On Par – All about golf in Australia

Australian Golf Digests ‘Golf Guru’ recently published an article listing a number of experiences a golfer should aim do in their lifetime including:

1. Go on an all-golf 36 hole a day, no spouse, mates golf trip (Tick)
2. Get an autograph of a player you admire (Tick)
3. Play Barnbougle Dunes (High on my list of to-do’s!)
4. Play in a Pro-am (Tick)
5. Get your name on the wall of a clubhouse somewhere (does graffitti count?)
6. Go to St Andrews (Tick)
7. Acquire a golf painting
8. Acquire a really old golf book
9. Play 18 holes in atrocious weather refusing to walk in (Tick)
10. Hit a ball of the edge of a cliff into the sea
11. Take some lessons from a good golf pro (Tick – Wayne Rogers @ the Frog)
12. Hit the green on the sixth at NSW (Played the hole, missed the green)
13. Watch Tiger hit a shot, in the flesh (Tick and hope to again later this year at the Aust Masters)
14. Win a trophy (Tick, nothing bigger than the King Challenge
15. Make a hole in one (still waiting)
16. Shake Greg Normans hand

Some others that I have on my list:

1. Walk with the final group at Augusta on Sunday at the Masters
2. Play Banff Springs (Tick)
3. Hit the island green 17th at Sawgrass TPC
4. Play all of the courses at Mission Hills in China
5. Shoot my age (a long wait for that one)