Birch Hills GC - September 19, 2009

Playing at Birch Hills GC for the first time this year!


We got the $25.50 special for twilight and got to tee off about 2:30pm. There was hardly anyone out at Birch Hills today! It was like we had the entire course to ourselves, no pressure at all!


We finished under three hours!

Special Bonus photos:

My friend Wai, got her first "Hole in One" on the #3 green!! She was so happy, she called all her friends. The Clubhouse promised her a trophy and a mention in the Orange County Register!

Congrats Wai!!

-DB-

Busy Golfing Sunday

After shopping at Sports Authorities again for my replacement putter, I decided to take my friends advice and go to the nearest Roger Dunn Golf Shop (in Anaheim).


I finally saw "The Island" golf center, the freaking driving range is over water!


Oh, and I broke down and bought my new (used) 2ball Odssey putter too!


Well, here's a "floater" range ball that's going out over water!


teeing up!


Those little "islands" are not as far as they look (my handy dandy laser range finder gave me the actual distances)!


The driving range setup was kinda of difference from the regular ones.


After hitting a large bucket of balls into the water, I practiced putting with my new "White Hot" Odssey 2ball putter at Birch Hills Golf Course.


I was able to get a tee time with a father and son group at the "Sundowner" rate. The play was slow but I did manage to shoot a 42/20 on 9 holes and we finished slightly longer than two hours.


Pickup up a combo bowl from Yoshinoya on my way home. I guess it was my "Victory Dinner".

-DB-

9 holes at BHGC

Tee'd off at 6:15pm this afternoon, got a GIR on #3 and just missed a birdie/hole in one.


lots of divots here!


ball on #6


teeing off on #7, which I also par'ed.


finished up the front 9 at 7:54pm and promptly left (didn't want to get lock in again).

It was fun, got 3 pars today.

18 holes at Birch Hills (and locked in!!)

A golf course is a great way to spend a relaxing Sunday especially if most of the sports mind LA folks are going be watching the Lakers play the Celtics in game 2 of the NBA finals (I had a bad feeling about tonight's game too). The golf course was nearly deserted!


I played with a group of Korean Americans in pickup game. They reserved their tee time on line (for the Sundowner special for $10 each) while I walked on and paid the Super Twilight rate for $19.00! Being Chinese, I wanted to get in all 18 holes if I was paying top dollar (but this would come back to bite me)!


This is the first time I've played at Birch Hills this year (the last time being in December 2007). I felt alittle rusty and didn't hit as well as I wanted. I only managed a couple pars on the front 9.


I wasn't hitting very straight today.


I did get one GIR (greens in regulations) on #8 and had a chance for birdie but settled for par instead.


We finished at almost 7:00pm and it was still light (first 9 holes took about an hour and 45 minutes).


The 2nd 9 holes took about an hour and a half. I finished with a 94/35 (46/17 on front 9 and 48/18 on the back 9).


My foursome was all happy to have finished on this Sunday evening and was ready to go home for a late supper. Unfortunately, the BHGC staff decided to lock us in. I was totally panic stricken at first since this hadn't happen to me the first 36 times I played at BHGC.

Celebration turned into panic as all of us called various people for help. I called my roomie for the Brea PD phone #. I did manage to get the dispatcher but got the official disclaimer that if the parking lot was posted, the PD isn't going to come out to unlock the gate. Thankfully, the Dispatcher got ahold of the management of the golf course and they agreed to come out and let our three cars out of the parking lot. We ended up trapped for less than an hour after finishing out 18 holes into darkness!


Fortunately, I didn't have to abandon my car at the golf course overnight. BTW it was still a good decision to skip the Laker game to play golf (the Laker lost their 2nd game to the Celtics tonight!).

-DB-

Eighteen at Birch Hills GC

lunch at L & L BBQ before playing


DB is all ready to play 18 holes!


Wilson hits one down range!


Ready for 9 more holes!


DB at the 1/2 way point!


Almost finish!


Yippie! Finished 18 holes into darkness. I shot a 96/43. Wilson did really well, had some great drives and beat me on the back 9!

It was a pretty fun golf outing!

-DB-

Super Twilight round at Birch Hills

Played 15 holes today at Birch. Shot a 40/20 on the front nine and got to #15 before it got too dark (par'd # 5 and #11 holes).

-DB-

Playing under a full moon at BHGC

Got to play a round of solo twilight golf (9 plus 1)


waiting to tee off at #3


my tee up on #5, it was such a beautiful afternoon!


Nice sunny afternoon for golfing!


my ball in rough within chipping distance of the green


#7 green from the backside


#8 green from the left side


taking a practice swing on #9


I got to finish 9 holes in about an hour


I hit the green with my 6I on #9


but I couldn't get a birdie or par (3 putted) and my ball stopped just short of the hole!


I played and par'd #10 but after losing a few ball on #11, I just practiced on the next couple holes, noticed the full moon rising over #12; cool huh?!


DB shooting for the moon!

It was fun!!

-DB-