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Bubba Watson's Day Off

2013-04-05T10:52:00.001-05:00

Amazing Golf Video

2013-03-09T21:26:00.001-06:00

So I'm finally starting to get some time for golf stuff again, and after spending some time on YouTube I felt like I needed to share with everyone this video of Bubba Watson getting an eagle at Kapalua in 2011 by hitting driver off the deck. Enjoy.

Golfing 18 at Butternut Hills

2012-06-22T09:20:00.005-05:00

Yesterday since I had some spare cash and time I decided to golf 18 at Butternut Hills Golf Course in Sarona Wisconsin. My mom decided to come with and pay for the cart so I didn't have to walk this time which was enjoyable. I didn't warm up so I did even worse than normal on the first few holes. My slice was horrible for almost the whole first half of the course, but after that I took care of it and only had a few wayward shots, which was pretty satisfying. I golfed real good between the 8th and 14th holes. I almost got a hole in one on the 8th (picture below) and got a few pars and a birdie on the 14th. I was hitting my shots real well on those holes and got gir almost every time. I would ruin it with my putting though. After the 14th I could tell I was getting tired from not golfing much and my shots became real inconsistent. Also I did all this without my pitching wedge which magically disappeared somewhere between the last time I golfed and now. Anyway I had fun and hope to get some more golfing in soon. Here are some pictures.

My almost hole in one on the 8th

The clubhouse from the 8th green

Again my almost hole in one on the 8th

Snapping turtle on the 18th fairway

US Open

2012-06-17T01:23:00.003-05:00

So I've been spending a little time watching the US Open at the Olympic Club in California. So far going into the final round there are a lot of players bunched up in easy range of winning. In fact there are 11 guys within 4 shots of the leaders McDowell and Furyk. The big story is a 17 year old kid and amateur Beau Hossler. He was tied for the lead for a while on Friday. He's 4 shots from the leaders right now and has an actual shot at being the first amateur to win a major in a long long time. He seems really calm under the media attention and pressure so far. I wish him the best of luck. Tiger Woods did horrible today and ended up 5 over par for the day and is 5 shots away from the leader. With a close field I suggest everyone tune in to watch on Sunday, because it is for sure going to get exciting.

Neillsville Country Club Review

2012-06-04T12:43:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, I was finally able to golf for my first time this Summer. I went with my dad, who is not doing well with cancer and my half brother. We golfed at my Dad's home course, the Neillsville Country Club. The course was founded in 1935 and is a 9 hole course. It's layout is quite interesting though, because due to there being multiple tee boxes in different areas each one has a different look at the hole. The course prices are about a whole 2 dollars more than I expected for how the course is. Nine holes on the weekday is $14 and on the weekend it is $16. The grass seems like it is a natural grass, unlike sod at the more expensive courses, and there is a lot of clover and other things on the course. This seems extremely easy to play. All of the holes are straight shots except for a very slight dogleg on the 9th. You don't have much to deal with in the way of obstacles, except some sand traps and a few out of bounds areas. The course is extremely hilly with lots of holes where you can not see the green from the tee box. This doesn't really cause many problems though due to the completely straight holes. If you overshot the green on a few of the holes you would be given a challenge of trying to chip up a what I might call a ridge. You can see my half brother with that issue in one of the pictures below. What is extremely difficult though is putting. As I said before the course is really really hilly including on the greens. Four and five foot puts that look like sure things are not in any way shape or form, and I found putting my only real frustration on the course. It was a frustration though. This course would be so simple it would be a joke if it wasn't for the difficult greens. Overall I enjoyed the course and playing it was for the most part satisfying.

I played very well thanks, to my father who is what I would call a golf expert giving me tips on how to fix me swing and what club to use and so on. It was amazing! Usually I spend all 18 holes trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong and get super frustrated and want to give up golf. My dad would tell me how and get my issue fixed by the next swing. It really was a happy moment for me. I can not described how much I enjoyed my dad helping me golf. Anyway back to how I golfed. I had only a few difficult shots on the course usually involving being behind a tree due to a bad drive, but the shot I had on the 18th was ridic. I will have pictures of it below. I was basically in the bunker, extremely close to a railroad tie where my swing would hit it. I believe if I can remember what my dad taught me I would enjoy golfing for the rest of the summer and I believe I'm going to be golfing a little more now that my frustration is gone. As long as it doesn't come back expect a lot more blog posts.

By the way congrats to Tiger for winning yesterday. He was 4 strokes down and had the flu coming into Sunday and ended up winning by 2 strokes. His shot on 16 was nothing short of a top 10 moment and I say congrats for being one scary mofo on the golf course agian.

Here are some pictures I took of my golf outing.

My half brother on a green

My half brother being punished for overshooting the green.

The clubhouse from the 9th hole green area

The 9th hole green as you can see it's not easy

My basically impossible shot on the 9th hole the top of the screen is the green area where i had to try to shoot to.

It's Summer break once again!

2012-05-12T17:29:00.000-05:00

Well I am back in Wisconsin for the Summer once again. I have only been back a day, but since I got done with work early and had nothing else to do I got some practicing in. I was using birdie balls which I only have 3 left. I need to save up and get some more. I don't know where the other ones went, but I still love using these things. Anyway I did quite well during practice with only my first two swings giving me that horrible slice I couldn't get rid of last year. I spent a lot of time on making my swing right and not swinging fast. I was hitting the birdie balls really well and was even getting a nice draw out of a few of the shots. This is really good to me, because the furthest away I can get from that slice and my horrible habit of it the better. I still have a lot more practicing to do before I can get that out of my system I'm sure, but I'm off to a good start. My brother is coming home almost every week to golf at Butternut Hills Golf Course, and is spending a lot of time harassing me to pay for a membership. I am considering it, but I don't know how much excess funds I will have to dedicate to golf this summer. I know if I start golfing again I will need a new used driver as mine is literally falling apart along with a hybrid and some fairway woods. I don't like spending that much money on anything being a poor college student so we will see how the Summer golf goes. Anyway here are some pictures of me practicing today with my dog Pogo.

Pogo sniffing for something to chase

Rickie Fowler finally got his first PGA Tour win!!!

2012-05-06T17:47:00.001-05:00

It is about time! I'm stuck here studying for finals and just got informed that Rickie Fowler finally did it! This is great I am excited if you can't tell. This guy has been a favorite among the fans. He is also one of my favorite golfers, probably because my girlfriend likes him and Puma. In case you don't know him Rickie is a 23 year old right handed golfer whose main sponsor is Puma. He won the tournament on the first hole of a sudden death playoff between Rory McIlroy and D.A. Points both extremely good golfers. Congrats Rickie on the win and may many more come, as I love watching you golf! Your in inspiration to young golfers everywhere!

For more info and details on Rickie's win go to the PGA Tour link here http://tourreport.pgatour.com/category/tournaments/wells-fargo-championship/

Update on what is going on with me recently

2012-04-25T13:03:00.001-05:00

Well recently I have continued to be busy with school as always and have not got any golf related activities in. In better news though my brother purchased a membership at Butternut Hills Golf Course and has been driving from the Twin Cities there a lot to go golfing. This is good yet still discouraging me as if his skill level is way higher than mine it will not be fun, because we are way to competitive. I have so many other things on my plate that golf is still on the back burner for me and I apologize for that, but there isn't much I can do about it till I get other things taken care of. I hope when this Summers comes I'll have some spare time and cash to get some golfing in.

It's Masters Time!

2012-04-06T08:07:00.002-05:00

Sadly I've been bombarded with schoolwork even worse than normal this semester. It was kept me from doing anything involving golf and it has even kept me from the Masters. But today I only have a few light assignments to do and I may get to watch The Masters. In case you haven't been updated on what I call the one golf event you must watch I will give you some info. There is an old amature in the field this year even a 54 year old Randall Lewis. Could you imagine how amazing that would be. Your 54 there is no way your expecting to win your amature let alone end up at Augusta. That really shows you that you have a shot at any age. There has been no huge breakout yet for any player in The Masters which is good for me since I wasn't able to watch anything yesterday. I am also sad I missed the par 3 tournament which may be my favorite non tournament yet for The Masters. Anyway I'm rambling so now it is time to give you some information on how you can watch the masters and enjoy the amazingness. First of all you can watch The Masters on their website www.masters.com. The online coverage starts at 9:45 am central time today. For T.V. The Masters will be on ESPN starting at 2 P.M. central time. On Saturday The Masters will be on CBS starting at 2:30 P.M., and on Sunday The Masters will conclude again on CBS starting at 1 P.M. I will try to keep giving blog updates on how The Masters is going, but I can't make any promises as I have an essay and a group project to complete today, and a paper to complete for the rest of the weekend. I'm sure there is another assignment in somewhere too I forgot. Anyway quit reading this and go watch everything Masters and feel the magic!

Man sues golf club for over $13 million! No I'm not kidding.

2012-02-23T00:39:00.002-06:00

So this news article popped up for me today. This guy from Ireland is suing his golf club for lowering his handicap. I really can not believe this but I guess it is true. I don't know what the legal system is like in Ireland, but this case needs to be thrown out. I would love for my clubs to decrease my handicap by almost 8 strokes. Sigh people these days seriously.

Here's the link to the news article
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/mans-sues-golf-club-13-2-million-lowering-175136549.html

Holy exciting end to the Northern Trust Open!

2012-02-19T18:02:00.002-06:00

I just got done watching the North Trust Open and wow was that an exciting end to the tournament. Bill Hass ended his 18 with only a one shot lead over Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley. The end of regulation ended with Phil making a put with only a 9% make rate for a birdie and Keegan (who was golfing with Phil) made his put for birdie as well which sent it into a playoff. The group of 3 started on the 18th again with both Hass and Bradley just crushing some drives way further than Phil's Phil and Keegan both had good second shots within birdie range and Hass came up short of the green with his second. Hass chipped his third shot within a few feet of the hole. Phil put his third as well within a few feet of the hole. Leaving Keegan Bradley with a put to win the tournament. He missed the shot left by only about a foot. At this time everyone has close shots for their par. Haas made his par, Phil made his, and Bradley makes his as well they move onto the next playoff hole.

Onto hole number 10. Phil tees off first and hooks his ball into the rough with a very difficult shot. Bradley puts his shot into the bunker by the green and Hass puts his shot into the rough behind the green. Haas shoots his second about 40 feet away with a layup. Phil hits the green right by the flag but the ball rolls into the other bunker. Keegen's second shot out of the bunker lands by the flag and rolls off into the fringe giving him an ever slow slight advantage over the other players. Hass puts his long put right into the hole for par giving phil an almost impossible shot to tie it. Phil's shot out of the sand is short so he's out. It's Bradley's turn to see if the playoff will go to another hole. Bradley misses his put making Bill Hass the winner of the tournament.

This was about as exciting as golf could get. A two player come behind to put it into a 3 player golf. Phil doing what he tends to do and get himself out of sticky situations. Wow that was exciting! I'm still excited about it! I'm just out of words to say about this amazement just go watch replays wow!

ATT Pro Am End

2012-02-14T13:46:00.001-06:00

Well I missed the beginning of the Pro Am Sunday, because I was shopping, but I saw the majority of it. When I did get back to it I was amazed to see that the lefty Phil was in the lead. I know from the day before he was sitting back there a ways and the announcers didn't seem to confident he would make a comeback. He did though he ended up winning the tournament with Tiger tying for 15th. In my opinion 15th isn't to bad of a place. It seems like Tiger is going to win a tournament this year if he keeps playing like he did every day but Sunday. I didn't get to see any shenanigans done by Bill Murray which was sad but oh well. Either way congrats on the win Phil and keep on working on it Tiger.

ATT Pro Am Saturday

2012-02-11T17:30:00.000-06:00

So since I have no money, or homework, or anything else I have to do I actually have a chance to watch the Pro Am today. I enjoyed it. Bull Murray was there and comical as always. He was dressed up in full camo. Tiger was there and was doing well I believe he ended that day in third. This is probably a good thing for golf and will give pro golf more viewers now that Tiger is out of his phunk. What I really enjoyed about it though was Aaron Rodgers was golfing. Being a die hard Packer fan not knowing that he was one of the celebs in the Pro Am was at minimum a sin. Aaron didn't play to well, but I don't think he is to much of a golfer. I am excited to see a few things tomorrow. One Aaron Rodgers of course, two see what fun stuff Bill Murray does, and three to see if Tiger will pull a come from behind victory. I only caught the last hour of play so I don't have to much else to tell you yet, but hopefully I will have some more to say tomorrow.

What pisses me off about watching golf on tv

2012-02-05T16:52:00.001-06:00

So I finally got some spare time to watch some golf on t.v. before the Super Bowl, and I am getting annoyed with one thing. The guy who always yells "IT'S IN THE HOLE!" On every shot someone makes. It doesn't matter if they are still two shots away from getting on the green they still yell it. What is going on here? Is there some prize you get for calling a shot in the hole first or what? To me it really gives golf fans a bad rap in my opinion. Does anyone have an answer why someone yells it every time no matter what kind of shot it is? Hearing the same thing every 30 seconds while watching golf makes me wanna change the channel. Anyway there I'm done with my rant I hope you enjoyed it.

SOPA AND PIPA

2012-01-18T14:31:00.002-06:00

I'm sure you have all herd about it, but if not here is the link
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
Make sure you read about it first before you choose to sign the petition or not.

Grand Forks indoor golf tournament

2012-01-17T20:11:00.001-06:00

I herd on the radio yesterday that this coming weeend there is going o be a first even indoor golf tounament in Grand Forks. I don't know a bunch of the details, but you go from bar to bar doing some sort of golf. You can register at any of the bars that are doing it. From what I have herdsome of the participating bars are Borrowed Bucks Roadhouse, Rumors, and Whitey's, but I believe there are more bars. It is $25 to register your team and I do not know what number of people you need for a team though. Either way if anyone reading this from the Grand Forks area that is going to go I wouldn't mind knowning more about it, and if you are going to do it let me know how it is. Also the first place prize is a trip to Vegas and cash. So if you ot some friends go to one of the bars and register.

Update: I apologize the indoor golf tournament is on February 4th. Sorry about that everyone someone just informed me of this.

Golf Tip-Fairway Woods Swing Rhythm | PGA.com

2011-12-15T15:02:00.000-06:00

This video contains something I want to try and see if it helps my swing. The whippy club. I've never even herd of it until now, but it looks like what i would need to get my tempo going. Either way here is a golf tip video for you guys to help with a problem I know I probably have and so do many people the rhythm.
Fairway Woods Swing Rhythm | PGA.com

You Can Now View This Blog On Kindle!

2011-12-12T23:25:00.000-06:00

After some work my blog is now on the Kindle! I consider this a pretty big accomplishment for myself thanks to you the viewers. Now you can view this blog on a feed on the regular blogger site, and now Kindle! What is next? Who knows, but this is a big step for the blog. Hopefully I shall have some new updates for you guys soon as the semester is coming to an end and I can go fire up the Golf Channel back in Wisconsin, and look up some golf world news on my laptop. Anyway here is the link to the Kindle edition of this blog.

First Time Watching Golf In A Long Time - Chevron World Challenge

2011-12-04T17:08:00.001-06:00

So I have been away from golf on T.V. for a while due being busy with school, curling, and watching the Packers. Today in between watching football I was watching golf. And somehow to my amazement not only was Tiger leading on a Sunday, but he ended up winning the tournament! I was saying to myself "I know I haven't seen golf for a few months, but when did Tiger start being good?" Apparently this tournament is when he started to to be good. Hopefully I'll have some more golf to watch for you guys soon. The win for Tiger came down to the last put on the 18th green. This is the kind of excitement golf needs to remind people that there is suspense in golf and it can go back and forth until the last possible second. I'll tell you right now this reminded me that I like golf and I should try to pay more attention to it. This was Tiger's 88th tournament win and although it was not part of the PGA Tour it snapped him out of his over 2 year streak of not winning. So I'd like to say thanks Tiger for getting me excited for golf and congrats on the long awaited win.

Inexpensive Golf Gift Ideas

2011-11-18T19:08:00.001-06:00

1. BirdieBall

As many of you know I purchased these in the Spring on clearance and love them. They are durable enough to just justify the price, but if you can find them cheaper then by all means by them. They are a limited range practice ball that is just plain fun to hit. I've even convinced some friends to want them now. Minus the ones my friends lost I still have all my birdie balls and they all still work fine. Even the one that got run over by a mower!

2. Tiger Woods: PGA Tour 12

I wanted this game when it first came out, but it was crazy expensive. It's cheap now and it's not even 2012 yet. This game has gotten good reviews, and now it is under $30 which is cheap for new video games. If I had some spare cash lying around I'd snatch this up.

3. Golf for Dummies DVD

As you guys know I checked out this DVD from the library and I loved it. Gary McCord is the star in it, and he is funny as he is informative. In the extras there is a massive golf dictionary that really helps if you have no idea what someone is talking about on the course if you are just starting out.

4. Zero Friction Golf Tees

I have not had an opportunity to use these as of yet, but they look pretty neat, which is always good for a gift. They were the official tee of Remax Long Drive, and are supposed to add 3 yards or something like that. They would be more durable than the regular tee. They aren't to expensive so you can't say no to at least giving someone some and having them give them a try.

5. A Swing Lesson at The Local Golf Place

This is going to be the most expensive gift on the list. Swing lessons range from $35 to over $100. I cannot think of anyone that does not need some sort of swing lesson. Especially after not golfing on a course all Winter. I know I would love this gift. Some golfers may be to proud to admit they need a swing lesson or want to go, but getting it as a gift should convince them to go anyway. They will end up thanking you for it.

King's Walk Golf Course Review

2011-11-01T16:05:00.001-05:00

A few months ago a friend and I played some evening golf at King's Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks North Dakota. Now this was my first time playing a 4 star course so I had some high hopes. First we got a pretty cheap rate. First we got twilight rates then on top of it we got student discounts. It came to around $20 a person. It seemed pretty reasonable to me and also my friend. We had to make a reservation which we expected considering it is considered the best course open to the public in town. The clubhouse was nice but the guy doing reservations gave us a little bit of attitude like we were not welcomed there. We got to the first tee and one thing I noticed was the course was in amazing shape. Even better than other course I have been to so far. We started golfing and I was playing horrible. I couldn't hit a straight shot with a driver to save my life again! I need to work on it once I can afford to golf again. Anyway we were enjoying ourselves putting and such.

There were a lot of members on the course that day with golf carts going at a much faster rate than us. We let them play though every time. It usually ended up as us visiting with them anyway due to the fact the course was so busy. This is where the enjoyment of the course ended though. After letting two or so groups catch up to us and play through the groups behind us started getting ruder and ruder. We would still let the faster players play through politely but would not get any thanks or anything like that. We were in no hurry to finish the course like they were we just wanted to enjoy ourselves. Again there was a huge clog up on the course so letting people play though did not get them any further in front of us, because we were always waiting behind them at the next hole waiting for the people in front of them to finish. We got up to play the 8th hold after waiting for the group ahead of us to get out of driving range a visibly drunk guy came screaming up on his golf cart across multiple fairways. He screamed at us saying "You fuckers are holding everyone up!" We calmly explained to him and showed him we must wait there are people in front of us. He then not so kindly expressed to us that we should get off the course anyway since we were not members nor good at golf. Then drove off. My friend and I did not enjoy this to much. A few minutes later that guy and his friend on the cart went blowing buy us just to cut in front of us. I'm sure he passed quite a few golfers and have no idea which hole he went on. By this point my friend and I were convinced this was not the place for use. We finished up the front 9 went into the clubhouse and ate some food. The food was very good by the way and the price was just a little bit pricey in our opinions. We were still upset about what had happened to us and decided this course was not for use at all.

We came to the conclusion that the higher priced the courses get the more assholes the course gets. It seemed like mostly everyone was out having a good time on the cheaper courses and not much would upset them. King's walk was not like that at all. Yes there were nice people, but in the end it seemed like those people were few and far between. I'm still upset when I think how I was treated to this day. My friend and I both decided never again would we golf at King's Walk.

In conclusion the golf course was in amazing shape and the food in the clubhouse was very good, but I cannot recommend this course due to the attitude of many of the golfers (mostly members) on the course. People like that can easily ruin a good day of golf, and when your paying more you expect to have more fun. This is sad, because it is such a beautiful course.

Here are some pictures of the day. By the way I decided to try out a Zazzle account and put some of the pictures on there in case some one actually wants to buy the pictures I took. You can view the Zazzles site here. I don't know how long I will stay with Zazzle though, because they are more frustrating than anything.
Anyway onto the pictures...

The Clubhouse

View of the fountain from the first hole

First Hole fairway

more of the first hole fairway

a nice bridge

Golfer teeing off

Some golfers gettin ready to tee off while we walk back to the clubhouse the course is so pretty I wish people there were nicer

Ducks and what they call a lake

the fountain on the "lake"

View from the clubhouse

Sunset over the clubhouse

UND Women's Golf Protips

2011-10-12T19:52:00.001-05:00

Another adventure at the Voyager Village Par 3

2011-08-28T18:27:00.000-05:00

I went golfing with my brother and my friend at Voyager Village's par 3 again. I had lots of fun and so did my brother and my friend. I purchased and played some Bridgestone E5 Golf Ball (2011 Model)(sorry I can't seem to get the Amazon ad off the side there) balls and some Precept Golf Ev Extra Spin Golf Balls (2011 Model, Pack of 15) balls. Since I am getting better and more accurate with my iron play these balls actually helped my game. The e5's felt really good and played better than my bargin bin balls, They probably fit me the best so far, because they are more forgiving than the Precept balls. The Precept balls seemed to have a lot more spin than the e5's but both stopped better than my Precept Laddies. The Precept extra spin balls are made more for seniors, but they are good for anyone with a slow swing speed. Overall though for me I would take the e5's due to the fact they are a little more forgiving if I have a bad swing yet still let you be more precise with your swings.

Now on to my game. I did really good this time around with a few pars and only one hole did I do horribly on. My brother on the other hand did not do so well thanks to his rough night from the night before. I am really enjoying this par 3 Voyager has. It is like my happy place for if I get beat up on a traditional 18, that I can just go back to and feel good about myself and my game. It is also nicer walking, because you don't have to take all your clubs with you. I didn't get in any sand traps on this round which is something to brag about. I can also safely say I got the lowest score in the group. So overally I felt good and did good, but I know if my brother was in real golfing shape he would have probably beat me.

I have been pretty disappointed with my lack of golfing this Summer, but there is not much I can do about it thanks to money issues. So I apologize for not many blog posts about my golf experiences but sadly there has not been many. Either way I got to golf a little and some is better than none. Here's some pictures of golfing at Voyager this time.

The First Hole

The Geese again. If you hit one do you get a birdie?

My friend and his sand shot.

My brother looking for his lost ball it was a theme for the day.

My brother still recovering from his rough night

Voyager Village Par 3 course

2011-07-15T12:15:00.002-05:00

Two days ago I went to Voyager Village with a friend and golfed their par 3. I love this place and this course. I was there a lot last summer for a few reasons. The first one is the price. It is $10 for the par 3. The second is it's fun. With the longest hole being 186 yards every shot you take is going to have some excitement to it. Voyager Village in itself is quite exciting. You are driving down some random country roads and out of nowhere a community with a golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts, playground, theater, and airport shows up out of nowhere. Anyway back to the course. The par 3 is in really good shape. Most courses that have a par 3 do not take good care of it, because it is not their main course. Voyager makes sure the par 3 is just as well kept as their 18 hole course. The majority of the holes for the par 3 are alongside a lake, so you get an amazing view the whole time you are golfing.
For how I did. I felt like I did pretty well especially compared to last year. Since my iron game is my strong point I was getting quite a few greens in regulation. I even got 3 pars. My putting suffered though, which should be an easy fix. I did put the ball in the sand once which I had no trouble getting out of. The bad thing though was I sent two balls into the lake with bad shots. With that and my putting my friend and I ended up pretty even after 9 holes.
I would recommend this course to anyone who doesn't golf to much or is golfing with friends who don't golf to much. Since the course is short and easy it is very fun for anyone to play and gives even bad golfers chances at getting pars and birdies. Not to mention you can do other things besides golf at Voyager Village. I think anyone from young to old would enjoy this place. Here are some pictures.

View from the parking lot. You can see some aircraft parked out there

The top floor of the clubhouse is a restaurant which I've been told serves good food.

Some people playing horseshoes and an airplane getting ready to take off.

look how close I got to a birdie on the first hole

some geese

the geese again

looking off of the 3rd tee

my friend getting ready to chip. This hole is completely over water.

Grand Casino Hinkley's amazing golf deal

2011-07-13T08:29:00.001-05:00

I just saw on my facebook news feed an amazing deal that involves golf. The Grand National Golf Club, which is owned by the Grand Casino Hinkley has on every Wednesday in July for $18 you get 18 holes of golf, a gps enabled golf cart, and a bucket of range balls. This may be the cheapest price I have seen for all those things. I get done with work at noon today and am considering making the just over 1 hour trip to try it out. You can not argue with a price like that. I am still in amazement. Anyway if you want to make a tee time call them up at 320-384-7427. If this isn't cheap golf I don't know what is!