Swan-e-set - Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada (edit - fresh pics added!)
**EDIT** - MORE PICS ADDED AT THE END OF THE POST
Accidentally lost a long'ish post about Lee Trevino, Swan-e-set and two courses (one members only, other public), big gate, Happy Gilmore being filmed here, etc. I'll cut to the chase instead:
www.swan-e-set.com - my first time playing here, was $55 CDN today ($45 USD) - peak is $69 CDN.
Grand entrance:
Wind down a road cut out of the mountain to a very nice clubhouse that seems fairly big. Yeah, check it out from the back though - f'in huge! 65,000 square feet!
Bogeyed the par 5 1st without hitting any balls prior to the round, despite the trouble down the left with the water by the willows (handy to play a huge fade like I do):
2nd - par 4 - has a nice run of bunkers down the middle. I landed square in between the two in the centre and ended up sending it into greenside that I outed and 2 putted for bogey again:
5th - Par 5 - creek crosses the fairway at 307 - safe enough for me to drive. Yeah, woops. Pulled one hard and long across the river on the left. Pull hooked the next one to a similar spot. Damnit, why didn't I bring my dingy to the round today? Ended up in the fairway on the third try, shooting 5 off the tee. Duffed two pitches and scored a wicked 11. I think that's the worst score I've EVER had, at least that was recorded. Nice work.
The creek from 5 also crosses 6. Oops. There goes ball #3 for the day. Still only doubled though. That's 17 on the last two holes. Kept my cool though, I was impressed with myself, although quite dejected by the scorecard.
A good shot of my friend in trouble on the 8th. He threaded the needle to safety. Good job Chad. Too bad I duffed 3 chips and ended up with a 7. 28 in 4 holes (bogeyed the par 3 7th).
Approaching the behemoth clubhouse (and the 9th green). What a site.
Long Par 4 11th - I duffed the drive 30 yards then cranked an attempted layup right into the far fairway bunker on the left, 6 iron to 2 feet off the green and holed the fringe putt for my first par of the day. Time for a turnaround.
Bogeyed the par 3 12th, only took the picture because of the backdrop. I love where I live.
More of the scenery from the (bogeyed) par 4 13th:
Got into a rhythm and didn't get any more significant pictures until the 18th. Par 5 14th was another par, only because I pussed out and decelerated on an easy 8 foot birdie putt. Par'd the Par 4 15th, doubled the 16th (drive into the left rough that just disappeared - almost called embedded ball due to winter rules, but elected to take my lumps instead, as that's the only way I'll really get better) - missed the relatively easy 12 foot birdie putt on the par 3 17th, and lost another ball in the rough on the right (blocked fade) on the par 4 18th to finish with a double.
Here are the other 3 guys putting out to finish the round:
Funny - 53 on the front (thanks to the 5th, 6th, and 8th), 43 on the back with some minor'ish mistakes that led to lost balls. Overall, the round was decent but just had a few problems that I just had to grin and deal with. Without the MAJOR unforced errors, I could have been looking at a cool 87 or so. That makes me feel good, because I know the direction my game is going.
A good day with good people. More to come this week hopefully. Have a minor surgery tomorrow that I hope won't effect things too much (if at all).
**EDIT** - NEW PICS BELOW:
So, here we have some pics sent to me by the other guy that likes to photograph his rounds.
First, his shot that is more picturesque than all of mine put together:
Here's one of another friend taking an approach shot with his ever strange grip and stance, but yet quite successful. He shot a 99 after not touching a club since November and with a brand new to him set of X-16s. He'd been to the range twice in the past couple of weeks and that was it. I'm in the red and black.
As we're approaching our tee shots on the par 5 that I mentioned par'ing above, we were looking for sprinkler heads with the distances on them - proof that someone has a sense of humour:
You know that 8 foot birdie putt I decelerated on? Yeah, here's the proof:
And finally, the usual foursome (I'm in the red and black, as mentioned above):
**EDIT** - MORE PICS ADDED AT THE END OF THE POST
Accidentally lost a long'ish post about Lee Trevino, Swan-e-set and two courses (one members only, other public), big gate, Happy Gilmore being filmed here, etc. I'll cut to the chase instead:
www.swan-e-set.com - my first time playing here, was $55 CDN today ($45 USD) - peak is $69 CDN.
Grand entrance:
Wind down a road cut out of the mountain to a very nice clubhouse that seems fairly big. Yeah, check it out from the back though - f'in huge! 65,000 square feet!
Bogeyed the par 5 1st without hitting any balls prior to the round, despite the trouble down the left with the water by the willows (handy to play a huge fade like I do):
2nd - par 4 - has a nice run of bunkers down the middle. I landed square in between the two in the centre and ended up sending it into greenside that I outed and 2 putted for bogey again:
5th - Par 5 - creek crosses the fairway at 307 - safe enough for me to drive. Yeah, woops. Pulled one hard and long across the river on the left. Pull hooked the next one to a similar spot. Damnit, why didn't I bring my dingy to the round today? Ended up in the fairway on the third try, shooting 5 off the tee. Duffed two pitches and scored a wicked 11. I think that's the worst score I've EVER had, at least that was recorded. Nice work.
The creek from 5 also crosses 6. Oops. There goes ball #3 for the day. Still only doubled though. That's 17 on the last two holes. Kept my cool though, I was impressed with myself, although quite dejected by the scorecard.
A good shot of my friend in trouble on the 8th. He threaded the needle to safety. Good job Chad. Too bad I duffed 3 chips and ended up with a 7. 28 in 4 holes (bogeyed the par 3 7th).
Approaching the behemoth clubhouse (and the 9th green). What a site.
Long Par 4 11th - I duffed the drive 30 yards then cranked an attempted layup right into the far fairway bunker on the left, 6 iron to 2 feet off the green and holed the fringe putt for my first par of the day. Time for a turnaround.
Bogeyed the par 3 12th, only took the picture because of the backdrop. I love where I live.
More of the scenery from the (bogeyed) par 4 13th:
Got into a rhythm and didn't get any more significant pictures until the 18th. Par 5 14th was another par, only because I pussed out and decelerated on an easy 8 foot birdie putt. Par'd the Par 4 15th, doubled the 16th (drive into the left rough that just disappeared - almost called embedded ball due to winter rules, but elected to take my lumps instead, as that's the only way I'll really get better) - missed the relatively easy 12 foot birdie putt on the par 3 17th, and lost another ball in the rough on the right (blocked fade) on the par 4 18th to finish with a double.
Here are the other 3 guys putting out to finish the round:
Funny - 53 on the front (thanks to the 5th, 6th, and 8th), 43 on the back with some minor'ish mistakes that led to lost balls. Overall, the round was decent but just had a few problems that I just had to grin and deal with. Without the MAJOR unforced errors, I could have been looking at a cool 87 or so. That makes me feel good, because I know the direction my game is going.
A good day with good people. More to come this week hopefully. Have a minor surgery tomorrow that I hope won't effect things too much (if at all).
**EDIT** - NEW PICS BELOW:
So, here we have some pics sent to me by the other guy that likes to photograph his rounds.
First, his shot that is more picturesque than all of mine put together:
Here's one of another friend taking an approach shot with his ever strange grip and stance, but yet quite successful. He shot a 99 after not touching a club since November and with a brand new to him set of X-16s. He'd been to the range twice in the past couple of weeks and that was it. I'm in the red and black.
As we're approaching our tee shots on the par 5 that I mentioned par'ing above, we were looking for sprinkler heads with the distances on them - proof that someone has a sense of humour:
You know that 8 foot birdie putt I decelerated on? Yeah, here's the proof:
And finally, the usual foursome (I'm in the red and black, as mentioned above):
Canada
