Because of my sickness I had to delay playing golf a few days. Luckily that wasn't a problem to reschedule because the Makai golf club wasn't very crowded. I decided to play early in the morning to avoid the intense heat of the afternoon. Actually, that was Laura's idea, and it was a good one.
A little background on the Makai golf course. It's a mile away from where we were staying in Princville. It was renovated last year and is supposed to be one of the top golf courses in the country. Ok, that's all I really know about it. So I had a tee time for 7:50 and got to the course around 7:30. I had to rent some clubs which was no big deal, but when you do that its always nice to have a few minutes to warm up. However, the starter told me I had no time to hit a few balls because I had to tee off very soon. Oh well. Laura and I drove up to the first tee where we waited 20 minutes to start. But all of that didn't matter because I hit a 220 yard bomb down the middle of the fairway. What a way to start the day! Then I hit a perfect 6 iron to the center of the green and three putted my way to a bogey. (I don't work on putting very much so three puts are pretty much my calling card.)
I brought about 6 balls from home because I thought they would be expensive on the island. This was smart on my part. At the golf shop they were charging 10 bucks for 3 balls. No sir, not gonna do that. So I had to play the whole round with six balls; not an easy task.
The rest of the round was a ton of fun. Laura rode around in the cart enjoying a book and the gorgeous views of the pacific while I played solid round. I ended up shooting a 101 and staying within my self imposed quota of 6 balls. Success!!!
That afternoon we relaxed in the pool and enjoyed a spectacular sunset. The whole day was perfect!
The third hole at Makai. About 160 yards with a twenty yard drop. I hit a nice 8 iron to the back of the green then two nice putts for a par.
Me waiting for the group ahead of us on 6. There was very little waiting the whole day which was nice. From here I hit another 8 iron to the front of the green and two putted for par.
F' that, I can't wait for these slow mofos. I'm hitting.
artsy picture....we had a few minutes here.
7th hole. I got a 5 because I hit my tee shot way to the left. At least it didn't fall into the canyon like one of the scrubs in my group. Actually, the dude hit two balls into the water. I forgot to tell him you cant lay up on this hole. BWHAHAHA!!11!!
Laura and I overlooking Hanalei Bay and the Pacific. This course had the best views EVAR!!
I think this is the 14th par 3 at 220 yards. I hit a 3 iron off the tee hoping to land somewhere in front and right of the green. Instead I landed short and left on the hill. I had a crappy chip, then a decent chip, then three more putts to score a par!
The Kilauea Lighthouse. We could have paid 10 bucks to walk a mile to it, but I just took a picture, zoomed in on the preview image and figured there wasn't much to see there. So we just admired from afar. While there a park ranger pointed out two monk seals on the rocks below. He said, "we don't know why their numbers are falling each year." Uh, Ranger Rick, maybe because they are super lazy and just lay on rocks all day. Perhaps if they weren't so fat they could have the energy to bump those numbers up if you know what I mean.
Get it on, monk seal style, and reproduce.
The sunsets last for about 20-30 minutes and are beautiful the whole time.
A perfect way to end a perfect day.
Friday, June 25, 2010
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Rob: the sunset shots are great.
ReplyDeletethanks! I fired off a ton of shots, so I'm glad a couple worked.
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