Trophy Lake - An adventure in the woods!

yours truly made the exodus to the kitsap peninsula to play Trophy Lake Golf Club. located an hour drive southwest of seattle, in the deep woods of port orchard.

pulling up into the club parking lot i was received by the usual suspects (casey and the sunshine band). everyone had their game faces on, as greenies danced between their ear lobes and an opportunity to make up for poor scores shot the week prior (i know i was...).

this course is one of three kitsap gems. mccormick woods and gold mountain being the others. it has all the services one expects in this price point. cart service, grass driving range, two large putting areas and all the tees you want (i'm not gonna front, i grabbed two handfuls).

ponce and i arrived at the range to see the fellas in quiet preparation. perhaps it was the early morning tee time? doubt it, we play early alls the time! this was serious. not even the usual banter was exchanged as i said hello...(gulp). Cats were focused.

i'm glad to note that the club has GPS on all their carts. certainly a welcomed service that helped us navigate through the woods. i wouldn't say however that it helped in our scoring achievement, rather helpful in getting messages to and from the clubhouse. ponce and i had a defected cart exchanged in the back, and frizz' cell phone was found.

as we meandered our way through the course the drama was unfolding at all the greenies. the first two were pushed. going into the second last greenie and barlow's group with no qualifying attempts, ponce hit a towering hybrid that rolled off onto the collar. then whitney hit his attempt and landed it pin high (the 2nd of a string of 4 pars in 5 holes on the back for the lefty). unfortunately, he was not playing greenies. PUSH!!!

this brings us to #17. the last greenie. for all the marbles. GPS reads, 143 front, 146 pin, 171 back. since barlow's group didn't hit the green, they watched eagerly as our group stepped up to the box. frizz went first. short! then whitney stepped up with a PW and hit a towering shot that landed on the green, left of pin high once again (the kid was working on a good back nina). no pressure, cuz lefty ain't in the game. still wide open for the taking, yours truly stepped up to the box. i was hella nervous. i can feel ponce's stare (gulp). i striped a PW at the hole landing my nike within 10 ft. above the pin (namsayin!). ponce steps to the tee and duffs his shot into the bushes. two putts later, the greenies were mine.

barlow still leads the way on the money list. checkalook the new leaderboard

look out kid, we rising and comin' for ya son!!!! -pos

Harbour Pointe Golf Club

on what possibly may be the last day of our heat wave, the fellas and i continued our oki golf experience at Harbour Pointe Golf Club. it has a nice clubhouse restaurant and a pro shop with the usual branded gear. they also have these cool dyson airblade hand dryer's in the restrooms (don't front, them thangs get your hands dry with the quickness).

if you want to get your warm-up on, they have two putting greens and a grass driving range (although on this morning, cats were hitting off mats...weak). aight, so WTF is it about these oki courses not having GPS in their carts? this sh*t drives me crazy! on a value golfer tip, this really sucks considering they gots plaques all up in the member's area stating the track is the "toughest golf course in puget sound". i would agree, so hook us up with some course assistance nah means?

Harbour Pointe is indeed a very challenging course. it is not a grip it and rip track, it requires precision shots. the park is riddled with hazards and cavernous ravines. bring plenty of ammo and tons of patience.

greenies were in full effect again. taking the loot this week was split between Barlow and Ponce. ranked 1 and 2 respectively, these sharpshooters are owning the par 3's this year. checkalook the updated leaderboard.

try to keep it in the short grass SON!