It snowed on Sunday night, but it all melted in a few days and the golf course was open again yesterday. I talked to the pro I take lessons from and he said that’s how it will go all winter. Sounds good to me. It was so gorgeous today I had to hit a few…
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After our not-so-great experience at Wailea Emerald, we were a little apprehensive about going back to play the Wailea Gold course. The course staff was still somewhat unfriendly when we showed up, though it was better than the previous visit. We went to the right side of the driving range this time and found the…
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After a good experience at Makena North and a bad one at Wailea Emerald, we were looking forward to our round at Makena South. The service was once again quite good and we found the same leftover range balls on the range. See the Makena North review for more about the service and the course…
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The day after we played Makena North, we played Wailea Emerald. In stark contrast to the staff at Makena, the Wailea staff seemed snobby and somewhat rude. The attitude gave off the vibe that they were doing us a favor instead of just doing their jobs. To get to the driving range, you grabbed a…
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The Makena North course was a great round of golf. The service from all of the people we interacted with was excellent. The driving range was located right next to the clubhouse and pointed out to sea so that you didn’t look into the sun to watch your shots. A large bucket of balls cost…
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I had a pre-vacation tune-up lesson today. The pro said: Looks like you’re doing everything we worked on last week. I don’t want to mess with anything. How about that? The main thing I’m doing now is getting my hands out in front better and releasing hard with my top hand. Now if I can…
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Hole 18 at the Homestead at Fox Hollow is a 199 yard par three with an elevated tee box and a slightly elevated green. With the in the back, it was playing 217 yards (a guy in our group had a rangefinder). We had moderate wind at our back, and after factoring in a the…
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The Homestead at Fox Hollow is a fun par 65 course. It is set up like a links course with fescue and very long rough if you get too far astray, but it also has some wide fairways and some very short holes. I played from the blacks and hit a few 52 degree wedges…
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I was about 15 yards from Rod Pampling when he made eagle on #17 to win The International this afternoon. It was my first PGA tour event, made a little more fun by the fact that I actually played Castle Pines earlier this year. That course is tough!
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I made my first eagle on a par 5 this afternoon. The hole is a 512 yard dogleg right, today the pin was in the back. I hit driver 300 into the right rough, then nuked a 4-iron 225+ yards out of the light rough, into the wind, and onto the green. I made the…
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I’m really liking the Adams GT irons I picked up recently, but the grips they came with have shredded. They were standard tour velvet grips and they rubbed my fingers in a few spots. I’m having one of the kids at the club regrip them for me with a set of Winn V17 grips. He…
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Eagle Ranch Golf Course is an Arnold Palmer designed course about 20 minutes west of Vail. There are five sets of tees, I played from the gold tees (7186 yards) and it was a very good challenge. There is a stream that meanders along most of the holes and there are ponds on many of…
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I went out this afternoon to play 9 holes and shot 39, the best 9-hole score (on a full course) I’ve ever shot. I played from the tips too. 🙂 Here is the scorecard.
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About two years ago, I’ve moved from a set of Armour 845 Oversize irons to a set of KZG Forged Cavity Back irons. The KZG’s were heavier and had stiffer shafts than the 845s, and I hit them quite a bit better at the time. Recently, I switched back to the 845’s as the felt…
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Here is a video clip of my swing with a 7-iron. There are a number of improvements since I posted the video last month, but there is still a lot still to be done. 7-iron, regular speed (52 k) 7-iron, slow motion (157 k) I’m not taking the club back as far, but I’m still…