The Dipping of the Clubs

We finally did it!    All 99 counties are done, but are we finished??? We don't know, maybe you can help us.    We have certainly had a lot of fun over the last 2 seasons with this challenge and maybe we are ready for a new one next year.    Challenge us.....but first lets recap this last weekend.

 During our travels we have seen many windmills and at the rest stop West of Stuart we decided to pull over and get up close and get a few shots.   Amazing how big these things are when you stand next to them.  


On to golf! 

Day one, Shelby, Monona and Harrison

Harlan Country Club was nice and we noticed how nice it was that they also took care of the women - great greens and friendly staff.    Trees were a problem for me here.   I hit a tree, it bounced back and I lost yardage.  I again hit into the SAME tree and ended up where I started my last shot at.   Hit the ball a third time and missed that tree but hit another one.    It just wasn't my day to be off the fareway.  LOL

Jim also tried out his new metallic golf balls today.   We could sure see them but if the sun isn't out, you can still lose them.   This was proven in Harrison County.

 Dunlap Golf Course has HUGE T boxes and slow greens.  Nothing really stood out for us here.

Monona County

This is probably one of the flatter courses we have been on, and pretty easy course really.

This is another course that needed some TLC.   Had some piles of RR ties and lots of limbs and twigs.  

We stayed at Council Bluffs at the Quality Inn, I would probably not go back there.   The location was ok but the hotel really needed some updating.  Of course, it was close to all 3 casinos but we utilized the shuttle.   The buffet at the casino was WAY overpriced.

Day two, Fremont, Page and Montgomery

The day started off very foggy and cold.   We had to rearrange our plans to golf the courses further South first to avoid the later frost delay times.   We arrived at Fremont County Golf Course and nobody was there so we went into town to gas up, and my phone rang.  It was the manager of the course saying he missed our call.   He told us to come out, he had to run some errands but he would open the clubhouse for us to wait for the OK from the groundskeeper to get on the course AND put the coffee on for us.   How nice was that?   

We didn't have to wait too long and off we went.   I will have to say that on a couple holes the birds were very noisy.   Don't know what was going on but there were hundreds of them and there were a couple times they hushed, just as we were getting ready to hit.   We had to laugh at their timing, it was great.   Nice clean golf carts are always nice also.   Would definitely make a stop here again.

Page County-Shenandoah

They must have just opened their dining area, but they didn't need to put the sign right in front of the golf course sign.

This was just another course to check off our list, nothing stood out.

Time for a selfie!
I think we need practice though








Montgomery - What can I say about Red Oak Country Club.  One thing is that they need to get some personality lessons from Fremont County!   The customer service sure was lousy and who charges 14.95 for a sleeve of THREE golf balls just because they have their logo on it.    Needless to say, they didn't make a sale.

This was a real ball stoppper

This was a pretty neat green to shoot.   All downhill.    

We did notice that people that golf here do not fix their divots.






Day 3, Pottatamie, Mills, Cass

We got a little lost and Jim decided to pull over here.  LOL

Dodge Riverside was a VERY nice course, it is right next door to Harrahs Casino (no we didn't gamble here).

Where is the green??

This course was just super and a great clubhouse/Pro shop.   Jim had his best game here for the weekend, and I don't think us girls did shabby either.   I don't think this course has many women that golf here though, didn't see any on the course and it was pretty busy.  

Mills - Malvern Iowa 
Not a great course, lousy T boxes.  Ground was very rough and I think they decided to quit mowing for the year but staff was pleasant enough.

We ate up town at an ice cream shop and had a very nice lunch. Sorry, can't remember the name of it.

Cass County, Nishna Hills in Atlantic

This was another nice course, would like to go back and do all 18 holes.   Staff was nice and asked a lot of questions about our journey.

Dipping of the clubs!

Just a few stats to share:

In the 99 counties, we have golfed 1017 holes, mostly 9 hole courses but a few 18.   

We have golfed all 1017 holes in 47 days, averaging 21.64 holes per day.  We have actually golfed as many as 36.  This was from 4/27-11/9/2013 and 4/5-10/12/2014.

The three of us golfed 98 of the 99 counties together.   Davis County was the only course that Shirley and I golfed, and then Jim had to golf it on another day.   

We want to thank some people that golfed with us along the way:   Tim, Lena, LaRee, Jerry and Galen.   We enjoyed your company!

One thing that we have not forgotten on the course - LAUGH!
We always find things to laugh at and not take the game serious. (Jim tries!)    We will never be pros so it's all in fun.

Help us with our next adventure, any ideas?   We know there are about 417 courses in Iowa and we have a good start with that.   If you can think of any other challenges, we would love to here from you.   

Leave your comments on the blog and let us know if you have enjoyed reading and have any ideas.    We would love to hear from you!

Thanks for joining us along the way!    Although we have completed 99 counties, we are definitely not done golfing.  We will continue to keep you posted....  Until next season, unless the weather stays nice!


"Do you know what my favorite part of the game it?  The opportunity to play."   -Mike Singletary