Yesterday, August 21st, we played the Sandpiper Golf & Country Club. It was our own version of family day as we rarely get to play together and it was a pleasure to be joined by Travis, Brenda and Adam. Sandpiper, like most of the golf courses in the area, has suffered from the excessive rain we have had. The green keepers, however, have worked hard at minimizing the damages in their fairways and the greens are in fairly good shape. The fairways appear to be rather narrow from some of the tees, but recovery shots are usually possible from most positions in the rough. Unless, of course, you find yourself in one of the numerous water hazards, as water comes into play on 17 of the 18 holes. With this crew, many a ball were sacrificed to the water gods. But water wasn't the only hazard to be found on this day.
Adam's balls had a propensity to seek a nest in the poplar trees along the fairways as this happened at least twice during our round. And once he even found two identical Callaways in the same nest, which Travis found utterly hilarious. You have to understand that on Travis' scorecard the + and - relates to the number of balls lost or found and has nothing to do with par. As the lounge was closed at Sandpiper after our round, we retired to Lois Hole's Enjoy Centre for a cold glass of Yellowhead beer.
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