Sunday, October 30, 2011

Time flies when you're playing Pebble Beach...

7am - Out the door to hit the range before the round... who really needs sunlight to practice, right?

8am - Tee off
Don't let the starter's speech add any pressure to your tee shot. "Welcome to Pebble Beach. We do not take mulligans on the first tee at Pebble Beach."

9am - 4th hole.
Hopefully your nerves are settled by now. You wouldn't notice it from the tee box, but you're about to get your first glances of the ocean on your right... beautiful!

9:30am - 6th hole
Just stand there and take a look at what's ahead of you... that's a heck of a hill you have to climb on your second shot! Oh - and don't forget about the risk of hitting your drive into the ocean!


9:45am - 7th hole
Its only 90 yards down the hill... but it may as well be an island green with all of the bunkers protecting the green! Try not to hit it into the front bunker, then across the green into the back bunker. I hear its hard to make par that way.


Oh - and while you're there - don't forget to have a look out into the bay to see what the kayakers are catching!


10am - 8th hole
Better hit a nice drive... so that you can experience what Jack Nicklaus calls the, "greatest approach shot in all of golf." Just don't get too close to the edge and stress out your playing partner!


Don't forget to look back from the green to fully appreciate the shot you just made!


10:30am - 11th hole
At this point, you've gone far enough along the ocean away from the clubhouse, and you make the turn to start coming back.

11:15am - 13th hole
Check out Bing Crosby's former home on your right - recently sold for a cool $22M

11:30am - 14th hole
Try to keep your putt on the green on this one... Paul Goydos took a 9 on this tough par 5 in competition, and that was it for him! I putt it off the green... woops!

Noon - 17th hole
Email your family and friends to let them know you'll be at the 18th green by 12:30 in case they want to watch you on the live webcam of the 18th!

12:15pm - 18th hole
Grab a second ball in case you put your first drive in the ocean... this is a mulligan-worthy driving hole (and the starter can't catch you for taking one!)


12:30pm
Sink your mulligan par putt and leave the course bewildered about how 4 1/2 hours could possibly fly by so quickly.

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