Neil Trevor & I popped over to the 9 hole golf course at Strahallen after work yesterday. It’s been about 12 months since I’ve been here & the course is in pretty good condition. The greens are green & the fairways have grass on them (mostly). There is a temporary green on the 1st, they appear to be reseeding the rest of the fairway. I like this course, the close proximity to work helps but it has a couple of great holes that I enjoy.

You can check out some old photos of the course here. The view of the city from the 6th green is quite amazing.

We headed out to Broadford on Tuesday the 29th for a round. We figured that any of the course closer to Melbourne would have been chocker block. Turns out it only took 35 minutes from my house to get there so it wasn’t too bad at all. The course is in pretty good shape. The greens are well looked after & were in great condition. There were a couple of fairways that were a little worse for wear but only 2 or 3 at the most. It is a nice course with quite a good lay out. The heat hits you from both directions out here through, boucing back off the hard ground as well as the aireal assult, so if you are playing out here best to get out early in the summer.
We had a good day with Shane pulling off the shot of the day. A perfect chip in on the second hole Neils best shot of the day was a duffed drive, it finished on the fringe of the green on the short par 4 on the back 9
It is a really nice set up out here with a big clubhouse the looks out over the 9th & 18th greens. The are in a simaliar situation to Whittlesea, both being country course & short on water, but also both being great course to play.

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Neil & I had last week off work so we headed to Ivanhoe. I haven’t been here for a while & was looking forward to getting back. It’s a nice short course, just the 1 par 5 but it is also in a nice setting. We were paired up with a couple ladies & were hoping to beat the cool change. I’m not sure if it is a deliberate ploy by the ground staff here or we just caught the course before a haircut but the rough was quite long especially around the greens. As I mentioned it’s not a long course & if this is not the norm around the course it should be. The thick rough added a couple of shots at least, Neil got caught out a couple of times.

Hopefully it wont be so long before we head back out here.

We headed out to the Dunes with a couple of last minutes cancellations. In the end there was a group of 6 of us. Neil, Trevor, Luke, Russell, Glen & myself made the trek. I had been waiting to play The Dunes for a few years now & finally got the chance & I must say I wasn’t disappointed.

From the 1st tee this is a challenging course. Get off line & it will bit. Conversely put it down the middle & you will reap the rewards. The fairways are perfect & you drives will run.

A bit of local knowledge comes in handy on this course, or you can buy a course guide from the pro shop. There are 2 available, the el cheapo for about $3 or the deluxe model for about $9. They will pay for themselves on quite a few holes as there are a number of blind tee shots on this course.

The course is beautifully bunkered with fairway bunkers right on the driving distance & the greens are brilliantly protected. Once you are on the green, if you get the line right they will run true.

We got lucky on the day we played, the wind was not really a factor. Having said that even on a calm day there a couple of holes that are higher up than the rest of the course & the wind was still a factor. This course could be an absolute beast if the wind is up.

I enjoyed our day out here & it is one of my favorite parts of Melbourne to play golf. There are so many great course out this way that you have to make the time to come out.

You can check out the photos here

La Trobe University annual golf day was held on the 20th of November out at Growling Frog Golf Course. The format for the day is Ambrose. We put a time together of Neil, Stuart, Ian & myself. It was a stinking hot day, 38 degress & muggy as hell. Thankfully we had carts because I don’t think would have been able to walk the 18 holes We made a pretty good team, Ian & Stuart did the majoirty of the driving (we all had to use at least 3 drives each) but Neil & I pulled our weight from the fariways & on & around the greens. Neil sunk a clutch putt on our 18th hole It turns out that it was the winning putt, we won the day on a count back

Here is a photo of us with the Shield

Here is a really good article over at Aussie Golfer. I think it sums up Australians attitudes to golf & our golfers pretty well. Check it out here

This may seem a fair way off right now but I want to get organized Each year we head off to celebrate a couple of birthdays with a round of golf (who would have guessed). This year we are heading out to The Dunes golf course on the 7th of December. At this stage we have booked in for 3 groups with golf carts with the first tee time at 10:30. If we get 9 or more people to play the cost will be $44 for the round plus $40 for each cart ($20 for each person). If we only get 8 people to make the trip the cost will be $49 per person for the round.

I’m looking forward to getting out here already & I hope you can join us. If you want to come, drop me an email or leave a comment here on the page.

Cheers

Cary

Great news. Our mate Stan is back from the land of the nutbags Stan myself & Neil went out to Yarrambat on what can only be described as perfect golfing weather. The day was gorgeous The fairways & greens were near on perfect & the kangaroos were out in force, Yarrambat to a tee. It was Stans first hit for 6 months so as you can imagine he was a little rusty, but it didn’t take too long for him to start hitting some nice shots. Stan was the only one among us that registered a birdie for the day, knocking down a 2 on the par 3 8th. As sad as it sounds I felt like I played better than the first round of the RLS championships but in the end I shot 3 more Perfect weather today, the worst ever then & 3 shots worse off, figure that out.

We are looking to head out to Werribee some time soon so stayed tuned for updates.

Cheers

Cary

Neil has had a look at the forcaste & he has picked Tuesday as the best day for a round of golf next week We have booked in for 9:58 tee time, drop me an email or leave a comment here if you want to join us.

Cheers

Cary