Well, another wonderful day on the course in every way (discounting my score, of course).
This is a course I've never played before, but it's the only muni in North Vancouver and was built about 7 years ago right into the lower portion of one of the local ski hills (takes me about 35 minutes to get to from the far side of town if there's no freeway traffic). North Vancouver and West Vancouver make up the semi famous "North Shore". It's mostly famous for mountain biking and excellent local skiing within minutes of the main city of Vancouver...as long as there's no stupid prick threatening to jump off one of the bridges that you have to cross to get there.
It's a tough course that puts an emphasis on punishing the lungs of the fat and unhealthy who decide not to take carts (me). It's rated as follows:
Black 71.6/135
Blue 70.0/124
White 68.0/120
It cost only $25 CDN to play a twilight time today and wasn't busy at all. I think it goes up to about $65 in the summer for a weekend fee.
We played the Whites because one of our group is pretty new and has a terrible swing. Then again, I think he beat me.
Anyhow, on to the pics. Which are apparently out of order. Oh well.
1. 1st - Par 4 - This is my friend (and hookup at the local golf shop) teeing off on the 1st which is a par 4 that's having drainage work done on it so there's a temporary tee at the 150 marker. Believe it or not, I still bogeyed.
2. 4th - Par 5 - View up to the green from where my second shot landed. It's a hell of a climb carrying a golf bag.
3. View from the clubhouse - basically the 18th green on the left and the 1st fairway on the right. The 18th has crazy elevation changes, probably 60 feet down and then 100 feet back up. More on 18 later.
4. 4th - Par 5 - view of the fairway from the green. The shadow at the lower left of the visible portion of the fairway is a large pond about 150 yards off the white tee and from then on up it's bunkers and a climb. You can't even see some of the bunkers off to the right because of a dip in the fairway, but they're there.
This is a course I've never played before, but it's the only muni in North Vancouver and was built about 7 years ago right into the lower portion of one of the local ski hills (takes me about 35 minutes to get to from the far side of town if there's no freeway traffic). North Vancouver and West Vancouver make up the semi famous "North Shore". It's mostly famous for mountain biking and excellent local skiing within minutes of the main city of Vancouver...as long as there's no stupid prick threatening to jump off one of the bridges that you have to cross to get there.
It's a tough course that puts an emphasis on punishing the lungs of the fat and unhealthy who decide not to take carts (me). It's rated as follows:
Black 71.6/135
Blue 70.0/124
White 68.0/120
It cost only $25 CDN to play a twilight time today and wasn't busy at all. I think it goes up to about $65 in the summer for a weekend fee.
We played the Whites because one of our group is pretty new and has a terrible swing. Then again, I think he beat me.
Anyhow, on to the pics. Which are apparently out of order. Oh well.
1. 1st - Par 4 - This is my friend (and hookup at the local golf shop) teeing off on the 1st which is a par 4 that's having drainage work done on it so there's a temporary tee at the 150 marker. Believe it or not, I still bogeyed.
2. 4th - Par 5 - View up to the green from where my second shot landed. It's a hell of a climb carrying a golf bag.
3. View from the clubhouse - basically the 18th green on the left and the 1st fairway on the right. The 18th has crazy elevation changes, probably 60 feet down and then 100 feet back up. More on 18 later.
4. 4th - Par 5 - view of the fairway from the green. The shadow at the lower left of the visible portion of the fairway is a large pond about 150 yards off the white tee and from then on up it's bunkers and a climb. You can't even see some of the bunkers off to the right because of a dip in the fairway, but they're there.