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Having no permanent course on the island gives us the advantage of experimenting with new course designs. At Sand Island Beach Park, we can get a permit to set up a temporary course and run monthly tournaments in a small area of the park. On Wednesdays, some of us use the park casually and sometimes experiment with redesigning the tournament course.



Yesterday we tried a new course design to make a par 69 “Gold Course”. Five of us showed up and played this monster that had 8 par 3s, 5… Continue

Well, this must have been the third time this year I forgot my golf cloths at home and went straight to the course from work. Being a white collar worker in Hawaii, its a short sleeve collared button down, slacks and a pair of Rockports. I definitely have to untuck the shirt and have found loosening the belt a notch helps. I don't do any kneel downs or wiping off of dirt. Hey, but last Wednesday i won the round on the final putt. Hoo Hooo. :)
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I'm 9 meters out and I choose a link and aim for it. Hah! I always choose the wrong link!

I'm a leftie so I usually choose a link about 3 inches left of center about middle height. My putting style is up down, that is to say I don't cross body putt. In general my missed putts…

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Every wednesday afternoon I play a friendly round with whoever shows up at Sand island. This game is big time mellow and is really just a midweek chance to relax.

So yesterday I tried changing up my midrange game. Instead of being tense, I said to myself and others "I'm going to throw like I'm outta my head". Instead of throwing short or wide I found myself making nice runs. Okay so I had two or three blow bys, but in general I preffered these runs to weak psuedo runs or wimpy…

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