We normally celebrate out anniversary with a long vacation in some exotic location and fill the time with a whole series of out of door activities. This year' weather has put the kabosh on that tradition . Every direction we looked it was raining, snowing, or under tornado watch. So we decided to stay home but pretend we were on a dream get-away.
This year's dream vacation-- golfing in Scotland
(Courtesy of the Grande Dunes Resort Club)
Ever since he read that this local 18-hole golf course was
recently named the “National Golf Course of the Year” by the National
Golf Course Owners Association of America, and PGA Magazine called Grande Dunes "one of the great golf clubs in the world.", Bruce has been after me to play it with him. Our anniversary week seemed good a time to make make this wish come true.
Its spectacular layout, a
Roger Rulewich Group design, is positioned on a high bluff creating a
spectacular view of the Intracoastal Waterway, Grande Dunes Marina and
the four-diamond resort, Marina Inn at Grande Dunes.
Situated in the midst of a upscale community,that could at times have passed for Newport Beach California, the landscape definitely did not look at all like the low country.
This Myrtle Beach
golf course is known for its superior links-style design. (Referring to the original undulating Scottish coastal dunes courses) . And with all the undulating fairways, vast open views, sand traps, and gray skies it was easy to imagine we were golfing in Scotland.
Of course, this was Bruce's dream more than mine but the week isn't over yet ...
And ... this type of course required a different style of golf ... less brute force, more
strategy and finesse. That took away much of the advantage men
have with power drives... my ball usually wound up within feet of
Bruce's.
I loved it.
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