Another Day of Scenic Golf ( by Norm )

Day 65 -  August 27th

Ah yes  - yet another day to contribute some golf balls to those golfers that play behind me. 

 Today’s venue is Humber Valley Golf Resort near Corner Brook, Newfoundland.  Alison was originally going to play but she hasn’t been feeling too well since the last hike so I’m going alone.  I got paired up with a retired couple from Seattle who have golfed in every state in the US and now are starting to golf every province in Canada.  Very nice couple to golf with, but I soon realized that the amount of golf you play does not necessarily translate into you being a better player.  No problem – this is resort golf on the road so we can’t expect much of our scores.
 



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 The goal for me is to have many good shots, lose only a few balls and have an overall good experience.  This course certainly provided all of that.  Course conditions were superb, although the greens were a bit slow.  The rough was a real challenge.  You went from 1” fairways right into 8+” deep rough.  Not a lot of water in play but plenty of bunkers.  The major obstacle was the constant distraction of the beauty around you – a wide river running near the course with a backdrop of a mountain range coupled with severe elevation changes.  The only drawback to this day is that there was a haze in the air all day.   Temperature was in the lower 80’s so once again the locals were complaining about the extreme heat.  If they only knew!

The 10^th hole tee box is elevated 420’ from the fairway below, forest on the right, sloping waste land on the left, with a strong head wind.  Landing area is about 40 yards wide.  First ball went into the forest, second into the left rough but playable.  The next hole had a similar drop from the tee box but not quite as severe.  I hit that one into the right rough and couldn’t find my ball.  Back 9 was off to a bad start.  There were several elevated greens and I had the misfortune of overshooting one of them.  Oh well – it’s only golf – not work.

Finally made it to the par 5 18^th which was a very picturesque “S” starting from an elevated tee box, so you could see the entire fairway right up to the green.  Water along most of the right, steep hill on the left.  Perfect tee shot, followed by a well-placed shot putting me 145’ from the green.  On the green in regulation and two putts in for par.  I love this game.

Alison spent the day fixing the refrigerator, cleaning and doing laundry and had some time to relax as well and enjoyed every minute of it.