Uh-oh, you’re playing. Maybe we should have planned to play the National Course. Max to me, reading aloud the description of the ChampionsGate International Course online :
An extremely challenging golf course recommended for skilled and avid players …….. ChampionsGate International has the highest course rating in Florida, boasting a challenging 76.8 and a slope of 143………. look and feel of a links-style layout in the British Isles – except for the addition of water hazards …….. high-side dunes, planted with swirling grasses that grow down literally into the banks of the hazards and to just paces off the fairway. Scattered throughout the course are randomly placed pot bunkers – over 160 in all. Miss hit shots can frequently lead to difficult lies in thick grass in the wind swept dunes, or out of tricky pot bunkers……….. There are consequences for missing the fairways ………
Awesome ! Says Rob.
That was my response too, just accompanied by a sarcastic eye roll.
Max was full of helpful comments to me during our warm up. A timely reminder, a couple of weeks before the kids’ season starts, that it is not nice being told what to do on a practice range !
We head off towards the 1st tee and Bear says to me : Not everyone who almost never plays golf gets to suddenly go play on one of the best courses in the country!
On Hole 12 I realize, late I’m sure for the people on our tail, that I personally am not at the correct level to play a Championship golf course. The game is difficult. A caddy needs to remember that. Playing the game gives necessary perspective.