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Not sure if this goes under golf travel or not, but post here anyways....more random golf than anything....
Thursday, I had my last conference call cancelled and the afternoon was open. I am working remotely from my parents place in Palm Springs. Was thinking of playing Escena, but I was curious about Desert Dunes, just the other side of I-10, but can be in a wind tunnel. Forecast was for belt moderate wind, so thought I’d take a shot. And it was cheaper at 49 vs 69 after 12 noon.
They were wide open at 1230 after a couple of groups, so I headed to the range to warm up. There I met Grant Fuhr, HoF goalie and holder of 4 Stanley Cup rings, maybe 5. Can’t recall. A lot. We chatted and he went back to clubhouse , I hit balls.
10 minutes later I head back to first tee and his group is teeing off. One of them asks if I am single, yep, well join us. Cool!
I get up on tee box and realize my hands are shaking. I hadn’t eaten since 630 AM. Anyways , weak slice into right gully but no real damage done and we are off. Very fun group. Grant couldn’t have been nicer. We played from the tips, and my cart mate said he hadn’t done that in15 years. He was a 10, other guy was a 11 and I was a 20. I wasn’t in their game (dollar skins I think) but they couldn’t have been nicer.
Grant shot 77, my partner a 92, the other guy a 94 and me a 103.
I burned 5 cups from 6-10’ leaving them within 1-2”. And left 5 an inch short on the brand new and badly scarred Bermuda greens. They need another week to green up. Lots of very rough spots. My real issue was off the tee.
Grant apologized for the conditions, the course had only opened up after re-seeding earlier in the week. Another week and they’d be better filled in. Two weeks, the greens will be running around 11. It is a really good track if you haven’t played it. Robert Trent Jones Jr design. But it is frequently 30-40 mph winds, which if greens are that fast could make it close to unplayable.
Anyways a thrill to play with one of my heroes.
Thursday, I had my last conference call cancelled and the afternoon was open. I am working remotely from my parents place in Palm Springs. Was thinking of playing Escena, but I was curious about Desert Dunes, just the other side of I-10, but can be in a wind tunnel. Forecast was for belt moderate wind, so thought I’d take a shot. And it was cheaper at 49 vs 69 after 12 noon.
They were wide open at 1230 after a couple of groups, so I headed to the range to warm up. There I met Grant Fuhr, HoF goalie and holder of 4 Stanley Cup rings, maybe 5. Can’t recall. A lot. We chatted and he went back to clubhouse , I hit balls.
10 minutes later I head back to first tee and his group is teeing off. One of them asks if I am single, yep, well join us. Cool!
I get up on tee box and realize my hands are shaking. I hadn’t eaten since 630 AM. Anyways , weak slice into right gully but no real damage done and we are off. Very fun group. Grant couldn’t have been nicer. We played from the tips, and my cart mate said he hadn’t done that in15 years. He was a 10, other guy was a 11 and I was a 20. I wasn’t in their game (dollar skins I think) but they couldn’t have been nicer.
Grant shot 77, my partner a 92, the other guy a 94 and me a 103.
I burned 5 cups from 6-10’ leaving them within 1-2”. And left 5 an inch short on the brand new and badly scarred Bermuda greens. They need another week to green up. Lots of very rough spots. My real issue was off the tee.
Grant apologized for the conditions, the course had only opened up after re-seeding earlier in the week. Another week and they’d be better filled in. Two weeks, the greens will be running around 11. It is a really good track if you haven’t played it. Robert Trent Jones Jr design. But it is frequently 30-40 mph winds, which if greens are that fast could make it close to unplayable.
Anyways a thrill to play with one of my heroes.
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