Yarrawonga 9.5 GA currently playing of 11 for 18 holes,(lowest was 6 just over a year ago) and play off 2 for
9 holes.
I've been playing for 23 years,(mostly in Portland but moved back here a year and a half ago).
Winter time meant not much golf there,(as the course gets soaked and is unplayable) but it's totally different
here,(I can play lots of golf here and total membership fees are under $300),
You're right playing the game can be VERY frustrating, but it beats staying at home and doing the housework any day ๐
It can be a very frustrating game as you seem to "have" it sorted and then BANG it's gone again,
Or like my current problem which for the last few months has been the back nines,(shooting 37/38's on the
front and blowing out on the back,(38/47 on Saturday).
Played with one of our young guns on Tuesday and he shot a 67 off the stick for 35 Stableford points,(he
plays off +6).
Thank you lurker. I really do miss playing an awful lot.
An 11 is quite respectable, I think. How often are you able to play/practice?
actually don't watch much golf on TV. I find it a bit boring, as they tend to just focus on one or two players and then only on drives and putts
Good point. It would be good to see more action between the tee and green.
go tazz wrote: It can be a very frustrating game as you seem to "have" it sorted and then BANG it's gone againI
Exactly!
How good caddying for Rita Hayworth must have been. Where was that?
It was at The Riivera Country Club in Los Angeles - home of the PGA's annual L.A. Open tournanment (which is now called the Northern Trust Open). One of the very few places Tiger Woods has never won lol The course is nicknamed "Hogan's Alley" in honor of Ben Hogan's achievements there.
From its inception it was always rather a haven for celebrities. Humphry Bogart, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Howard Hughes and Charlie Chaplin were early members there. Walt Disney was a member, and Jack Warner of Warner Brothers.
It had that same flavor during my time there. Dean Martin, for instance, practically lived at the place lol
In later years O.J. Simpson would turn out to be the club's most notorious member!
The golf course has a feature that, as I undertand it, many Australian courses do as well: apart from its greens its turf is almost entirely made up of kikuyu grass (scientific name Pennisetum clandestinum).
I loved playing on that stuff. The ball sits up so nicely on it ๐
The golf course has a feature that, as I undertand it, many Australian courses do as well: apart from its greens its turf is almost entirely made up of kikuyu grass (scientific name Pennisetum clandestinum).
Since 2001, Australian golfers Robert Allenby, Adam Scott and Aaron Badderly have all won the tournament there
@shuveee wrote:The golf course has a feature that, as I undertand it, many Australian courses do as well: apart from its greens its turf is almost entirely made up of kikuyu grass (scientific name Pennisetum clandestinum).
Since 2001, Australian golfers Robert Allenby, Adam Scott and Aaron Badderly have all won the tournament there
Our courses were changed over to Santa Anna Couch about 10 years ago,(it forms a nice carpet type fairway
if it's not cut to short,but has to be de-thatched on a regular basis).
Kikuyu can be very tiring to walk on as it can become like walking on a sponge,(Portland had a couple of
Kikuyu patches and they tended to get out of hand in early Spring).
That's interesting your course being nicknamed Hogans Alley. We have a hole called a Hogans Hole - for a completely different reason. Have you heard of Paul Hogan (aka Crocodile Dundee)?
from our website:
the 3rd โ Hoganโs Hole
โFamous internationally Naroomaโs 3rd hole is one that must be played at least once in a golferโs lifetimeโ
Melville Proud โ Executive Officer NSW PGA
Often referred to as Hoganโs Hole (after television personality Paul Hogan shot an advertisement featuring itโs unique setting) the 3rd hole at Narooma is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular holes in golf with players hitting over the ocean to a cliff top green.
Naroomaโs 3rd hole is listed in Most Spectacular Holes โ from Australiaโs Finest Golf Courses by Darius Oliver
