Not much to say about Saddlebrook, as I've never played it. The Palmer course, built by Palmer's corpse, is allegedly pretty good. Short-ish (5,970 adjusted) with an extremely difficult 133 slope rating from the white tees. Only a few long holes so the difficulty is probably due to water being on basically every hole, and dense treeline. Who knows. It'll be fun. I hear the sister course is a beast and not fun whatsoever.
Tips from Big John:
- Bring your own beer. Be discrete like you usually are... but you're not going to want to pay resort prices.
- Carpool too if possible. Park using the valet after dropping of your clubs. The pro shop will comp your valet ticket inside.
- After the round we should head down the street to a sports bar to eat and hang out. Again... better than paying for food at the resort.
It might be a little wet and still raining, so plan accordingly.
Prediction
Brendan is going to win this week.
Do we have pool access? Maybe we should stick around there and have a pool party instead of the sports bar.
ReplyDeleteAt 8 bucks a beer I say we buy a kiddie pool and set it up in the bar parking lot.
ReplyDeletePitchers for $35?
ReplyDeleteSports bar! Especially when I owe one
ReplyDeleteGorecki must be really busy with work lately. We haven't gotten a handicap update in quite some time.
ReplyDeleteAny thoughts on these VICE GOLF BALLS that keep popping up on my Facebook? Seem like a decent option, but then again I also thought we could play three Streamsong courses and stay in the hotel for $300.
ReplyDeleteI've read decent things about them. Snell is another great option for cheaper than ProV but perform similar (Gary and Reid play those too). And the Costco brand (Kirkland) beat ProVs in a recent test but there's a long story as to why they're 100% sold out of them. Allegedly they're coming back eventually.
ReplyDeleteOne of us can hook you up with a Snell ball on Sunday if you want to test it out. Just don't lose it.
One ball for the 133 slope.
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