http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/island-green-birdie-mission-hills-china/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/island-green-birdie-mission-hills-china/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:00:03 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3363 Share|It was a rough day. Two back to back quadruple bogeys meant that this was not a good round. Nevertheless, on the signature hole of the Faldo Course at Mission Hills, China, the magic finally arrived. This Par 3 island green with the flag at the front showed 102 yards on the rangefinder. The caddy [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/island-green-birdie-mission-hills-china/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-on-502-yard-par-5-mission-hills-china/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-on-502-yard-par-5-mission-hills-china/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:00:11 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2828 Share|The 502 yard Par 5 on the 7th hole on the Duval Course at Mission Hills, China was one testing hole. The long downhill drive meant we could probably clear the bunkers on the right, but a sharp dogleg right turn meant that the landing area was too narrow for comfort. Nevertheless, a good whack [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-on-502-yard-par-5-mission-hills-china/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-at-olazabal-course-in-mission-hills-china/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-at-olazabal-course-in-mission-hills-china/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:00:46 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2188 Share|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 [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-at-olazabal-course-in-mission-hills-china/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-pete-dye-course-mission-hills-china/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-pete-dye-course-mission-hills-china/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:52 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=2152 Share|This was Pete Dye’s first course in China and only Chartered Diamond (highest level) members of the Mission Hills Golf Club are entitled to play here. Of course it helps to know a Chartered Diamond member too. We’ve played all the original 10 courses and this is our first time on this course. We heard [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/birdie-pete-dye-course-mission-hills-china/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/mission-hills-china-vijay-7-par-4/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/mission-hills-china-vijay-7-par-4/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:00:07 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=755 Share|]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/mission-hills-china-vijay-7-par-4/feed/ 0