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Originally Posted by Rawz
So true Greg about playing some of the dumpy public courses , it builds your game .
Here in NH was a great place to learn golf every course is lined with woods just about .
And i don't mean groves of manicured trees and bushes , i mean woods !
Very little room for error on most courses around here .
Good to see Phil win another major he deserves .
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Oh I'm from New England region! No other golfing like it anywhere.
What's ironic is that during play you have birdies and eagles but on a course in the northeast, you have swans, ducks, geese, hawks, starlings, falcons etc.
I remember one day on the course it was almost dusk and a flock of Canadian Geese were on the 9th hole. A freakin' deer ran out of the woods, scared the flock that flew right at us as we were trying to reach the green. A groundskeeper screamed for us to hit the deck and then it was too late. One of them geese that weighed like 40lbs hit this dude who was on another fairway walking out of the rough. That goose knocked his ass into the air in a flip and all I saw was a 5 iron go flying in the air at us. Two geese missed me by inches. We barely made it out without injury.
Many a time a deer or herd or deer or a black bear or foxes would dash across the course.
I shit you not, one day about 10 years ago I got up early one morning to take out the garbage and I heard this 'clomp clomp' sound I walked to the street corner and a fucking moose was there. In NY! I ran back home, called the newspaper and police and no one believed me. Then in a few hours that same moose ended up on the golf course and nobody was allowed to do anything cause they were endangered or some shit. Dudes were PISSED cause the moose kept fucking up course play, scaring other animals out etc.
Trees can be an advantage if you hook or slice and hit a good oak or maple tree cause the ball will bounce back onto the fairway.
Golfing in NE is an adventure to say the least. I really miss it.