mddubya
Hybrid convert
- Nov 6, 2007
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Well, guess I'm the first one home so I'll start the thread. 1st off, I'm pretty sure a great time was had by all involved. I know I had a blast. The only sad thing was not more could make the trip. It was just me, eracer, Doc, and eclark. However, I do want to say, 3 nicer golfers you couldn't meet. eclark is 22 years old but fit right in with us old farts. Doc and eracer and eclark are all super nice and all 3 are a hoot to be around. If any of you ever get a chance to play a round of golf with any of them, jump at the chance. But don't give Doc any strokes, he has game.
The weather was perfect Friday and Saturday, and Sunday started out ok. The cabin was hardly rustic, and actually very nice. Central heat and air, a gas fireplace, fully stocked kitchen, cable tv and nice beds. A gorgeous view looking out on the lake. Sorry for the lack of drunken posts, but there was no internet available,
The course is gorgeous, but I do believe Jack was in a bad mood when he designed this one. I've played a couple of his courses before this one, and they were a breeze compared to Tim's Ford. The fairways were fairly tight, and lined with this native grass. The course is in a State Park and is a refuge for wildlife, so I guess they aren't allowed to cut this native grass. Right now it is ONLY mid calf deep, but if your ball went in there, a wedge out into the fairway was the BEST you could hope for. This is a Links style course, or was designed to be anyway. Lots of DEEP bunkers, and postage stamp sized greens. The only problem there was that they redid the greens last fall with Bermuda, and the were HARD and FAST. However, for a Links style course there are a lot of trees that have probably grown in since the course was designed. So driving was at a premium, and sadly, nobody but Doc was exactly splitting the fairways. The deep bunkers also has this powdery fine sand in the majority of them, something I am not used to. I will admit that other than a couple of fairway bunker shots I was successful getting out of, I never once got out of a greenside bunker in one try. And I wasn't the only one having trouble with them,
Friday me and Doc and eracer arrived early and played 18 holes in perfect weather. eclark arrived later so he didn't make Friday's round.Doc and myself had just completed a 6+ hour drive and weren't exactly swinging that smoothly. eracer was the smart one and had done most of his drive Thursday. After the round we went to the cabin and meet eclark, had some delicious Pork Loin and yellow rice and sat around getting to know each other. Everyone was pretty tired from our drives and we had a 8:03 tee time so Friday night was rather sedate.
Saturday morning was perfect for a early morning round of golf, although perfect golf was not played. The course had a TON of wildlife on it, and the deer are practically tame because firearms are not allowed in the Park. The deer pictures are not zoomed in, we were that close to them and they were everywhere. The course wasn't busy for the morning round a we breezed around in a little less than 4 1/2 hours, not bad for a 4some. Ate some lunch and then played 18 more. The 2nd 18 was a little slower as the crowd had picked up but it still wasn't unbearable.
Once back at the cabin the drinking commenced, except for eclark who had just had some dental work done and couldn't drink, poor guy. But he had brought some Brats and Wisconsin cheese down and we had another great meal. The rest of night was spent playing poker and drinking and lying,
Sunday we got up early, not an easy feat for me anyway, thanks for the great Scotch eracer, :faintthud It was sprinkling with a forecast of severe thunderstorms so we got to the course early and were told to go on out and play as many as we could, and settle up afterwards. Southern hospitality at its best at Tim's Ford. The 1st 3 holes it was actually nice, then it started raining a bit harder, and by the last 3 holes it was pretty miserable so we called it quits after just 9.
pics to follow in next post
The weather was perfect Friday and Saturday, and Sunday started out ok. The cabin was hardly rustic, and actually very nice. Central heat and air, a gas fireplace, fully stocked kitchen, cable tv and nice beds. A gorgeous view looking out on the lake. Sorry for the lack of drunken posts, but there was no internet available,
The course is gorgeous, but I do believe Jack was in a bad mood when he designed this one. I've played a couple of his courses before this one, and they were a breeze compared to Tim's Ford. The fairways were fairly tight, and lined with this native grass. The course is in a State Park and is a refuge for wildlife, so I guess they aren't allowed to cut this native grass. Right now it is ONLY mid calf deep, but if your ball went in there, a wedge out into the fairway was the BEST you could hope for. This is a Links style course, or was designed to be anyway. Lots of DEEP bunkers, and postage stamp sized greens. The only problem there was that they redid the greens last fall with Bermuda, and the were HARD and FAST. However, for a Links style course there are a lot of trees that have probably grown in since the course was designed. So driving was at a premium, and sadly, nobody but Doc was exactly splitting the fairways. The deep bunkers also has this powdery fine sand in the majority of them, something I am not used to. I will admit that other than a couple of fairway bunker shots I was successful getting out of, I never once got out of a greenside bunker in one try. And I wasn't the only one having trouble with them,
Friday me and Doc and eracer arrived early and played 18 holes in perfect weather. eclark arrived later so he didn't make Friday's round.Doc and myself had just completed a 6+ hour drive and weren't exactly swinging that smoothly. eracer was the smart one and had done most of his drive Thursday. After the round we went to the cabin and meet eclark, had some delicious Pork Loin and yellow rice and sat around getting to know each other. Everyone was pretty tired from our drives and we had a 8:03 tee time so Friday night was rather sedate.
Saturday morning was perfect for a early morning round of golf, although perfect golf was not played. The course had a TON of wildlife on it, and the deer are practically tame because firearms are not allowed in the Park. The deer pictures are not zoomed in, we were that close to them and they were everywhere. The course wasn't busy for the morning round a we breezed around in a little less than 4 1/2 hours, not bad for a 4some. Ate some lunch and then played 18 more. The 2nd 18 was a little slower as the crowd had picked up but it still wasn't unbearable.
Once back at the cabin the drinking commenced, except for eclark who had just had some dental work done and couldn't drink, poor guy. But he had brought some Brats and Wisconsin cheese down and we had another great meal. The rest of night was spent playing poker and drinking and lying,
Sunday we got up early, not an easy feat for me anyway, thanks for the great Scotch eracer, :faintthud It was sprinkling with a forecast of severe thunderstorms so we got to the course early and were told to go on out and play as many as we could, and settle up afterwards. Southern hospitality at its best at Tim's Ford. The 1st 3 holes it was actually nice, then it started raining a bit harder, and by the last 3 holes it was pretty miserable so we called it quits after just 9.
pics to follow in next post
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