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Weekday at Pyle & Kenfig

May 30, 2012
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We check in. Say hello. Take hands. Our bluecollar clothes today goes in checked and black. Our tools are polished. We sharpen our pen and start off with routine par-par-par. The ocean is like a mirror in the horizon. We hit bunkershots, shout FORE! threeputs, snaphooks and make birdies. It feels like an ordinary day. […]

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In heaven at Royal Porthcawl

May 29, 2012
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Already the night before tee off we have stood at first tee and just enjoyed. The course is being prepared for Senior British Open 2014. New green areas at 5th and 9th. Furthermore we are informed that the routing will be changed – 18th will play as first. The weather is on our side – […]

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Saunton with Hugh

May 29, 2012
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Silence take — 10:40 – Links75, 11:10 – Hugh Grant From first tee we walk down to  Saunton East. Like a giant maze with fairways and greens plotted between the dunes. Yellow dried out fairways demands creativity and low irons with no spin toward raised greens. Smiling faces while we look at the helicopters flying […]

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Aston Martin at St Enodoc

May 29, 2012
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Devon county championships 2012 is just finished at St Enedoc. The course is in top condition. The only improvement needed is trimming the hedge in front of the clubhouse. We park beside a brand new Aston Martin DB9 – like a hunting predator in steel – the most spectacular thing during the day. In the […]

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Royal North Devon when mercury hits 24

May 25, 2012
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The summer arrives at England oldest club together with us. We study the course guide and prepare ourselves for long par fours. From a clubhouse soaked with tweed nostalgia whe enter first tee. We are welcomed by cheap and horses who are guarding the bridge over a burn passing between first tee and 18th green. […]

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West Cornwall in mist

May 24, 2012
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Aim for the curch! First up par 3 – straight up against a medieval church with overgrown graves that’s scarier than two shanks. An opening between two dunes, noisy trains and balleating gorse. The ocean hits us at second tee and displays a wonderful landscape seen only during low tide. Suddenly it’s classic links, split […]

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Vacation in Trevose

May 23, 2012
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All of a sudden everything feels so wide. We get lost in a maze of Beauty Salons, Laundry Room and Competition Office, before we reach first tee and a starter who thoroughtly explains that we actually are not good enough to play from back tee but that we can do it anyway. We chose yellow. […]

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One shotter at Burnham and Berrow

May 22, 2012
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After driving through tunnels of trees we arrive at Burnham & Berrow. the course that in 1896 had to add Berrow as new ground would happen on the church’s expense.   The first five are scary.  The first hole is hard no matter what you do, As an introduction hole it is a punch under […]

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