Not really golf, but I did grab a club and do some putting on the green while we were on Safari. I played a little putting game with myself and won the Africa Cup. Sweet.
You can read about my amazing African adventure on my other blog.
Golf requires a good environment.
Headed to Myrtle Beach for some family vacation time next week and I can’t wait.
I’m going to play some golf - can anyone out there suggest which courses I should consider, taking in to account I only have about 30 balls and haven’t broken 100 quite yet?
Here are the one’s I’m considering:
I stumbled on to this earlier this week - my new goals include getting down to shooting 95 or better so I can qualify to play in what would seem to be a really cool opportunity.
Finally a Golf Tour of the Public Golfer, For the Public Golfer
The Golf Galaxy® Tour offers one day, 18 hole events open to all golfers (men, women and juniors welcome) who normally score 95 or less on 18 holes.
Played on the weekends at top local courses in your area, come experience the camaraderie and friendly competition of tournament golf. 2 person team, Best-Ball, and Scramble formats hosted. Sign up today and experience why thousands of golfers just like you nationwide are getting “inside the ropes."
Look up your local tournaments and get the scoop here.
What? Never heard of Squidoo? Get with the program - the new Golf is “Really” Hard lens is up and running.
More about Squidoo:
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Build one lens, build a hundred. It’s fast, fun, and free. (And you could earn a royalty–for you or for charity).I just signed up - seems pretty cool. I’m looking forward to seeing what the site has to offer!
Does it count if I shot an 84 on a par 58 (+26)? I did technically break 100 and earned a certificate from the Golf Digest Challenge. It counts like a 6 foot gimme.
Slice.
Lost ball.
Chunk dropped ball.
Decent PW on or near the green.
2 or 3 putt.
Repeat 18 times.
I shot a friggen 113 today at a charity tournament. Terrible.
I went to a wedding in Alabama this past weekend and had a chance to play an amazingly hard golf course - rated in the top 30 I believe by Golf Digest in fact. Alabama’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail features the Shoals - Fighting Joe Golf Course. We didn’t play from the blacks (I suck, remember!) which is 8,092 yards long. Instead we played from the white tees which are a mere 6,154 yards long - and quite difficult.
Playing with rental clubs is always interesting, but the King Cobra’s they gave me where in good shape and quite similar in feel to my Taylormade Irons. The driver however had a graphite shaft, and I never really did manage to get a feel for it.
I played OK - shot a 105 in total thanks to losing a ton of balls and taking penalties left and right. If I had been able to keep my drives in play, I’m sure I would have broken 100, or come close.
I did manage to stun the guy I was playing with by sinking a 30 foot putt for a bogey (whew), and even managed to par the 10th hole.
The guy I played with shot an 89 and really, really picked it up on the back 9 shooting +3. Unreal.