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Saturday, 13 March 2010 08:20 |
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I called this post "Part 1" because I plan on doing a few updates today. But I'd rather spend my time on the course seeing the action and taking photos, than sit here in the press room looking at the backs of golf writers' heads. With that in mind I won't be in the press room for extended periods of time writing for hours. I'll do that later. Time to gather content.
Tournament Status
Even though it is Saturday and the action has been going today for a few hours, the first round hasn't been completed. In fact, some players haven't even started their first round.
Above: Rocco Mediate chips close on the par-5 5th hole, en route to birdie.
Rain
By 2pm on the first day of play Thursday over six inches of rain had rendered the course uplayable. There are unconfirmed reports that there's been over 14 inches of rain this week. Just to put that in perspective, the YEARLY rain fall for my home state of Utah is just over 15 inches.
The play I did watch yesterday was greatly affected by the standing water. I saw players' drives hit the fairway and bounce backwards. They're playing preferred lies due to the massive amount of water in the ground.
 Notables
Skip Kendall is in the house, leading after his first round with a -7 65. There are a handful players sitting at -5. John Daly is in the field. His first round is done and he's at -3. (Pictured right: Steve Flesch ponders his last shot from a greenside bunker.)
My Status
I have a terrible cold and cough. I feel like I'm going to hack out a lung soon. I went roughly two days without sleep and nearly 24 hours without food, getting here and doing the gig yesterday (Friday). Then I had a few too many adult beverages at the cocktail party. I was weak from being so tired and having not eaten. I woke up at 4:30am with a massive headache. I was obviously dehydrated this morning because I chugged about a gallon of water and "cramberry" (local spelling) juice. I'm good now though. I'm uploading about 90 photos from yesterday to the HOG Puerto Rico Open Gallery right now and then I'm off to hit the course. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 08:41 |
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I'd better bust out my thesaurus now because I can tell I'm going to run out of words to describe how amazing Sand Hollow Golf Course is...
Above: Sand Hollow's 13th hole
My review queue is fairly long. I've got course reviews on my list from a year ago or more, and products can be months. I'm shoving all of those items down one slot and I've put my Sand Hollow Golf Course review at the top of the list. It is been 31 hours and six minutes since I walked of the 18th hole at Sand Hollow, making a par after missing about a five foot uphill birdie putt. Missing birdie putts, though a common occurrence during my round yesterday, didn't matter. In fact, if I would have made a double bogey on every hole I wouldn't care.
Anyone who knows me knows that my favorite thing in the world to do is golf, and a close 2nd place is exploring the red rock country of southern Utah. I can hike for miles in the desert red rock. I'm like a little kid, discovering new adventures and letting nature's wonder inspire and humble me. Sand Hollow humbled me. Like the Willey Nelson line, Sand Hollow is always on my mind.
Overview
Sand Hollow is a 27 hole golf course located just outside of Hurricane (pronounced Hurricun by the locals) Utah. The first 18 are the primary golf course, while the 3rd set of nine is called the "Links Course." I'm reviewing the first 18. I attempted to play the Links Course, but was rained out before I could tee off. Trust me. I'll be back soon to get in another round and experience that 3rd nine, even if I have to start walking the 300 miles from my house now.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 08:31 |
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 I'm happy to announce I've been confirmed to attend and cover the PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open. I'll be down at the Trump International Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico next weekend.
Being that I consider myself a blogger and not a journalist, I'm going to try and cover this in a way other than how the regular, stuffy and predictable golf media would. Anyone can tell you who birdied #15, and I probably will do some of that. But I want to find some angles which normal press simply doesn't cover. Feel free to comment here if there's something you'd like to see or hear about.
Stay tuned. I'm very excited for this opportunity. I'm going to try and get a round of golf in at one of the Trump courses there too, obviously for the pleasure of playing but for more content as well. |
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 06:54 |
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FANTASY GOLF WEEK THREE is in the books!
Week #3 results are at the bottom of this post!
Congrats to Spinsters for the win in week #3. You've won a super cool club brush from Sumi-G. This brush uses a nautical choke cleat to attach to your golf towel. Check it out in the image below! Contact me to claim your prize!
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1. Point your browser to Kerplookee.com.
2. Create an account if you don’t have one. It is easy.
3. Click on Join a private league.
4. Enter league ID 145
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