week and I can make it about twice a month.  It was great, none of them ever picked me and I won most the money.  

[stevestevens]

So I played at Wasatch Mountain State Park today

 

 

The course is about 30 minutes from my house.  One of the prettiest courses around here.  The place was packed when I showed up.  They were finishing up the Utah Women's am on one 18 and having some corporate tourney on the other 18.  The first thing that went through my mind was "Damn, 5:30 round no doubt".  We start to play and it starts to drizzle on hole 2, not bad at all though.  On hole four the wind picks up and their is some lightning on the mountain tops.  People start to leave but we stayed but still are cautious to watch the lightning and storm moving through.  But the rain was forcing people off the course making into a three hour round which made me happy and once we got to hole 5 there was just a slight drizzle with no wind.  It was great.  A started out par, bogey, bogey (3 putt!), birdie, bogey, par.  Then the rain stops and we are on hole 7.  I stick one within 10 feet to a little mound green and the three guys with me are all at the base of the mound.  I am stoked because I could get to +1 through 7.  Anyways, I walk up to mark my ball and I am standing on the mound and the sky lights up, my hair on my arms stand on end and I feel the electrical rush and then boom, I hear the lightning.  I was freaking out and then I dropped to the ground and then the rain started to dump.  First time in my life I had felt the electrical current of lightning and I felt it before I heard the sound of thunder.  We picked up our balls and got out of there fast. 

 

So I have a raincheck for 18 holes back to wasatch mountains that I need to use within the next year.  

[nate]

Damn that course looks amazing.

 

Scary about the lightning man.  That would have scared the crap outta me.

[stevestevens]

It is a really fun course.  Pretty short though and you can put up scores.  I would imagine tank goes pretty low on this course.  

 

Can't beat playing it though for $40.  The fall is the best because the colors are bright red and turkeys are all over the place.   

[Crampknees]

I could see myself pitching a tent over by the lake and just staying there a while. Golfing too. 

[Tank]

You should have used 15 or 20 of your kids to shield you from the lightning so you could at least finish the hole.

[halobob]

Damn that course looks beautiful Tyler.  Got out for 9 yesterday with another 54.  Putting was actually my problem which is usually the strongest part of my game.  Way too many 3 putts and 1 4 putt.

[stevestevens]

I could see myself pitching a tent over by the lake and just staying there a while. Golfing too. 

 

Kurt, there is a lake right on the south part of the course that they put planter rainbows in and you camp there.  We camp and play at a course about 1 1/2 hours south of us called Palisades State Park.

 

Fun little course and a cool lake that you can swim in, paddle boats, fishing boats, or kayak and then you can play golf with the unlimited greens fee.  Fun times.  They just built these 6 bed cabins (yes tank, we have to rent out 4-5) that you can rent for $45.  Almost cheaper than getting a camp site.  You can't beat fishing and golfing from sun up to sun down.   

[stevestevens]

Adam just sent me this video he took of Nate playing golf.

 

 

[Adam]

That was awesome

[nate]

Lol, it is true, I have taken my second shot from the womens tee a couple times.  Fortunately I didn't shank any drives that bad when we played.

[Crampknees]

Kurt, there is a lake right on the south part of the course that they put planter rainbows in and you camp there.  We camp and play at a course about 1 1/2 hours south of us called Palisades State Park.

 

Fun little course and a cool lake that you can swim in, paddle boats, fishing boats, or kayak and then you can play golf with the unlimited greens fee.  Fun times.  They just built these 6 bed cabins (yes tank, we have to rent out 4-5) that you can rent for $45.  Almost cheaper than getting a camp site.  You can't beat fishing and golfing from sun up to sun down.   

That would be sweet....get up and cast your line out in the morning then hit the course and cast out the F bomb....rinse repeat. Where do you live at?

[Crampknees]

That clip was great.  A friend and I got this idea to play a scramble from the womens tees for 9 holes thinking we would birdie them all.  After 4 bogeys in a row we moved back to the tips and made 3 pars and 2 birdies the rest of the way. 

[stevestevens]

Kurt, I live in orem, Utah. It is about 5 miles north of BYU. Really cheap muni golf. Not too many privately owned tracks that are public. I always can find some deal and golf is usually around $30 with a cart for some pretty solid courses.

[Tank]

That was awesome

Apparently he didn't know about The Big Boy rule.

[Crampknees]

Those are some beautiful courses.  I would be fine playing those over some big country club I am not a member of or can afford the green fees.  One day I will play Pebble on my bucket list but Pacific Grove down the street works fine for me.

 

Next summer I am going to Montana and a friends father has a house on the course then you raft and fish the river after your round. 

[LBHalos17]

Shot 11-over 80 at Holywood Golf Club ( County Down, Northern Ireland) last Tues.  It's an executive-length parkland course (par 69), and is the home-course for Rory McIlroy (much like how Heartwell Park in Long Beach is where Tiger got his start).  No birdies, but I was happy with the round overall.  The fairways all sloped down-hill toward thick gorse/bushes, the greens were very good, and I only lost 3 balls.  A lot of the tee-shots were to blind fairways, sloping up-hill or in valleys, and I didn't realize that the yellow stakes are their 150 markers until I checked back into the pro shop after my first 9 (I started on the back because of a junior outing).

 

I'll try to post some pics soon, if I can transfer them from my phone.

[stevestevens]

Those are some beautiful courses. I would be fine playing those over some big country club I am not a member of or can afford the green fees. One day I will play Pebble on my bucket list but Pacific Grove down the street works fine for me.

Next summer I am going to Montana and a friends father has a house on the course then you raft and fish the river after your round.

Sounds great. ...... fly fishing?

[stevestevens]

Those are some beautiful courses.  I would be fine playing those over some big country club I am not a member of or can afford the green fees.  One day I will play Pebble on my bucket list but Pacific Grove down the street works fine for me.

 

Next summer I am going to Montana and a friends father has a house on the course then you raft and fish the river after your round. 

 

 

Kurt, I could play that back nine at pacific grove every day

http://www.pggolflinks.com/virtual_tour/

 

The front looks pretty boring but the back looks great.  Seems like you can get a pretty sweet pass there.

[Crampknees]

Sounds great. ...... fly fishing?

ya it is centered around fly fishing.  Probably the only thing I am worse at than golfing. 

[stevestevens]

Shot a 38 on nine holes today.  I bogeyed both the par 5's.......with perfect drives right down the middle.  Really crappy second shots on both holes. 

[Hollyw00d]

Par 5's are the death of my scorecard.   I'm usually happy if I end up with a 6 or 7 on most of them.   I can drive it pretty well, and my short game is actually pretty decent.   My mid to long irons and fairway woods need some serious work

[Adam]

I guarantee I break 85 tomorrow

[decinces11]

I guarantee I break 85 tomorrow

Seeing that it is a scramble, 85 is probably not a good score tomorrow. Who else is in your foursome?

[Tank]

Seeing that it is a scramble, 85 is probably not a good score tomorrow. Who else is in your foursome?

victor's mom

victor's aunt

victor's cousin

 

expect lots of high scoring.