Peregrine

This week I have been teaching one of Guru Labs‘ courses at our offices in Bountiful, Utah. One of my students flew out from Washington, D.C., Maryland (i.e., just a couple of miles north of D.C.). He had brought his clubs out with him and had been asking for recommendations of good courses to play. We decided to visit Eaglewood Golf Course in North Salt Lake, Utah. This course is set up on the hillside and is only about a 12 minute drive from my office.

So, we went golfing.

After a quick bite of lunch at Bajio! (yummmmy!), we stoped at my house to pick up my clubs and then drove out to Eaglewood. It was a warm day, so I wore my Aussie hat, which I picked up about a year and a half ago while vacationing for Christmas & New Year’s in Australia & New Zealand.

Anyway, we didn’t really keep score, but I proved once more that I’m not just a hacker in computers, electronics and ham radio, but also in golf. Actually, I had a few good holes and even managed to win a couple. We took about 5 hours to cover the course (a little more than 4 is typical, but it was a hot day). The greens were excruciatingly slow, mainly due to having been aerated just three weeks before, but even worse was how long puts just would not break. There were several times that I had excellent puts that would have gone in if they had broken just a bit. It was a kinda strange thing to see, but it also made sense from the aeration.

My student thought that it was one of the most beautiful courses, mainly thanks to the views.

It was very nice to get back out on the links. The last time I played was nearly two years ago and it had been over a year before that, previously. It also didn’t hurt that I was able to work it into the schedule such that it made one of my students really happy. Boy, do I feel like one lucky guy.