2008 - Favorite Pictures

[PThomas]

My favorite picture is of the 9 holes in Realp, Switzerland. It's not necessarily the prettiest picture I took, but it is unique, because when you look at it you really don't see the course. There's a village and the holes are scattered all over the place, one here, one there - really one of the most interesting routings I have ever seen.

The first fairway is the flat spot in the middle, then you go up the mountain in the left background, play alongside it towards the street in the front and then over it onto the hill in the right center, which has the rocky outcrops on its right side and then for the final hole a drop shot down that hill back to the flat spot in the middle.

Ulrich

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Trey Kemp]

Pine Dunes, Frankston, TX

[Sam Maryland]

Ed,

I thought some of the best pics I saw this year were those you posted of Carolina GC. 

The hole pics were excellent, but they also illustrated and told a story of transformation that appears to be nothing short of phenomenal (without having seen it in person). 

I played the course some in the mid-80's, and again in the mid-90's, and the changes/improvements shown in your pics will definitely motivate me to get back out there next time I am in the area.

Well done.

[Ed Oden]

Sam, thanks for the compliment.  Let me know the next time you are passing through town.

Ed

[Tim Bert]

Adding a few more to the pile.  A couple may have been duplicated on other threads - sorry for that.

Pasa 16


Spyglass 4


MPCC Shore 12


Pebble 9


Pacific Grove 13


Yale 18


Belvedere 12


High Pointe 8


Crystal Downs 7


Kingsley 12

[George Freeman]

Ed,

Where is this?  Royal County Down?

Thanks,
George

[Jordan Wall]

Tim,

Thats a cool photo of the fourth at Spyglass.  Remember the guy who holed his second shot from the fairway right in front of us?  Classic reaction and shout.

Great day!

Cheers,
Jordan

[Brian_Sleeman]

The photo from Switzerland just became my background - awesome photo!

[Bill_McBride]

18 at Pasa

Again, five hours later, wondering how I just made some thirty foot, ball busting downhill putt.  And how it didn't matter.

Jordan, if I've told you once i've told you a million times, don't exaggerate! 

That putt was less than 20'.  I know for sure because I had a 20'er on the same line and then you dunked yours!  Great putt. 

[Jason Topp]

I have posted these before but they are my favorite.  From Brora.

My son finishing his first full 18 with a par on the last for 111 (he had never broken 60 for nine holes before):


My screensaver.  This was around 10:30 or 11 pm and I had a 7:45 Dornoch time the next morning:




My kids and Brora - animals, electric fence, pink golf ball and my son not paying attention to his sister's shot:

[JLahrman]

Funny last picture Jason.

Either:

A) She's a left-handed cheater (unless there are other tee markers there), or

B) She's right handed and your son is about to learn a hard lesson.

Looks like the club is for lefties...

[Tom Yost]

Not a great photo but a reminder of a great, fun day at Chambers Bay (Aug '08)





Windy conditions at the Plantation with distracting backdrop (April '08)





My first meetup with some of the GCA guys at Papago (March '08)

[Kirk Stewart]

This one:

[Jason Topp]

Funny last picture Jason.

Either:

A) She's a left-handed cheater (unless there are other tee markers there), or

B) She's right handed and your son is about to learn a hard lesson.

Looks like the club is for lefties...

I must defend my daughter's honor - there were blue tee markers ahead of the red

[Garland Bayley]

This is my favorite picture to appear on this web site in 2008.

Slagbert took it along I-84 traveling between Portland and Walla Walla.