2013-12-15 30 -81
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Expedition
The Plan
In the middle of the fairway between a bunker and some trees on the 18th hole at Champion's Club at Julington Creek. That's a mouthful. Planning to play a round of golf and hit this one as I get there.
The Geohashers
The Adventure
I left around 11:00 after gleaning a bit of knowledge from their website and the weather sites. It's full price as they open, a bit cheaper after 11, and cheapest after 3. My thinking was that the serious golfers would be there early, while it'd be most popular with the cheapest price. Pay a bit more and have the course to myself!
What's even nicer is the fact that it worked.
The course wasn't in the best shape, due to the rain we had last night continuing into today. Due to the layout of the course, this created a few standing water traps in the middle of the fairway and converted a few bunkers similarly. Surprisingly, the only ones that ever gave me trouble were meant to be there. As I mentioned in a previous hash, I'm not a great golfer, so if I can keep my score in double digits, I've had a great time. On top of score, there were two stats I decided to track:
FIR: Fairway in Regulation. From the tee, the ball is driven into the fairway. Doesn't apply on Par 3s. GIR: Green in Regulation. Reach the green in two shots under par. This is why there's no FIR on a Par 3.
There were five tee colors by difficulty: Gold, Blue, White, Green, Red. I took Green because I wasn't a masochist. Maybe if I take some lessons I'll graduate to the whites.
The front 9 was unremarkable in the way that bad golf is unremarkable. On the opening hole, I just could not, for the life of me, get the ball over my head. It was very frustrating and I was considering just driving the course in the cart. By the second hole I was frustrated with my frustration and just focused on my swing. And that's when I pounded out my first real drive. Coincidentally, this was when I lost my first ball, which is strange given that there's no traps or hazards around: I just couldn't find the blasted thing. The rest of it was maintaining that level of badness until the ninth hole. I finally got under the ball and got into the hang of it, to the point of actually getting par for once! Everything's coming up Geoff!
Will write the more interesting back nine after a bit.
Gallery
Coming soon!
Achieveables
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