Late Summer Update
It has been a while since I last posted a slice, therefore I want to try to sum it up if I can remember all the things that has happened.
Chicago and New York
In August my girlfriend and I spend two weeks in the US. We started out in Chicago “the windy city” for a few beatifull days which included good food, sightseeing on segway and shopping. I want a segway for my golf clubs, that could be nice 🙂 Next we went to New York which is bigger and a new experience for me, the architecture is great and the diversity of the different areas of Manhatten is great to explore. We had a great time, again good food and got a ride in a limo 😉
Fakkelgården & Benniksgaard Golf Club
At my birthday I was so lucky of receiving a “golf package” present from my girlfriend. 🙂 It was a two day trip to the southern Jutland including a three course dinner on FakkelgÃ¥rden which was just perfect. The service and the food is really great. Not just an ordinary danish kitchen, but gourmet food made with a twist of passion. The next day we had a great breakfast served before we headed towards the golf club.
We had rented a golf buggy for the 18 holes of play. The weather was windy but that is just part of the game as they say – none of us managed to battle the wind and play to our handicap. The course is beautifull placed at the hillside towards the sea, I think that on a sunny day, we could conquer the course and get back to the 19th. with a good score.
Comwell Kellers Park Golf Club
As you can see we are quite busy playing golf and we had a couple of free tickets for Kellers Park hanging on the board which we decided to cash in some weeks ago. The course is located a few kilometers from Vejle and has a great view towards the fjord. The old part of the course which curb its way through the forest is the most beautifull part, but also has som tricky passages where it is good to know the course to be able to play it well. The opposite part of the course which is the first 9 holes are in the open landscape but still fun to play.
We had to rent a buggy again, which we did not regret because some parts of the course is quite hilly. I recommend that you try it.
Lübker Golf Club
A week ago my girlfriend and I went to try out the Lübker course which is in the top 2 of golf courses in Denmark. What a sight, everything is just looking so good, even the tee boxes are kept perfect by the many greenkeepers. The course has 3 times 9 holes which are named Sky, Sand and Forest. We played the Forest-Sky combination and got puzzled from the start on the first tee to the very end of the 18 holes about how to play every stroke on the course – there are good places to land the ball but next to that you might find a bunker, hazzard or wasteland (sand, but without the sandbunker rules and no rakes) . I find it fasinating to play a course like this although it is very challanging. I played from the black tee which is close to the yellow tee in AAGC – I did 19 points on Forest and 9 on sky. Next time I want to do better on the last nine, that could be fun to beat the Sky-layout. 🙂
AAGC –Â Local Craftsmen Year-End Tournament
Yesterday the local craftsmen sponsored the Year End Tournament in AAGC. The weather was almost perfect for this time of the year for golf, just a bit too cold, but none of us froze to death, so it was a good day although my toes was a bit icy at the end.
I started out on hole 4 – the thoughest one on the course and made a par – great start! 🙂 I made another par on hole 6 but it was not enough to even out the missing points on some of the other holes. I made a couple of double boggies and three holes without points but to sum it all up it was the best round of golf in months. I managed to become 9th of the 23 participants in the A group. 🙂
My girlfriend took the second prize in the C group – congratulations to her – well done 🙂 My brother managed to get a bottle of wine but never mind how many points he made 😉
My game analysis:
- Driving is great, only 5 % of the shots are either left or just off the tee.
- On Fairway is acceptable, some shots are duffed.
- Approach shots can be improved a lot – I loose points on the lack of precision in length.
- Chipping is acceptable, some chips are either too short or too long.
- Putting is great, only a few puts are short.
- Bunker shots are acceptable, mostly I get out except for one time at Lübker 🙂
