One of my best trips to Vegas! Probably the second best without a girlfriend. I'm one of those odd guys that would prefer to have a girlfriend with them in Vegas. So what made this trip fun? Well, three days of golf is a good start. The second day we played Reflection Bay (the $300 course) which turned out to be just down the street from the hotel where my softball team stayed while we were there in October. Though my swing "left me" (golfers know what I'm talking about), we did have fun and we saw Natalie Gulbis! Who is that you ask? Here are pictures:
She was standing at the halfway house when I came out of the bathroom. What a smile she gave me!!! Yowza! Turns out she's the LPGA Pro at the course, which tells you how difficult the course really plays.
Anyway, day three we played a course called Paiute Resort (pay-ute) which is about 10 miles north of Vegas and significantly colder and windier than the strip. While trying to stay warm, I found my swing again. Actually, one of the guys brought a camera and took a movie of my swing which we looked at on the computer back in the room. Fixing my swing was easy once I realized the problem. So I went from shooting something like 110 with a crap load of penalties for hitting out of bounds, to shooting 89 only because I couldn't get a putt to fall. On the 18th though, I did get a putt to fall; a six footer for par which won the hole and about $20 for me and my teammate. Not bad.
The nightlife was mostly spent in the casino after long dinners. The guys I went with were all successful: one owns his own company, one is an orthopedic surgeon and the other owns his own dental practice. Money in Vegas usually has a lower value than everyday money, but this trip made it even less valuable.....rooms at the Mirage, $300 rounds of golf, expensive dinners....not my usual trip. However, I also won $350 at the black jack table and $100 playing roulette, so I offset some of my expenses.
Here are some pictures of the Paiute course and club house. I didn't bring my camera the first two days, so I have to wait to get copies of those pics from one of the guys. The course is really just out in the middle of the desert. No homes around, nothing. You either hit the fairway, or your ball is in the desert somewhere. Good fun though!
2 comments:
wow, it's really beautiful out there. A bit disturbing to see all that grass in the middle of a desert, I gotta admit.
It's even crazier when you're actually there. The pictures really don't do it justice. There are rocks, sand and cactus all around the facility. Pretty nuts.
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