Looking Back to Golf in California

Day One - Photos from PGA West Jack Nicholas Course in La Quinta, CA.

The morning started out lovely with temperatures in the low 70s.
The humidity was about 7%.
By 1:30 when the G-Man finished his first round the temperature was 108 F.
Yikes!!!

Larry from California was fashionably dressed
in his golf knickers & argyle socks.

The G-Man teed off on the first hole
and proceeded to make his second shot.


Day 2 - The Greg Norman Course, La Quinta, CA

The G-Man's tee time was 7:06 AM.
A beautiful sunrise at the Greg Norman Course

G-Man is warming up for his match.

Today the G-Man has the Knicker-Man riding with him.
They both have red shirts & it looks like it was planned.

Above is a lovely house & reflection of same in the little pond on the course.
Below is a pretty bird sitting in a tree on the Norman Course.

Day 3 - The Mountain Course at La Quinta and it is stunning.

This may be the most dramatic course in the area

because of the mountains surrounding it.

More dramatic views at the Mountain Course.

The water makes it look cool, but this was the hottest day of play.
The temperature reached 109 in the afternoon.

The Team Event - Days 5 & 6

Last 2 days of the tournament was a team event.

Above are 6 of the 12 members of the
Austin-San Antonio Team.

Lots of golfers participated in the Team event.
There were 35 teams participating from all over the U.S.

The G-Man and his team partner, Mike.

Team Mates

All are lined up and waiting for the go-ahead.
The outcome was that Team Austin-San Antonio finished in 8th place.

The G-Man really enjoyed all these events and played 6 days straight.
Unfortunately he didn't do as well as he hoped and was pretty low on the
overall individual tournaments.
However, in the Team event he played well the last day and
helped his team move from 20th place to 8th place overall.
It was a respectable showing & he felt vindicated.

After leaving the hot southern California desert we headed for the
mountains and much cooler air of Utah and Arizona.
More in another post about Zion National Park
and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.