You wouldn’t want to blade a 3-iron
It’s COLD here. Yesterday the low was two. It’s seven now. The forecast for tonight is zero. The high tomorrow will be 19. Did I mention it’s cold here?
You wouldn’t want to blade a 3-iron here right now.
The Golf Channel’s Sony Open Coverage
I was over commenting on a post made by golfblogger and I decided I might as well just post the comment here as a post. Hey, then someone could post a comment on my post which was a comment on another post. I’m making myself dizzy.
The Golf Channel’s Sony Open Coverage
There’s a certain female player who golfblogger commented on. He said TGC didn’t give this player much air time. I’m watching the replay of round two on my DVR and that particular player is at +12. She ended up finishing the tournament 14 strokes off the cut.
My comments about this:
Maybe TGC is doing what I’ve suggested and what I’m now doing: Covering what is relevant, entertaining and interesting. Her missing yet another men’s cut for the zillionth time is none of the above. I for one may be boycotting even mentioning this person’s name in my blog until she WINS something… a game of checkers, tick-tac-toe, monopoly, a coin toss..anything.
Fake an injury
Oh how about announcing the wrist injury before the tournament? There’s an excuse for her before the thing even started. When a football player fumbles it’s always best to limp off the field like he’s injured. When a baseball player can’t run down a pop fly, he acts like he pulled a hammie. In short: If you suck, fake an injury.
Sky Mountain Golf Course Review
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Categories: Course Reviews • Golf Courses • Reviews
Categories: Course Reviews • Golf Courses • Reviews
Ah yes! Another course review from my favorite part of U.S.A., Red Rock Country, Utah.
Sky Mountain Golf Course is a municipal course located in Hurricane, Utah. Hurricane is actually pronounced “her-a-cun” by the locals and not like the word is spelled. Hurricane is a salty small town between St. George and Zion National Park. I judge the size of small towns by the number of traffic lights they have. If my memory is correct, Hurricane has four.
The Course
The first thing you notice when you get to the pro shop and look out on the course is the incredible view. There’s a red rock canyon with awesome rock formations in the distance. It looks like a mini Grand Canyon. Most of the holes on the course are prime picture taking opportunities with the plush green grass in the foreground and the red rock in the background. When I played the course I shot over 100 pictures.
#9 Tee. My ball is in the desert on the left somewhere.
At 6312 yards and a par 72, this is not a long course. My home course across the street from my house is 6300 yards and is only a par 70. If you are a bomber and love to hit 300+ yard drives on par 4’s, you may run out of fairway here. Many of the holes not only require a shorter tee shot, but they also require accuracy. I could easily get around this course and shoot a low 70’s round without any woods in the bag, if I could resist the temptation to drive some of the par 4’s. When I played the course I was suffering from a bout of Winter rust and my normally accurate tee game cost me some strokes when I missed the fairway and ended up in the desert. If you can hit a ball off the tee 200+ yards or so with accuracy, you won’t have any problems.
Nice backdrop!
The approach shots for the most part aren’t too tough. There are some nice elevation changes from tee to fairway, and from fairway to green. If you don’t get your yardages right you may find your ball rolling back to your feet on uphill approach shots. If you don’t judge the distance right on your downhill approaches you’ll airmail the green.The greens are nice and smooth and provide an enjoyable putting experience. They’re not really tough to putt at all. If you get your putt started online and at the right speed, you’ll make it. The greens don’t have any crazy tiers or circus like curves like some greens being designed these days.
Amenities
The pro shop and cafe are more than adequate for the course. The staff is friendly and helpful. If you have lunch in the cafe you can look out over a spectacular view of the course and the red rock canyons in the distance.
The range at Sky Mountain has to be the most spectacular range I’ve ever seen. You are hitting balls to a severe downhill slope which then drops off into infinity with amazing red rock formations in the distance. Quite honestly, the range could be the best part of the whole course!
There’s a practice putting green which is nice, but I didn’t see a practice bunker.
Critic’s Corner
Sky Mountain, being a municipal course, is cheaply priced compared to the other courses in the St. George area. As such they don’t have the budget to maintenance the course like resort courses or private clubs do. Some of the cart paths are cracked and falling apart. There are some maintenance areas which are not in the best of conditions.
The crowd at Sky Mountain is a little more of the “denim” type so many of the players aren’t quite hip on the rules or the common courtesy aspects of golf. But they are there to have fun and the course isn’t expensive so I have no problem with that.
Sky Mountain Photo Gallery
I have a TON of photos of Sky Mountain in the Sky Mountain Photo Gallery.
Conclusion
If you are looking for a “resort” type experience with perfectly manicured fairways and paths, cart boys, gourmet food and the like, Sky Mountain may not be for you.
Sky Mountain is an inexpensive course which won’t bring you to your knees and has stunning views. If you like a casual round, not too tough and some spectacular views, this is the course for you.
Golf Cartoons By Bob Zahn
Check out the golf cartoons by Bob Zahn.
Bob is retired in Florida and living the good life golfing, fishing and making cartoons.
Bob’s cartoons will be in the Chicken Soup For The Golfer’s Soul which will be out soon.
The Golf Channel’s Coverage Of The Mercedes
I think The Golf Channel (TGC) did a pretty good job on last week’s Mercedes broadcast. It’s not like they’re new to covering golf tournaments so it wasn’t like Fox or someone was just starting out and butchering the coverage.
Rocco Mediate was an on-the-course reporter and did an ok job. He even dug in and helped someone find a lost ball in the thick rough. He was perhaps a little too proud of that but he’s trying to sound positive on his first real TV gig.
The Best Part
The one thing that really stuck with me was the overhead video shots of the players swings. I watched several players tee off from a camera angle shooting directly down from above their heads. I watched Davis Love III and Vijay Singh and I was completely amazed at how steady and quiet the core of their bodies were. Their heads didn’t move at all and there was no lateral movement, just weight shift. After watching those videos I know I have way too much lateral movement…
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