Upon arriving at Olympia Fields on Monday, this sight welcomed me. There were two outings at the same time. My outing's table is the one without the three pretty women at it. Damnit.
Here's the majestic main building at Olympia Fields Country Club.
The famous clock on the practice green. When televised tournaments are held here, they always show this clock.
My teammates!
Right off the first tee we saw this feller looking down at us. Foreshadowing of things to come? Let's hope!
(you may need to copy the picture and zero in to see him well. He's on the end of the limb in the middle of the picture.)
A nice looking par 4 with our fore-caddy in the light rough on the left. He had a busy day chasing our errant shots all over the course!!
Yes, we tipped him well.
The winners!!!! The tie breaker was decided by who scored better on the back nine. We started on 12 and if you recall, I played well for the first 7-8 holes, which helped secure the victory!!
If you know anything about Chicago politics, the name on the locker that I was assigned for the day will ring a bell.
On to Tree Tops, one of my favorite courses anywhere. This is how the first hole starts. It's a dogleg left.
This is the end of the first hole. It's what you see when you get around the bend in the last picture. Pretty, but daunting.
This is my favorite par 3 in golf. It's 120' vertical drop. You hit your shot out and it drops straight down. If it's rained in the last week, you ball ends up half buried in the green. What a view though.
This might not look like much, but the purple heather in the background was really neat in contrast to the greens in the foreground and the dark green trees.
2 comments:
wow, gorgeous! Almost makes me want to learn golf so I know what you're talking about... :)
Glad to see the bird of prey didn't feast on you...as you occasionally have work. That one whole with the lake in front of it looks like a bitch.
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