Waterlogged Frog – too much rain for golf!
August 9th, 2010 by Doogs
Mr 9 and I headed to the Growling Frog Golf Course to hit a couple of buckets of balls at the driving range on the weekend. The carpark was hauntingly empty, sun was out, perfect day for golf, however the course had been closed due to too much rain! Something unheard of over the last few years of drought conditions in Melbourne, but the course was basically unplayable on a dead track. The good news, is that come September and October the course will be perfect, and hopefully the rough will be able to germinate with less awkward shots from dry rutted lies.
Luckily the driving range was still open, so we grabbed a couple of buckets and spent the next hour hitting balls on the range, and working on the short game. The Growling Frog has excellent practice facilities, a fully grassed range (none of this hitting off plastic mats!), plus two chipping greens, practice bunker and putting green. Sams driver was on song, nailing a couple down the middle, mine was good too, though the short game is still in its winter hibernation, hopefully this Summer it wakes up!
