tirsdag, september 26, 2006

23.09.2006: 3t 10min

Lørdag den 23 sept viste seg fra sin beste side; det vil si: det var utrolig varmt - 23 grader C. Svetten rant under en 18 hullsrunde i Kvinesdal, men det sparsomme antallet spillere på banen en sen lørdag ettermiddag gjord at det gikk an å gjøre hele runden unna på ca 3 timer; nærmere bestemt i underkant av 3 t og 10 min. Det er ny pers for mitt vedkommende.

At det ikke ble pers når det gjalt poeng er en annen sak; men driverslagene satt ganske bra; denne gangen var det på greenene at slagene ble rotet bort...

Det finnes alltid en undskyldning.....

fredag, september 22, 2006

Banetest III: vannhinderbanen Bærheim




Torsdag 21 sept var det tid for en ny liten banetest; for første gang skulle jeg spille på Bærheim Golfpark, Sandnes (se kanskje heller her; dette er antaglig den egentlige web-siden deres). Det er en forholdsvis ny 18-hullsbane, åpnet i 2004. Det var meningen å bare spille 9 hull, men vi tok med oss tre hull til.

Noe av det typiske for banen er at selv om fairwayene kan være forholdsvis flate (men langt ifra slik som på Solastranda), så er de forholdsvis ondulerte, dvs de har en rekke 'bølger'. I tillegg ligger de ulike feirwayene ganske nær hverandre. Et lite blikk på kart over banen viser det. Dermed er det lett å komme over i nabofairwayene. Tror aldri jeg har vært på en bane hvor jeg hørte det så ofte ble ropt "foooooorre". Og så i tillegg vannhindrene; bekkene som ofte gikk på tvers av banen akkurat der det passet å legge nedslaget for ballen.

Spør du om jeg likte banen? Svaret er både ja og nei. Denne dagen blåste det en ganske sjenerende vind, og med de mange ulike vannhindrene som en ikke alltid så fra utslagsstedet (og manglende kart på utslagsstedene) kunne noen utslag bli en blandet opplevelse. Det er vel kanskje også karakterstikken for helhetsopplevelsen av denne banen,- denne gangen.

Ang banetest II, se her.
Ang banetest I, se her.

fredag, september 15, 2006

There was a Pastor...


There was this preacher who was an avid golfer. Every chance he could
get, he could be found on the golf course swinging away. It was an
obsession. One Sunday was a picture perfect day for golfing. The sun was
out, no clouds in the sky, and the temperature was just right.

The preacher was in a quandary as to what to do, and shortly, the urge
to play golf overcame him. He called an assistant to tell him that he
was sick and could not do church, packed the car up, and drove three
hours to a golf course where no one would recognize him. Happily, he
began to play the course.

An angel up above was watching the preacher and was quite perturbed. He
went to God and said, "Look at the preacher. He should be punished for
what he is doing."

God nodded in agreement. The preacher teed up on the first hole. He
swung at the ball, and it sailed effortlessly through the air and landed
right in the cup three hundred and fifty yards away. A picture perfect
hole-in-one. He was amazed and excited.

The angel was a little shocked. He turned to God and said, "Begging Your
pardon, but I thought you were going to punish him?"

God smiled. "Think about it -- who can he tell?"

mandag, september 11, 2006

Roy testing Kvinesdal Golf Course!


On September 9th, I had the pleasure of playing golf with Roy, one of my american nephews, on the Kvinesdal Golf course. I think he liked the course. He had obviously been told that it was narrow and difficult; well, he agreed it was difficult, but he enjoyed it.
To me it was fun playing with Roy, as I have been playing golf here with both his brother Glenn and their father this summer. Now it is only his other brother, Trond missing!

Trond, do you take the challenge!?

I was prepared to be the looser this time,- but Roy said had not been playing much golf this summer. And did not know the course, and played not with his own clubs, so he had some drawbacks. But he is really a long-hitter; had he managed to keep more of his shots on the fairway (and not broken the driver....), he would probably have beaten me by lots of shots/points. But now it became a close run. He did 'beat me' with 110 to 108 shots. If we count from my hcp he would have received 37 points, me 33. But he probably deserves a much better hcp than me.

Nevertheless; it was a beautiful day. I hope we can do it again another time. His father was sitting over in Indiana, being jealous, and Vidar would have liked to be there too. It turns out that if we could gather all the Seland golfers, we could have had a tournament. :-)

Click on the pictures to get enlarge the picture; doubleclick to get it even bigger.

Hole 3


On hole 3, Roy chose to use an iron club instead of the driver.

And off it goes, but alas- a little too much to the left - out of bounds. Seven shots - including one penalty - were needed to get in the box.

Hole 5; Par 5, Index 1

Still on no. 5


And here it goes. Roy had a very nice and long tee-shot. Straight up and unto the middle of the hill. But needed 6 shots to get in the box.
Mine was much worse; the first ball went into the water! With one penalty, I hardly made it into the box; 9 shots was needed! Uffda......

Hole 10


Hey Roy; what are you doing? You are not allowed to clean the ball when it is not on the green!!
If you click on the picture, you will pobably see a ball laying close to the pole. Well, it was not so close as it looks like, but I made it on the green on my first, and was in the box on par. My lucky hole on this trip! ;-)

Hole 10

Roy's first shot went off the green, so he had to chip it back. On his fourth, the ball was in the box.

On hole 15


Look at this position; his straight left arm, and the club as a 'natural' lengthening of his arm. Very good stance. Roy made 6 shots on this hole (me 7); I think Roy blew a better score on the green. Not that good for any of us....

A dead Cobra....


On fairway 11, Roy's bag fell over, and see what happened; his Dad's driver broke in two. So from then on he had to rely on his irons; but probably not a too great handicap for him as his iron shots are pretty long and a little bit more safer on the fairway that his driving.....
But what will his Dad say when seeing this miserable driver......?

O visio misirabilis!

 
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lørdag, september 02, 2006

Banetest II: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen...


I mine runder for å teste ut de forskjellige banene i Stavanger området (jfr. forrige post) var turen i dag kommet til Solastranda Golfbane. Det vil si, jeg har faktisk gått en runde før der, nemlig i påsken sammen med Vidar. Da fikk vi 18-19 poeng på 18 hull ; ikke mye å skryte av. Så nå skulle jeg teste om banen virkelig var så vanskelig,- eller om jeg ikke var blitt bedre. Men mitt nyervervede hvite kort og 32,5 i HCP burde jeg jo komme opp på samme poeng nivå der som jeg bruker å ha i Kvinesdal, dvs på tretti tallet. Men den gang ei.

Det ble den verste runden jeg har hatt på lenge; ingenting fungerte: utslagene gikk i hytt og pine, fairway-slaga ble det heller ikke noe dreis over, og etter å ha hakket meg fram mot greenen var det jo nesten ikke noen slag igjen til puttingen.

Nei det var forferdelig; for en bane; flat som en pannekake; jeg holdt meg stort sett unna bunkersene (unntatt en, men den kom jeg meg faktisk fint ut av), men vannhindrene besøkte jeg ofte. For en bane,.. nei den kan de ha for meg. Aldri mer,- i hvertfall ikke på lenge,- og om ingen andre er åpne kanskje(?).

Bare mine aller beste venner får greie på hvor lite poeng jeg klarte å hakke meg til; ja jeg vet faktisk ikke om jeg har så gode venner at noen får greie på det...

Fytte rakkeren...

PS; men Vidar, jeg fikk 3 p på hull 18!!

Sukk, det var godt å få gruffen ut! Her må det mer enn kaffe til..
Nå gjenstår det bare å finne ut hva som er galt. ..............

Update dagen etter (3 sept):
For de som har syntest synd på denne golferen (eller de som har frydet seg,- man vet aldri hvem som leser en slik blog), kan jeg meddele at dagens runde på Randaberg (be)viste at formen ikke er så helt 'på jordet': En forholdsvis normal runde der bekreftet det, og ga ro i sjelen igjen.......