local legend is hogan played there and was -6 or -7 through 11. hit his drive on 12, got out to the fairway and had his caddy pick up the ball and they went home
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The spaces right or left of the trees basically donât exist - you are hitting into the rough. Either stuck behind the tree - or in the rough lol. Its such a weird hole.
And its pretty long - I hit a good drive into the wind and was hitting mid/long iron and had 0 shot to get over the tree
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Eh, I could find that fairway and have a clear shot into the green.
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My buddy decided to place his ball in the right side of the fairway. Had a very long iron into the green. Itâs definitely a polarizing hole that is heavily dependent on your tee shot
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This is good to know. The sales guy I work with the most at my employer is a member there. Iâll have to get in his ear the next time Iâm up in the Bay.
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Definitely worth poking the bear
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Cabot Citrus Farms - The Squeeze
My daughter and I snuck off from our family holiday Airbnb stay to play Cabot Citrus Farms. We played The Squeeze and had the whole course to ourselves. We stopped at the halfway house and got the tacos highly recommend! After we finished I challenged her to the 18 hole putting course and she beat Dad by 1. As we wrapped up she asked â Dad, can we go back to the driving range?â She hit balls till dark. The cottages looked great for golf trips. The staff were very friendly and attentive. Great proshop.
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Not from this week, but rather the last couple of weeksâIâve had a good run down here in Florida.
Pablo Creek - Iâve wanted to play here for a while and was hyped to get the invite from a friend who was down for the holidays. Pure Fazio. Really enjoyed the day out there.
High Grove - Brand new club in middle/southwestern Florida. This club was brought to life by a lot of the same players that were behind Ohoopee. The Hanse/Wagner design is quite the standout for âFlorida golfâ with no water on the course, loads of elevation change and natural land movement. We were told not to post any pictures online due to there still being active construction on the clubhouse/lodging around the course, but man was it good.
Wrapped up the bender and rang in the new year with a couple of days at Mountain Lake. Itâs always a pleasure getting to play here and Iâm excited to see the restoration after itâs done next year.
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Thatâs allowed?
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I should have added that not only is there no water, but there are also no houses lining the holes or within sight from the course! A true anomaly in all the best ways.
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Dropped this in our Roost discord but figured I might as well here also. Golf trip to visit my brother Fall 2024 on Long Island followed by The Scraper at Prairie Dunes for a Fried Egg Event
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Okay, well now you are clearly just making this course up. There is absolutely no way it exists in Florida.
Played the recently renovated and reopened Jacaranda Golf Club East Course yesterday. I had played it once before many years ago when I lived in Miami, but didnât remember much about it. It looked like they added lots of coquina waste areas and re-dis a lot of greens and green surrounds.
People travelling to South Florida are often looking for recommendations and the locals struggle given the dearth of options. I think anyone would be happy playing this course. Itâs got wide enough corridors not to feel claustrophobic, and a good mix of holes to keep the round interesting.
The highlights of the round were:
- 4 birdies for me;
- Watching my friend who plays infrequently be an absolute wizard with his SW inside 60yds all day; and
- Getting randomly paired with aspiring young pro as he was preparing for a MLGT event. Dudeâs swing was a more compact version of Jake Knappâs and he was hitting 340+
all day. Probably shot -6 or -7 from 7220+ and made it look too easy.
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didnât get a picture but my brother and I played the Links course at RTJ Grand National in Auburn, fun layout even in the soggy cold rain
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NEW ZEALAND
Had what my father jealously calls a âboondoggleâ, where I got sent on a work trip where there wasnât much work to do, and had a lot of spare time.
All the following days are in NZ time, which is constantly a day ahead of my home time of PST, and my google drive really doesnât like that.
Monday 1/19 - Paraparaumo Beach Golf Club
I will never get tired of saying that name. A really great links style course. And only the 3rd âLinksâ course Iâve ever played (Gearhart, and Chambers being the others). Played with a Aussie Father and son, Nick and Brit, and a local NZ native, Dan, without who, we may have teed off in the wrong direction a few times, or walked to a few of the wrong tee boxes.
No work today, since it was the Wellington Anniversary so I was able to drive 90 minutes from where I was staying.
Tuesday, 1/20, after work was done, Palmerston North Golf Club
Pretty flat layout, nothing crazy, just played the back-9, since the front 9 had the ladies club evening game going. Conditions were FIRM and FAST, since it hadnât rained in a bit, and the wind had been up all week. The huge trees in NZ were wild. Made the scale feel very different for a course just simply lined with trees between each hole. Favorite hole was a par 5 that just had a huge tree blocking the green on the 2nd shot, to taunt you. Laying up to the right would be easy but clearly no fun. (âŚI could hear by ball crack off one of the branches directly in line with the pin from 180 yards away, found it, and chipped up for a 2 putt par)
Wednesday 1/21 Rangitikei Golf course 18 holes after work
A true âhidden Gemâ course. $40 NZ for 18, paid for my round with a QR code scan. The Club house is basically 1 big room, with an admin office attached, and a industrial style kitchen, where someone was finishing up making sandwiches you could buy with cash, and a âpro-shopâ that was a table with a small shelf of tees and balls with an honor system box.
Felt like I was in a tropical rain forest the entire time, because I more or less was. Amazing land movement, greens were in good shape, tee boxes were a little fuzzy but who cares.
2nd tee shot (aim left) also featuring the 10th green complex to the right.
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Green staff found the ball firstâ - Sculpture by Ian Harvey
This golf course was 20 minutes from where I was working, and I was golfing after lunch, because THIS airplane was flying all day and we couldnât work on it the second part of the day. It flew circles around me for most of the back 9.
Thursday 1/22. Manawatu Golf Club
Boasts being the Oldest golf course in NZ, established in 1895. Nicest club house Iâd be in all week, course was pretty flat, but in great condition, got a chance to chat with the greens keepers swapping holes out as I was playing.
Interesting note, a lot of courses in NZ have 2 holes on each green, 1 with the flag in. The maintenance team was going around moving the non-flagged hole in the middle of the day. There was a system he explained for alternating pin locations through the week, with a new pin being cut for members rounds on Sundays. Sounded like it made sense but it went over my head in the moment. This might be a UK thing that got imported that doesnât happen in the States. Sounded efficient.
Friday, 1/23, Karori Golf Club.
Another âHidden Gemâ like Rangitikei, same club house situation. $40nz. Another 10/10 experience.
Hole 2, 190 yards from the tipsâŚover a tree. wind is blowing hard (2 clubs on previous hole) right to left. I had a very stupid grin on my face over this shot.
Lost all 5 used balls I bought in the club house (at the advice of some locals I was chatting with).
Tee boxes were all a bit fuzy, but greens were fantastic.
Hole 6, 130 yards, made a birdie from maybe my favorite tee shot view of the trip
Was in New Zealand for 7 days, including arrival and departure, golfed 5 courses, 81 holes. Walked all of them, though the first 45 of those holes were with the Traveling Sunday Bag and only 7 clubs.
and managed to sneak some work in on 3 of those days
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My brain is broken, but:
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The city is in fact named after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, aka âLord Palmerstonâ.
The locals all call it âPalmyâ, and itâs got palm trees everywhere, but I guess it being named after a British Prime minister also makes sense. It was founded in 1866, and Lord Palmerston died in office in 1865
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