A course I would like to play

[OmegaG5]

I have been here on vacation a few times, but not since I took up playing golf. I've seen parts of the course, and is it interesting and so beautiful!

The whole course is cut out of virgin jungle. Not a lot of room to get off the fairways!

The 8th is awesome:

And below is a photo I took the first time I was there at the Andaman Hotel (which you can just see on the left). The golf course is in the hills and left of the hotel, and coming down to the sea.

The web site of the course is here
http://www.dataigolf.com/

I just have to go here and play the course.

Rod

 

[SiberianDVM]

Beautiful.

Just one word of caution concerning jungle courses, and I learned this reading Robert Trent Jones, Jr's excellent book on how golf course architecture affects your game, and that word is SNAKES!!

 

[smileyrose]

Surely Not.....

Very Nice Indeed!

and that word is SNAKES!!

Surely not on the beach though!

 

[Eracer]

http://www.shottalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3327&highlight=puerto+rico

This is a link to some pics I posted a while back. A beautiful resort, and a great course. Much closer to home than Malaysia.

 

[SiberianDVM]

Very Nice Indeed!



Surely not on the beach though!

You've never heard of Sand Snakes? An experienced snake handler like yourself?

 

[smileyrose]

Looks nice.

Puerto rico looks like a really nice place too.

 

[smileyrose]

Sand Snakes

You've never heard of Sand Snakes? An experienced snake handler like yourself?

LOL, you've seen me play the flute and watched the cobra rise no doubt!

No, I've never heard of Sand Snakes before!

 

[OmegaG5]

Beautiful.

Just one word of caution .... and that word is SNAKES!!

True! Although to be honest, I have only seen a couple there.
More common are these things, which come up to 10 feet or so in length.
They are pretty harmless and any that I have seen run away when you get close. But I am told that they can become aggressive when they are protecting eggs.... and their eggs look just like... you got it... golf balls!

 

[smileyrose]

Protective

They are pretty harmless and any that I have seen run away when you get close. But I am told that they can become aggressive when they are protecting eggs.... and their eggs look just like... you got it... golf balls!

Sounds like someone else I know! Well, I can understand wanting to be protecive of your eggs, even when they don't look much like golf balls!

 

[ezra76]

True! Although to be honest, I have only seen a couple there.
More common are these things, which come up to 10 feet or so in length.
They are pretty harmless and any that I have seen run away when you get close. But I am told that they can become aggressive when they are protecting eggs.... and their eggs look just like... you got it... golf balls!

Is that a Nile Monitor? They have a bad attitude. I had a Savannah Monitor for a pet, about 5ft. long and fat as a tennis racket when he layed down. My problem is I always try to pick stuff up. I grab snakes by the hind area and throw them. I don't know about a 10ft. Monitor though, mine bit me once and wouldn't let go. I had to stick his head in the toilet and cover his nostrils. I nearly lost a serious chunk of hand meat. After that I wore welding gloves when handling him.

 

[bames]

I lived in the jungle in Guatemala for about two years - I learned quickly that snakes are the least of your worries, they are actually like bats and most spiders - more helpful than harmful.