the road to oklahoma
started my roadtrip down to tulsa ok on friday night. got down to st. louis missouri about 9pm and played endicott in the dark until about 10:30. perfect course to play in the dark, with just enough but not too many trees, and importantly, easy parking offsite. sure enough, the cops rolled through about 11:45 and in a throwback to my college days, i had to shift around to stay directly behind a big tree and not be seen as the cop rolled around the park checking it out with his spotlight. backtracked and out further down, then walked back up the street to my car and on my way. there was apparantly a tourney there sunday, shame i can't go. great course!
after doing that, we tried to find a hotel. found one about midnight to get told that st. louis got hit with crazy weather a day ago and all the hotels are sold out for 150mi in all directions since ppl have no power and their insurance company set them up. i hadn't thought anything of all the stoplights that were dark, but it made sense. 90mph sheer winds and tornados apparantly kicked the whole place's ass the other day. had to drive till 3:30 to get to a motel. shame, i wanted to see st. louis. hope it's better by the time i pass back on my way home.
got up early and got down to tom watkins park in springfield mo. alright, nothing to write home about.
this was hole 7, a short flick crowded on both sides by OB.
this is what most the course looks like. tough to figure out where the holes go sometimes.
i liked this hole a LOT. a flick has to be put so it goes just a foot or two over the tennis courts fence and comes back. almost aced it too, just a little high.
zoomed in
this baseball back comes into big play on this hole. any decent drive lies in front of it. then it's a 50ft putt over the backstop to the hole.
next course i got to, last on 44 in missouri before oklahoma, McClelland.
this was the best hole, a big S through the trees.
to the hole
the holes were custom made, all the holes are labeled with streetsigns ^_^
hole 18
hole 18 closer up
i found this place on rt. 66 on the way to tulsa. good eats!
finally got to tulsa and played a couple holes before dark at hunter park. this course looks to kick ass!
unfortunately, the buddies i met up with said this is prolly the only corse i'll like of what they tried here so far. the rest are flat n boring =P. ohwell, should be fun anyway.
got a hole in one at goldentee in the bar tonight too; straight-in, no roll. during the hottest 9holes i've ever played in that game, -13 after 9.
anyway, having fun, got my camera, gonna be using it the whole week~
after doing that, we tried to find a hotel. found one about midnight to get told that st. louis got hit with crazy weather a day ago and all the hotels are sold out for 150mi in all directions since ppl have no power and their insurance company set them up. i hadn't thought anything of all the stoplights that were dark, but it made sense. 90mph sheer winds and tornados apparantly kicked the whole place's ass the other day. had to drive till 3:30 to get to a motel. shame, i wanted to see st. louis. hope it's better by the time i pass back on my way home.
got up early and got down to tom watkins park in springfield mo. alright, nothing to write home about.
this was hole 7, a short flick crowded on both sides by OB.
this is what most the course looks like. tough to figure out where the holes go sometimes.
i liked this hole a LOT. a flick has to be put so it goes just a foot or two over the tennis courts fence and comes back. almost aced it too, just a little high.
zoomed in
this baseball back comes into big play on this hole. any decent drive lies in front of it. then it's a 50ft putt over the backstop to the hole.
next course i got to, last on 44 in missouri before oklahoma, McClelland.
this was the best hole, a big S through the trees.
to the hole
the holes were custom made, all the holes are labeled with streetsigns ^_^
hole 18
hole 18 closer up
i found this place on rt. 66 on the way to tulsa. good eats!
finally got to tulsa and played a couple holes before dark at hunter park. this course looks to kick ass!
unfortunately, the buddies i met up with said this is prolly the only corse i'll like of what they tried here so far. the rest are flat n boring =P. ohwell, should be fun anyway.
got a hole in one at goldentee in the bar tonight too; straight-in, no roll. during the hottest 9holes i've ever played in that game, -13 after 9.
anyway, having fun, got my camera, gonna be using it the whole week~
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