Today, I am playing Black Bear Ridge Golf Course! It is one of the best courses in the area and they have graciously opened their doors to 60 serving military members and we are grateful for their generosity.
I played Black Bear Ridge before and I am looking forward seeing if I can break 80 again! I plan to write a review about this fun course, but for now, here are a couple of pictures to peek your interest! Continue reading
In May of 2015, my wife and I travelled to Edinburgh, Scotland. We were there for only a few days and before anyone asks, I did not go golfing. We spent our time exploring Edinburgh and taking a walk through history.
On the first day, the sun was shining and the weather forecast suggested it was this day that was best for climbing Arthur’s Seat. This 822 foot ‘hill’ was formed by an extinct volcano and could be climbed from several directions. Enjoying our walk, my wife and I missed the easy ascent path and ended up climbing to the summit of Arthur’s Seat via the vertical stair route. Although this route was more difficult, it really was not that big of a deal. However, we did take the easy route down. Continue reading
Golf is an amazing sport because of the countless possibilities each hole offers every time we play it. If you play a hole 100 times, the variables of wind, distance, and tee block placement make that hole dead easy or crazy difficult! Most course superintendents take pride in setting up each hole so all players get the maximum enjoyment out of their time on the links. However, every once in a while a hole slips through the cracks and this happens!
Do you enjoy looking at pictures of golf holes? I sure do! I enjoy looking at how beautiful the landscape shapes and accentuates the fun and difficult aspects of a golf hole. Additionally, I enjoy looking at pictures to figure out how to play the hole that matches my capabilities.
The Country Club, at Woodbridge, Ontario,
I played this hole at the 31 Veteran’s Day of Golf in June. I enjoy looking at this picture because is beautiful and at the same time extremely challenging! Every once in a while I like to look it over to see if can add to what I believe are aspects of the hole that I might have missed.
Yesterday, I read an article from Mike at 36aday called My PEI Golf Course Rankings – Before and After. He talked about how he is knocking off 10 PEI courses in a week. Currently, I am on vacation in PEI and today I had the opportunity to stop at The Links at Crowbush Cove to take a few pictures. Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to play this fantastic course, but I thought I would share the few pictures I could take in the 5 minutes I was there.
Mike, these are for you!
The Gates to Crowbush!
Off the first tee!
Either 9 or 18 green at the Pro Shop.
Par 3 near the Pro Shop.
The 14th green and fairway.
15th tee box!
The practice area!
This is all I could get in such a short visit and I hope you like them. If you ever have the opportunity to play Crowbush, I would recommend it. In the mean time, we will anxiously wait for Mike to post his review of this great course.
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
The Grateful Golfer 