Archive for July, 2010
Revenge on Jade 7, Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Just last Sunday we hit two shots to reach the 100 yard marker on Jade 7 (a 509 yard Par 5) at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. But then three consecutive shots landed in the water!!! For an 11!!! Don’t think they even have a name for that.
Today was revenge time. A solid 5-wood hugged the right side of the fairway and left us about 270 to the pin on the dog-leg left hole. The poorly struck second shot with a 6-iron ended up OK. 115 to the pin. A pitching wedge got me pin high with 18 feet to the hole. And a one putt for birdie!!! Who said revenge isn’t sweet?
Shhhh, we were using the TaylorMade Black ball again!!!
100720 Discovery Bay, Jade 7 (Par 5)
Three birdies in one round at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Updated 20 July, 2010 – updated distances from the hole.
Playing off the yellows today netted us three birdies on the Diamond / Jade courses at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong.
The first came on Diamond 3, a 385 yard Par 4. A drive leaving 150 yards to the back left hole called for a 6-iron, which landed 9 feet from the hole. A subtle right to lefter easily found the bottom of the cup.
We had to wait to the back 9 to get more action. On the first hole of the Jade Course, this Par 5 is normally played as a bogey hole. Two good shots got us to 110 yards to the pin. With some headwind, a pitching wedge (hit a bit thin) got us to 6 feet. An easy birdie.
Then immediately following on the Par 4 Jade 2, which we haven’t played for eons due to the hole being closed for the irrigation upgrade, our drive luckily caught the edge of the new cart path with 130 yards to the slightly uphill green. A 9-iron got us to 3 feet! An even easier birdie!
Don’t tell, but we were playing the TaylorMade Black, which R got as a birthday present a few years ago…
100718 Discovery Bay, Diamond 3 (Par 4)
100718 Discovery Bay, Jade 1 (Par 5)
100718 Discovery Bay, Jade 2 (Par 4)
Two birdies and almost an eagle at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
It was to be a nine hole round today. Got off to a bad start with a triple bogey on the first hole of the Diamond Course at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. At least better than Phil Mickelson’s quintuple-bogey 9 on the Par 4 18th at the Scottish Open in Loch Lomond. But on the Par 3 second, a well struck tee shot got me pin high 30 feet from the hole. A delicate downhiller trickled right into the hole. That got us back into the round.
Then on our final hole, Diamond 9, we drove the Tiger line (Par 4, 369 yards from the yellow tees) and landed short of the green-side bunker just 35 yards to the hole. With a good chip I landed on the green and unfortunately hit the flagstick with a bit too much force and ricocheted off. Almost an eagle!!! Sooooo close. Nonetheless, a two inch tap in for birdie.
Maybe that’s an omen that we should just play nine holes from now on?
100711 Discovery Bay, Diamond 2 (Par 3)
100711 Discovery Bay, Diamond 9 (Par 4)
Birdie at Olazabal Course in Mission Hills, China
On the Par 5 3rd hole of the bunker infested Olazabal Course at Mission Hills, China, a solid 250 yard drive cleared me from all the fairway bunkers. A lay up in front of the stream left us with an uphill 100 yards. The trusty pitching wedge got me to within 15 inches of the hole. The right to left putt tracked nicely to the bottom of the cup. A good start to our round.
100707 Mission Hills, China - Olazabal, Hole #3 (Par 5)
Beauty at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Wow, what a beautiful day at our home course at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. No birdies today, maybe we were too distracted by the nice weather.
100704 Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
