Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Golfing with my dad and the boys (Arvis and Bobby) for a week. I played 198 holes of golf in seven days! What a great time! I'm really looking forward to doing it next year!
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| Sunrise on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, December 2001 |
| Old South |
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No. 1 - 383 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 2 - 415 yd - Par 4
Dad admiring his tee shot - I yanked two into the woods the first time around! |
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No. 3 - 530 yd - Par 5 |
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No. 4 - 167 yd - Par 3
Dad was shocked when I put my tee shot within 3 ft of the hole (he was 8 ft away!)! |
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No. 5 - 533 yd - Par 5 |
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From the fairway on No. 5 |
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No. 6 - 397 yd - Par 4
Dad and John wondering what the hell those buggers ahead of us a doing in our way! |
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No. 7 - 370 yd - Par 4
SHARP dogleg right!
Dad trying to decide which club to use so as NOT to hit the ball into the wetlands |
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No. 8 - 160 yd - Par 3
Island green surrounded by low-country wetlands |
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Arvis takes "dead-aim" in hopes of getting a greenie (he didn't!) |
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No. 9 - 400 yd - Par 4
Dad's ball takes flight (and heads to the wetlands on the left!) |
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No. 10 - 403 yd - Par 4 |
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Old South Clubhouse from the No. 10 tee |
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No. 11 - 185 yd - Par 3 |
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A local vagrant hoping for a hand-out (so he can CHOMP it off!) |
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This is the course marshall on the side of the No. 12 tee encouraging swift play |
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No. 12 - 390 yd - Par 4
From the fairway 'cause the marshall hurried us off the tee! |
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No. 13 - 353 yd - Par 4 |
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Arvis searching for signs of his golf swing |
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No. 14 - 555 yd - Par 5 |
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Dad laughing it up, telling jokes, having a rip-roaring time |
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No. 15 - 384 yd - Par 4
Sharp dogleg right |
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Arvis thought he found his swing (but he was mistaken!) |
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Two old farts (GREAT FRIENDS!) enjoying a day on the links (guess which one won the most bets?) |
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Dad admiring his final tee shot of the day |
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No. 18 - 550 yd - Par 5
Tough, challenging finishing hole! |
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| Old Carolina |
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No. 1 - 365 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 2 - 160 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 3 - 360 yd - Par 4
(Only 330 yards for Arvis from the whites!) |
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No. 4 - 500 yd - Par 5 |
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No. 5 - 180 yd - Par 3
Arvis trotting back to the cart, hoping his ball isn't fish food! |
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No. 6 - 380 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 7 - 380 yd - Par 4 |
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Dad wondering when it's going to warm up so he can loosen up! |
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No. 8 - 525 yd - Par 5
This shot was from the fairway - you can't see the huge, wide (120 yd) waste area between here and the green |
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No. 9 - 405 yd - Par 4
There's water all of the place on this hole! |
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No. 10 - 375 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 11 - 365 yd - Par 4
Sharp dogleg right with the hole tucked back against the woods |
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No. 12 - 525 yd - Par 5
Arvis prepared to assault (or insult) the ball |
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No. 13 - 350 yd - Par 4
Sharp dogleg left with a big pond to carry to the green on the second shot |
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This is the second shot into No. 13! Look at all the pot bunkers! |
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No. 14 - 175 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 15 - 485 yd - Par 5 |
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No. 16 - 190 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 17 - 315 yd - Par 4
Dad about to clobber the ball way on down the fairway |
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No. 18 - 380 yd - Par 4
TOUGH finishing hole - water off the tee and then again before the green |
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Here's the second shot to No. 18 (taken during the second loop of the day) |
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My second shot on the fringe of No. 12 (Par 5) during the second loop |
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Doesn't look like there's much fairway out there on No. 16! |
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Dad and Arvis enjoying the day (on our 34th hole of the day - time for a beer!) |
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| Arthur Hills |
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No. 1 - 420 yd - Par 4
Bobby pausing for a moment to consider "Where in the heck did that drive go?" |
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No. 2 - 385 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 3 - 186 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 4 - 407 yd - Par 4
Huge swamp to carry off the tee! |
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...and you can't see the pond on the right side of No. 4 fairway from the tee - my ball stopped just short! |
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...everyone else was out in the fairway - like I have clubs that know how to hit from there! |
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No. 5 - 472 yd - Par 5 |
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From the cart path along No. 5 - I was BIPSIC after hitting too many balls into the pond on the right! |
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No. 6 - 170 yd - Par 3
Those roly-poly guys were ahead of us all day long! |
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No. 7 - 383 yd - Par 3
Sharp dogleg right! |
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No. 8 - 366 yd - Par 4 |
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from the No. 8 fairway |
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No. 9 - 525 yd - Par 5
Dad about to crush one.... right into the fairway bunker |
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...see Dad's ball? |
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No. 10 - 381 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 11 - 513 yd - Par 5
Tough Hole! Really narrow driving area |
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...and protected green |
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No. 12 - 151 yd - Par 3
Actually, this is a picture of a really nice house across the pond from the No. 12 tee! |
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THIS is the fairway from the No. 12 tee |
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Dad after a nice, smooth second shot into the No. 12 green |
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No. 13 - 151 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 14 - 424 yd - Par 4 |
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ME! |
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ME after hitting a GREAT second shot on the green on No. 14 |
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No. 15 - 500 yd - Par 5
Here's Bobby with his third shot |
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No. 16 - 380 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 17 - 161 yd - Par 3 |
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What a trio - Dad, Arvis and Bobby! |
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Me and the old man on the links! |
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No. 18 - 411 yd - Par 4 |
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| Robert Cupp |
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No. 1 - 370 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 2 - 524 yd - Par 5 |
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from the No. 2 fairway |
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A crowd of spectators gathered around the No. 3 tee |
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No. 3 - 386 yd - Par 4 |
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Bobby decided to make a detour to the BEACH on No. 3! |
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No. 4 - 186 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 5 - 405 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 6 - 513 yd - Par 5 |
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THIS is a LONG hole! |
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No. 7 - 411 yd - Par 4 |
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Another one of those green course marshalls keeping an eye on the pace of play! |
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No. 8 - 138 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 9 - 378 yd - Par 4
Actually, that's Dad strolling up on the green on No. 9 |
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No. 10 - 493 yd - Par 5
Danger lies ahead on the hole! |
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That dark area in front of the green is a HUGE pond! |
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No. 11 - 303 yd - Par 4
I was about 20 yards short of driving this green! |
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One of the squatters on the course that the green marshalls chase from time to time |
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No. 12 - 208 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 13 - 415 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 14 - 338 yd - Par 4
This hole has some WEIRD traps! |
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See? There's Dad just barely outside the first wedge-trap! |
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No. 15 - 478 yd - Par 5 |
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My tee shot on No. 15 didn't go far, but my second one did! |
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All the way to here! |
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No. 16 - 160 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 17 - 426 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 18 - 392 yd - Par 4
Nice finishing hole - watch out for the pond one the right! |
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| Robber's Row |
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No. 1 - 300 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 2 - 455 yd - Par 5 |
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No. 3 - 387 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 4 - 197 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 5 - 361 yd - Par 4 |
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Me, strolling back to the cart, after a perfect wedge into the green for my second shot! |
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No. 6 - 523 yd - Par 5
Arvis wondering whether or not to press (his luck!) |
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No. 7 - 357 yd - Par 4 |
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The green on No. 7 was protected by trees on the left - traps on the right |
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No. 8 - 160 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 9 - 387 yd - Par 4
There's a pond hidden off to the left side and front the green that lies waiting to swallow golf balls! |
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You can just barely make out the tall grass arround the pond from here in the fairway! |
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No. 10 - 426 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 11 - 424 yd - Par 4 |
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No. 12 - 137 yd - Par 3 |
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No. 13 - 368 yd - Par 4 |
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Bobby and my ball stopped side-by-side (mine was closer, of course!) |
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No. 14 - 448 yd - Par 5 |
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The 14th green |
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No. 15 - 160 yd - Par 3 |
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My tee shot was one the green so, of course, I had to wait for them to quit fooling around and get on the green! |
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No. 16 - 300 yd - Par 4
Dad teeing off and hoping for a skin (he got it!) |
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From the 16th fairway |
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No. 17 - 413 yd - Par 4 |
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What a crew!
From left to right: Bobby, Arvis, Dad, and me |
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From the 17th fairway |
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No. 18 - 508 yd - Par 5 |
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My 3-iron off the tee cleared the trees and stopped in perfect line to go for the green |
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The 18th green with the HUGE clubhouse behind the trees |
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| Charleston National |
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No. 10 |
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No. 10 fairway |
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No. 11 |
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No. 12 |
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No. 12 from the tee box |
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No. 13 |
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No. 14 |
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A bridge across the lowlands |
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A view from the bridge |
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No. 15 |
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More bridges connecting the holes |
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No. 16 |
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No. 17 |
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From the 17th fairway |
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No. 18 |
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No. 1 |
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No. 1 again |
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From the 1st fairway |
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Dad eyes one up (and then chunks it into the waste on the right!) |
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No. 2 |
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No. 3 |
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From the fairway on No. 3 - SHARP dogleg right |
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A little reminder that there are other "residents" in the area |
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Plenty of water everywhere! |
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No. 4 |
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That's my ball closest to the pin on No. 4 |
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No. 5 |
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The afternoon sun was dropping fast and a bunch of clouds made it awfully dark all of a sudden |
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No. 6 |
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From the 6th fairway |
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No. 7 |
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From the 7th fairway - it looked like nightfall had come! |
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No. 8 |
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The sun finally came back out for a few more minutes at least! |
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No. 9 |
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Tough lie for a second shot! |
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