Let's take a minute to fully appreciate the epic lore surrounding this trip. What once was just a pipe dream, the CRO has now fully blossomed into the glorious tale of three men (and potentially a wily asian) who will set out into the Canadian Rockies in quest of golfing enlightenment.
Imagine yourself leaving Calgary, Canada's Denver as I like to call it, in a souped down Dodge Caravan, heading westward, making the ascent to the majestic peaks towering in the distance. There situated amongst the mighty grandeur of John Denver's Rocky Mountains is the serene mountain town of Canmore; the place these crusaders will call home for one fine week in August. From here, the "Mecca" of Canadian golf, you will be treated to 6 of the most unforgettable rounds of your life. Be sure to bring your camera, binoculars, and about 200 golf balls! 
To familiarize you with the format of the daily blog, here is a rundown of what to expect:
There will be a link to a virtual course tour/hole flyover each day so that you can view the details of each of the 108 holes being played. In addition, I will provide a description, fun fact, accolade, review, quote, or interesting tidbit about the course each day. Also, I will be taking you through the gamet of activities, happenings, brew-has, and shenanigans that we may find ourselves face-to-face with in that there Canadia. While the narrative will not be an everyday item, I will do my best to help you live vicariously through Halbert's anticipated antics.
The 2009 Canadian Rockies Open will open on Sunday August 2nd at Stewart Creek Golf & Country Club, located just a few minutes from base camp. This track should serve as a lovely indoctrination to the joys and perils of mountain golf. The course measures 7,195 yards from the tips, has a slope of 130, and a course rating of 73.3, and is rumored to be one of the easier courses you will battle during the 2009 CRO.
There will be a link to a virtual course tour/hole flyover each day so that you can view the details of each of the 108 holes being played. In addition, I will provide a description, fun fact, accolade, review, quote, or interesting tidbit about the course each day. Also, I will be taking you through the gamet of activities, happenings, brew-has, and shenanigans that we may find ourselves face-to-face with in that there Canadia. While the narrative will not be an everyday item, I will do my best to help you live vicariously through Halbert's anticipated antics.
The 2009 Canadian Rockies Open will open on Sunday August 2nd at Stewart Creek Golf & Country Club, located just a few minutes from base camp. This track should serve as a lovely indoctrination to the joys and perils of mountain golf. The course measures 7,195 yards from the tips, has a slope of 130, and a course rating of 73.3, and is rumored to be one of the easier courses you will battle during the 2009 CRO.
The Stewart Creek website provides a virtual hole overview with shot-by-shot advice and tips. These will be provided for you in hardcopy form at the beginning of the trip. But for now, management asks that you please control your excitement and worship only one hole a day!
Stewart Creek Hole #1 "The Auger" 386yd Par 4 (pictured below)
http://www.stewartcreekgolf.com/golf/vrtour/golf_window.php (click on #1 por favor)
Stewart Creek:...It doesn't take long for the course to get going. The first, a medium-length par-4, drops over one hundred feet to a pristine fairway lined with pine and a granite shelf. It's a bona fide jaw-dropper. "Right from the start, we wanted golfers to know that they were going to be in for an awesome experience," Browning (course designer) says...
Canada Golf: (...Since it is a golf trip...)
"This award winning destination has recently been proclaimed "The best undiscovered golf destination of North America 2007" by the IAGTO. The area's award winning golf has taken full advantage of this regions endless natural beauty. During a golf vacation in the Rockies you will tee off by twisting rivers, through rolling forests, alongside emerald lakes, all framed by the towering and jagged Rocky Mountains. Designed by some of the most well known of golf course architects, the courses in this area take full advantage of the natural landscape without infringing upon it. Don't be surprised if you happen to stumble upon a deer, moose, elk, coyote, or even a bear during any of your golf rounds up here. It is best to put the camera in the golf bag for a round in the Rockies. After the day out on the course soothe your tired muscles in one of the regions many natural hotspring baths before retiring to anyone of the number of first class luxury resorts that reside in the Banff area."
I hope you all enjoyed the first of 108 days of updates. Feel free to leave any suggestions on topics to go into among the 107 remaining wildcard topics, suggest away...this is a team effort, Halbert.
That hole should play perfectly into Halbert's banana ball slice- he can just aim over the pine forest on the left. Well done as always Gizz...
ReplyDeleteJust wait till you see the full array of shots that I will bring to this endeavor. Since I've stopped playing golf on any kind of regular basis the banana slice is not the only innovative shotmaking tool in my arsenal.....just you wait
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