June 15, 2003

Return of the Jedi Golfer

So I am standing in what seems to be Dagobah swamp with my 9 iron preparing to figure out what my ball is in. Is that bantha fodder? I see through the thicket something that seems to resemble possibly Yoda, or maybe its just a rabbit on steroids. Moment later I realize I am in a hell called "Tall Timbers Golf Course" staring at my ball in a huge mud hole while a HUGE rabbit jumps out from behind the tree.

A few holes later I appear to end up in some sort of desert country, kinda resembling that old abandoned town with the tumbleweed you see on TV in the Westerns. A truely weird feeling to go from mud swamp lands to dirt and gravel on the fairway.

To end it off, I realize how good I have it when about 6 of the holes have to use astroturf for tee boxes as the grounds suck. I think maybe I am spoiled with the splenders of all the golf courses around here compared to Langley. For the same green fee I easily could get a course 5 to 10 times as nice.

Even with a pretty crappy kept course, the round of golf itself was fun. I definitely could tell I haven't golfed in a long time. With the average distance of each hole being about 350 yards, I have a blister on my left foot, and on my right hand. (I'm a left handed golfer in case you can't tell). With that, I shot a 96. Ya pathetic. But after walking a course for 5 hours (people ahead of us were slow) I realize the excerise was great, and makes up for the lousy game I had.

Came home to a great Father's Day BBQ. Just now relaxing from it, sitting on the deck and blogging from the comfort of my wireless laptop. Awesome evening to be sitting outside and enjoying all the splendors of nature. I think I will return to that, and envision how my game may have been better if Yoda would have shown me how to use that force thing to control my ball, or atleast control the mind of the score keeper and shave off a few strokes on that card. TTYL.

Posted by SilverStr at June 15, 2003 08:18 PM
Comments

Unfortunately, Tall Timbers is poorly kept and managed, and has the same owners as Iron Mountain ( Eighteen Pastures ) which is also poorly kept. The current owners only seek to fill their pockets instead of providing a good course. Tall Timbers has the potential to be one of the better courses in the Fraser Valley, but their owners are lazy and do not want the hassle of the upkeep of a good course. If you wish to golf at good courses in Langley we have listed a few below for you to try out. Please don't base your opinion of all courses in Langley on one bad one.

Posted by: scoobyd at June 15, 2003 09:48 PM

Or,
- you can drive minutes away and golf Cultus, which even though it is a smaller course, is well maintained and is a nice walk.
- you can dive down the highway to The Falls and experience a real challenge.

The long and the short of it is that you get out in the big blue room and experience that warm yellow thing that is really hard to look at. :)

Which is what it all about.

PS: The offer still stands for the drink. (you'll know what I mean)

Posted by: muckhead at June 15, 2003 10:55 PM