Two weeks ago I went down to Shakopee to play Stonebrooke with Michael Vigen. Two weeks later to the day I went there again to play with Dave and Larry Wheeler and Mike Klipenstein.
We go t an early tee time which in late September means rising before the sun. Here is a view of the ride to the course.
Larry and Dave used to be members way back when the course opened. Dave said he played the course all the time back in high school but has not played it for years. Apparently the water falls surrounding the practice green are new since he last played.
We teed off once the sun rose, as the second group out. The fall colors are past their peak but there was still a lot of color in the trees to make for a beautiful round of golf.
The tee shot on 1.
And the 1st green as seen from the second tee.
The 3rd green looking back up the hole.
Waiting for the green to clear on the par 3 4th.
The green on 4.
Mike tees off on the par 5 5th.
Hitting into the 5th green.
The bedeviling 7th hole. Killed me again with something like a 6 after finding a truly horrible lie in one of the bunkers off the tee.
The intimidating 8th tee. Dave smoke a drive somewhere just left of that boathouse on the right and ended up a short chip into the green.
Dave teeing it up on 18 as Larry heckles.
I ended up playing a bit worse than 2 weeks ago and shot an 85, 3 shots worse than the last round. This was primarily due to poor iron play. I really need to get some help with an increasingly bad outside to in swing I have developed.
The undulating 18th green.
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