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November 7, 2006
Life is good
Hope everyone back in Canada appreciated your summer, cause I'm back on track at extending mine. It's spring in Alice and that means low 30's and sunny. Spent most of today just lounging around the wading pool Rory has set up in the back yard. Can't complain about spending an nice afternoon having a beer and floating in a pool (no matter what the size).
Monday I got out to the Alice Springs Golf Club and played the front 9. It's a beautiful course that's rated #6 in the world (for desert courses) and overall #62 in Australia. That means it's pretty nice. It also means that if you haven't played a desert course before, there are some things you need to prepare for. One example: in Canada when you stray off of the fairway, you get punished by having to hit from longer grass or rough. In Alice Springs when you stray from the fairway you hit off of less and less grass. Far enough (which doesn't turn out to be far) and you're hitting off of dirt. Which is why I bought an old demo Calloway 6-iron to use as a rock iron. I should be heading out for the back 9 tomorrow morning so I'll maybe try and grab some pics.
You really need more than words to describe golfing in the desert, with the MacDonnell Ranges in the background and the occasional kangaroo hopping across a dogleg right.
Posted by Dr.Unk at November 7, 2006 2:55 AM
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