Tax Break in the Monotony
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Thu Jul 17th, 2008 - 11:25 am
For years now my friends and I have talked about making the 7 hour drive down to Ponte Vedra Beach, Floria to play the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Each year we put it off for various reason, until this year when we all got $1200 checks in the mail during the peak of golf season!! So next Saturday, July 26th, I will be playing the Stadium Course, and trying my luck on the famed 17th hole. Expect a full report once I get back.
So this got me thinking, what are the five courses you want to play, that you can actually play. Not talking about Augusta and Pine Valley, but public courses. For me…
- St. Andrews
- Pebble Beach
- Carnoustie
- Pacific Dunes
- Royal County Down or Pinehurst 2
Chad, have you done any scouting yet on the Stadium Course? Do you know how long your tee shot will be on 17 from the tees you’re playing?
I have that same course on my Tiger Woods game on the Wii. Maybe I’ll play along with you on Saturday.
As for the courses I’d love to play, the only ones I could think of were St. Andrews and Pebble Beach. I’d probably add the Stadium Course as well. Oh and Coronado in San Diego…I have a picture of that course as my desktop image at work. My #5 course would be Hartefeld in Delaware, which I happen to be playing on Monday.
Good luck next week!
July 18th, 2008 at 7:10 amI think we are going to play from the blue tees, about 6,600. Our friend Scott will play the tips but he is good and we are not. We do plan on playing 16,17, and 18 from the tips, and 17 will probably be around 130-140, but I guess we won’t really know till we get there.
I do have an old version on TW golf on my PS2, and will probably play it some next week just so I’ll know all the holes.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:42 amsince i will be scratching sawgrass off my list saturday as well here are my top 5.
1. The Old Course
July 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am2. Pebble Beach
3. Pinehurst 2
4. Ocean Course Kiawah Island
5. Whistling Straits
Oh, I don’t know… I pretty much think putt-putts are the same everywhere you go!
July 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm