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John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #50 on: May 15, 2007, 08:49:33 AM »
6.  The Evangelist of Golf sits on a book shelf.

7.  The diagonal tee on the first.

8.  You can putt the ball in a bunker on the 7th.

9.  The par fives are reachable from all tees or not.

10. Not finishing a swing on the tenth tee can get your back nine off to a tough start.  I like a tough tenth hole because it prevents you from diddleing after nine.

Thats 10...61 to go.
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John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #51 on: May 15, 2007, 08:59:46 AM »
11.  The up tee on two creates a fantastic blind tee shot.  I love having the caddie go back to the back tee so he can see where the balls are going in the very, very wide fairway.  It is blind but it also makes the turbo shelf reachable for me.

12.  The 12th.

13.  The safe drive on the 13th is off to the right where the most difficult approach is also found.

14.  Hitting a drive over the 12th green from the back tee on 13.

15.  Hitting cut drivers on holes where a draw appears to be the play.  I'm thinking of 7, 12 and 15.

16.  Buying a dozen Pro V's for the first time all year because it is a "big" trip and bringing 11 of them home.

17.  Losing my only ball when I attempted to hit five wood out of the right trap on 10 with the ball two feet below my feet and making miracle contact.

18.  The fact that they grow corn.  
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John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #52 on: May 15, 2007, 09:28:41 AM »
19.  The left backsidestop on three green to a front pin.

20.  The bunker just beyond the backsidestop that is narrow enough to require a bit of imagination to escape.  My first of three left handed wedges.

21.  The left fairway bunker on six that seems to be a magnet despite eternal width on the right side of the fairway.

Rich Goodale

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #53 on: May 15, 2007, 09:31:20 AM »
I've finally cracked it!  JK is just an avatar of Jack Kerouac, speaking to us from the grave......

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2007, 09:32:26 AM »
22.  The tee on the seventh.

23.  The extension behind seven green into an adjacent fairway.

24.  The bailout right on 11 that also can be a bailwayout on 10.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #55 on: May 15, 2007, 11:08:44 AM »
25.  The dirt road.  Asphalt would not be as good.

26.  The view of the practice green from the breakfast table.  

27.  The lack of pretence of practice facilities.  The course is so inviting and wide it needs to be played.

28.  The right to left slope of the the fourth fairway which I still can not see and plays a vital role in the tee shot placement.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #56 on: May 15, 2007, 11:12:30 AM »
29.  Dolly.

30.  The fronting bunkers on the par threes that can either be ignored or challenged depending on the wind.

31.  Yucca plants that make wearing either long or capants an advantage for the player.

32.  The option to kill living things with guns.
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John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #57 on: May 15, 2007, 11:20:43 AM »
33.  The possibility of the destination being available for play 10 months a year.

34.  The bank on the left of the E green on 7.

35.  The landing area on eight where your second shot is blind if you are in the right hand side of the fairway.

36.  The dunes behind the eighth green that allow you to hit a blind shot without having to walk around or on top of the bunker to line up your shot.

Adam Clayman

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #58 on: May 15, 2007, 11:23:04 AM »
There's a spot during the dirt road portion of the trip where the demarcation between farm fields and golf kingdom can be felt. It's during the snake-like curve possibly two miles before the front gate. I didn't feel it until about my fifth visit, so, I can only hope you others who are welcome to return get the opportunity.

Dick Daley,

I did not mean to ignore your question earlier in the thread. I can tell you that John did drive his ball in the exact spot you did on #7, however, he was able to keep his ball off of the fourth fairway. ;)
"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing your whole life." - Mickey Mantle

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #59 on: May 15, 2007, 11:26:48 AM »
37.  That the fairway bunker on nine in the line that fits my eye is only 100 yds out to an acceptive green.

38.  The wooden yardage markers embedded in the tees.

39.  The way that blindness goes away on 11 the further you go back.  This is somewhat of a random theme where you can choose a blind tee on most every hole if it fits the situation.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #60 on: May 15, 2007, 01:40:59 PM »
40.  The slot on 14 where if you challenge the bunkers you can get as close as 60 yds.

41.  The bump in the front of 14 green on the left side of the fairway that makes the bottom of the pin blind if you take the short route.

42.  The blind section of fairway available right on 14 that if chosen gives the best look at the green.

43.  The very wide 18th fairway that allows you to let one go one last time.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #61 on: May 15, 2007, 01:48:02 PM »
44.  The pin placement on 18 behind the fronting bunker to a shallow green.

45.  Hitting cut driver on the 240 yd par three 15th.

46.  Hitting five wood on the 240 yd par three 15th.

47.  Knowing hitting an iron that flys around 195 with a tail wind on the 240 yd par three 15th is a great play that will turbo boost on to the green.

48.  A 90 deg dog leg par 5 that lets you cut the leg if you got the game.

49.  The fronting bunker on the par 5 16th that can turn an easy birdie into bogey or worse.

50.  The small punch bowl section to a back pin on the par 5 eighth.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #62 on: May 15, 2007, 01:55:51 PM »
51.  The mom and pop tv store in Holyoke.

52.  The carry off the back tee on one that keeps you honest.

53.  The bail out area long right on 6.

54.  A caddie named Mulligan that gave me a jar of jelly.

55.  A pro who had just worked at a course I had mentioned the previous day.  He must have a thing for 43.

56.  Mothers Day gifts without golf logoes.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #63 on: May 15, 2007, 02:23:25 PM »
57.  The way every time you walk along the edge of a bunker it reshapes underneath your feet.

58.  The melted dunes that open up vistas of the course.

59.  The stone detail in the shower.

60.  Macaroni and chesse with lobster.

61.  Hogbacks, and more hogbacks...

62.  Nascar speed slot on 17 fairway where I busted a drive and recieved much accolades to be bettered by Rupert.

Matthew Hunt

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #64 on: May 15, 2007, 02:31:42 PM »
Ballyneal looks so cool. Liking the Neal family's Irish! Whats GF John?

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #65 on: May 15, 2007, 02:44:02 PM »
63.  Collection areas that only collect your shots.

64.  Stories about a caddie master that have to do with his golfing prowlness.

65.  Having people compliment me on hitting a knuckle ball because it ran out on the fairways.

66.  Playing par 4's that measure over 500 yds that are fun on the approach.

67.  A masculine set of back tees that know how to treat a lady.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #66 on: May 15, 2007, 03:09:25 PM »
68.  Being asked if you are a Pacer fan and declaring that you hate Jermaine O'Neal and then realizing you were sitting with the entire O'Neal family.

69.  Playing 14 from the 300 yd tee marker which is just 284 as the crow flies.  Dumping the ball into the corner bunker 100 yds out and having the opportunity to hit a full five wood off of a 60 degree lie onto the fringe.

70.  Feeling an adrenaline pull from green to tee that offers a constant refreshment for the next shot.

71.  An owner who knows the words to Muskrat Love.
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Daryl David

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #67 on: May 15, 2007, 05:15:46 PM »
John,
I think you stole my list of things I like about that particular place.  Glad you had so much fun.

Daryl

Tom Yost

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #68 on: May 15, 2007, 05:19:45 PM »

71.  An owner who knows the words to Muskrat Love.

Now you are stretching it John!

Tom

John Kirk

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #69 on: May 15, 2007, 09:40:46 PM »
Wow.  So that's all you've got?

I am a huge fan of the 18th hole, and feel it's one of the best I've played.  This week my favorite holes are 2, 12, and 18.

Michael Robin

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #70 on: May 15, 2007, 10:37:50 PM »
Bravo John -

An even par round of 71. Same as par on the scorecard. Hmmm...

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #71 on: May 15, 2007, 11:03:31 PM »
Wow.  So that's all you've got?

I am a huge fan of the 18th hole, and feel it's one of the best I've played.  This week my favorite holes are 2, 12, and 18.

If I were to read this thread I might think the 15th is my favorite hole.

Michael Robin

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #72 on: May 15, 2007, 11:07:47 PM »
I might be with you John. Then again it might be 17, or 2, or 7, or 8, or 13, or... :)

Daryl David

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #73 on: May 16, 2007, 01:49:03 AM »
I started to list my favorites holes and the list got too long.  I then tried to list my least favorite and could not come up with one.  I think I will go with John K's strategy and have a favorite hole each day.

Today my favorite is #10 since I am looking up at a fabulous Josh Smith oil painting of said hole hanging in my office.  Birthday present from my wife.  Very smart woman.

John Kavanaugh

Re:Diary of a golf trip
« Reply #74 on: May 16, 2007, 05:24:52 AM »
Wow.  So that's all you've got?


Jaka,

Let's get to the good stuff. Who is right and who is wrong? Golfweek or Golf Digest raters, and please don't give us some recycled "Jesuit Philosophy" of "Golf For Others"!

Can you read?  I think Travel and Leisure Golf Magazine got it about right.
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