golf4life
Grip n rip
Saturday I left for a business/vacation trip to the Vancouver area. Wed-Friday I'm in meetings in downtown Vancouver, but until then I'm with family and played golf at Sandpiper in Harrison, BC (Fraser Valley).
http://www.sandpipergolfclub.com/
For someone stuck out east most of the time, I just love the mountain, pine tree and river golf that the west gives you. Unseasonably warm (about 50*) temps let us play this beautiful course that runs between mountains along an arm of the fraser river.
Unfortunately all pictures to follow taken with my crummy phone camera....
Here's a view back from the putting green to the clubhouse and the moutain that this course sits at the base of:
My brother's practice swing teeing off along one of the holes that runs by the river.
Signs of the rather cold winter they've had to this point: Water hazard still frozen over with multiple golf balls dotting the surface:
A view back towards the river and mountains from somewhere on the course:
A view on one of the downhill par 4s that is well shaded (thus the remaining snow)
Crossing a footbridge to get to the back tees over a mountain runoff stream:
Overall, a beautiful, pretty tough course that was in surprisingly good shape for just being uncovered from snow. Today we're playing in Abottsford at Ledgeview, not as pretty but quite challenging too. I'll try and take some more pics today.
http://www.sandpipergolfclub.com/
For someone stuck out east most of the time, I just love the mountain, pine tree and river golf that the west gives you. Unseasonably warm (about 50*) temps let us play this beautiful course that runs between mountains along an arm of the fraser river.
Unfortunately all pictures to follow taken with my crummy phone camera....
Here's a view back from the putting green to the clubhouse and the moutain that this course sits at the base of:
My brother's practice swing teeing off along one of the holes that runs by the river.
Signs of the rather cold winter they've had to this point: Water hazard still frozen over with multiple golf balls dotting the surface:
A view back towards the river and mountains from somewhere on the course:
A view on one of the downhill par 4s that is well shaded (thus the remaining snow)
Crossing a footbridge to get to the back tees over a mountain runoff stream:
Overall, a beautiful, pretty tough course that was in surprisingly good shape for just being uncovered from snow. Today we're playing in Abottsford at Ledgeview, not as pretty but quite challenging too. I'll try and take some more pics today.
