After this weekend, we are down to just NINE! Hard to believe that we are going to get this in before then end of the season. Maybe I'm being a little presumptuous but I know we are going to do it.
Can anyone say WINDY?? It was cold this past weekend! We had cart covers, long underwear, gloves and earmuffs, we were prepared and determined! The courses have started to aerate which makes putting very challenging at times, which definitely had an effect on our scores. That's fine, we are only in it for the fun and sense of accomplishment.
Albia Golf Club in Monroe County was first. Small T boxes here and a little hilly. I think the layout was a bit confusing, more signage would have been helpful for a first time golfer here.
We met Lena in Van Buren, always fun to have her join in and complete our foursome. We caught up with her at a nice little diner in Keosaqua for a quick bite to eat, and off to Riverview Country Club. We shed our cart covers and just used our windshields as the wind was brutal. Jim was not a happy camper with losing several balls this course. Even in the fareway and rough, we had difficulty finding our balls.
You can't tell from these pics on the green, but there were plenty of leaves in the fareway for the balls to hide under.
Fairfield Golf & Country Club in Jefferson County was a great course to end our day. We were just a little cold and preoccupied to take many pictures. We did manage to get this shot of the three of us girls all landing next to a small Charlie Brown tree on our drive. We could not have planned this if we tried! Jim humors us with our silliness and takes the pic.
That ended our day. We stayed in Burlington and again ate at Gators, we seem to really like that place. All you have to do for Lena to join is tell her the casino is involved, so yes, we went to the casino. HA
"Green Acres is the place to be"
And it was THE place in Donnellson (Lee County). Started out cold but no wind so didn't need the cart covers and got warmer as we played. We liked the little windmill T box markers. LOL
'Look out Lena' at work, I don't think there was another sole on this course when we were there.
After we golfed in ate at the clubhouse and had to say good-bye to Lena until the next time. We will miss her on the next course, and can't wait for her to join us again.
Last but not least!
This is a great course! The Preserve at Rathbun in Appanoose County is definately a class act to end our weekend. We had intended to do Appanoose Country Club but when we got there, they told us the cart rental company had already came and picked up all the golf carts. It looks like a very nice course though so we will go back and check it out. So we headed to The Preserve and I must say that we golfed here the best of all the courses this weekend. Loved the GPS on the electric carts but Jim was not thrilled with all the advertisements on it. Ok for course ads but too many other ads that were not golf related spoiled it for him. We all understand why, but still annoying.
Jim and I had been to this course before we started our challenge so we knew it was a good one to go back to again, and again...
We also took some ideas from this course. We have been making a list (and checking it twice) of all the little things that we like/dislike about all the courses. It's things we want on the course we would build "when we win the lottery" list. But if anyone knows someone interested in our ideas and wants to back us, we're game!
Thats it for this trip!
Until we meet again!
When the ducks are walking, you know it is too windy to be playing golf.
~ Dave Stockton
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