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Sodus Bay

April 19th, 2009

It hasn’t really been unseasonably cold, but it still seems like spring is taking an awfully long time to get here!
So it was nice to get out for 18 yesterday.
I’d never played Sodus Bay before, either, so I took my camera along. It’s a pretty course. There are views of Lake Ontario from the [...]

Golf interlude . . .

February 2nd, 2009

Managed to sneak away for a long weekend in Florida, and golfed while there, of course
Unfortunately we got rained out after only nine holes during our first round at The Timacuan on Thursday afternoon. We did get to play a couple of really interesting holes, including number 2, where you have to carry [...]

The Boulders, South Course

December 23rd, 2008

We played the last round of our trip at The Boulders Resort, where we also stayed. More about the resort here, at my other blog.
This was another beautifully maintained course. Here’s the putting green.

The course winds all over the place. Holes are connected by concrete cart paths.

It’s a challenging course. There are a [...]

Rancho Manana, Cave Creek

December 23rd, 2008

The third day of our Arizona golf trip we played Rancho Manana, in Cave Creek, Arizona, and that’s the day my game came together. I just felt so good standing over the ball!
It was a breathtakingly beautiful course. Here’s what it looks like when you pull into the parking lot near the clubhouse. Paradise!

One [...]

Longbow Golf Club, Mesa

December 23rd, 2008

The second course we played on our Arizona Golf trip this month was Longbow Golf Club in Mesa. My partner loved this course in particular. It was beautifully maintained, as you can tell from these pics.

A very open, rolling course. Lots of small aircraft to watch between shots — it’s right next to the Falcon [...]

Dove Valley Ranch, Cave Creek, Arizona

December 23rd, 2008

As I mentioned on my kirstenmortensen.com blog, I had the great pleasure of a short golf trip to Arizona earlier this month. I posted some trip pics there. Now for some pics of the courses we played
First up: Dove Valley Ranch in Cave Creek, a Robert Trent Jones II-designed course. We played this [...]

I won a tournament :-)

July 20th, 2008

Rochester region EWGA chapter tournament, played at Ravenwood yesterday. I shot a 101 and took low gross for my flight.
I’m a happy camper
Cross-posted at my other blog.

The inner game

June 11th, 2008

(Crossposted at my other blog.)
Last fall, around the time it got too cold to golf anymore, I was feeling pretty discouraged about the game.
It seemed to me that after a year & a half of playing I should have been getting better. Ha. I was as close to breaking 100 at the end of 2006 [...]

Taranwould in Newark N.Y.

August 26th, 2007

Played 18 at Taranwould Golf Course with the EWGA travel league today. It’s a short course — 4350 yard, par 66 — but it doesn’t play particularly short, at least not to this admitted neophyte golfer.
One of the interesting things about the course is that several of the holes are replicas of holes at famous [...]

Genesee Valley Park

August 23rd, 2007

Rochester’s got three municipal golf courses, and Genesee Valley Park is the one that’s closest to my house. For that reason it’s the course I’ve played the most since I took this game up in the middle of last summer.
I played a couple times there this week now, too. Sunday I played my best [...]

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