Years ago I'd listen to the "old guys" talk about their golf trips in the winter to Carolina or Florida- they sounded like such a blast. Such a "guy time", bonding time, excessive consumption time. Not being much of a golfer I thought I might never get the chance to partake.
Yeh-haw!! This year six from the office- the boss, Kim who retired (and so had LOTS of time to help organize this) and four more of us took the long drive to play four rounds.
Waterway Hills, Litchfield Country Club, Wicked Stick, and Long Bay were all beautiful courses, and all unique in their own ways. Myself I've never played on such gorgeous courses (or otherwise expensive)except for maybe Forest City National. The hotel was very nice, Long Bay Resort in Myrtle beach on the main strip on the water. The beach was just a walk out past the pool- how cold was the water at the beach? Good question. I'm thinking it wasn't worth dipping my toe in to find out- come to think of it there wasn't anyone else that close to the water either! The outdoor pool was heated and the hot-tub glorious.
Some of us had good rounds of golf. Although they were a little shorter than my old clubs, I brought my dad's set for this trip. Kinda special. I learned a lot though...I learned that I have to keep my head down, lock my arm, shift my weight right, shift my weight left, rotate my foot, no don't look up- crap, do I need to work on this! Guess I'll HAVE to do this again next year! Seriously, I fore-see spending some time at the driving ranges.
Although I did see grey squirrels as large as monkeys with black racoon masks, I didn't get to see any alligators- I was looking forward to seeing one.
Home for three days, one freezing rain storm, two snowfalls and a drop of 25 degrees. It was a great trip!
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Looks like a great time! Yearly holiday?
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