jogariv

This is my favorite golf course on the island. They have two courses (Palm, Flamboyán). If you come here you'll never forget your round there.

There are pictures on Puerto Rico Golf

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Jose: you know your making this Utah golfer/hacker jealous
just like our moderator in Miami and my good friend in Austrailia does.

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DennisM

LOL... Being the mod in Miami, I get just as jealous when the courses here are swampy from rain and I see northern courses that remind me of what I grew up with... hills make it fun!

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Dennis: the only thing that would stop me from playing in your area are those big blows called hurricanes, tornadoes and lightening. I had a great time playing in a down pours and swampy fairways and greens. the wife wanted me in a state institution after that round
hail hurts too especially when it covers the green and your ball is breaking trail to the hole

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The Bag: Adams A2oS
Adams 1,3,5 Woods
Adams 4,5,6,7 Hybrids
Adams 8,9,SW,PW Irons
Tom Watson 52 Gap and 60 Wedge
Ping G5i Putter

DennisM

Admittedly, we have a lot of good weather and get to play pretty much all year round, but I do miss the variation I used to enjoy in northern courses. Here, you have artificial hills built in, or the course is pretty flat and only sand, water or forest makes a hazard. The point is, whether it's Doral or a little 9 hole muni, a lot of South Florida courses take on the same personality. The one good aspect of that is that I can't complain about not wanting to spend the money for the expensive courses because they really aren't all that different than the cheap courses. Some are more manicured. Some have a reputation because they have a tournament played there. Some have history because of a tournament that used to be played there, but in essence, they are not all that different from one another.

If you ever get to Miami, one of the municipal course I like is Miami Springs, owned by the city of Miami Springs, a suburb of Miami. The course has conditioning, design elements that overcome a lot of the sameness of our topography, great greens to hold a shot and putt on, not to mention a distraction to overcome, Miami International Airport next door, with jets taking off every minute.

I know some would disagree, but I simply like the personality of northern courses and particularly enjoy them when I get a chance to play out of town. Miami Springs has a certain element of a northern course.

Places like Puerto Rico or Jamaica, where I lived for 6 years back in the 70's, are interesting because they have the topography and coastal areas to do so much with their courses, not to mention the added element of wind.

I haven't been to PR since around 1965 and didn't get to play when I was there, but in Jamaica, the course I frequented was a links style called Constant Spring. The thing is, it was built in mountains, not on the coast. It was 9 out and 9 back with elevation changes around 600 feet. It had some short par 4 or par 5 holes you simply couldn't hit driver on and high mountains made you play around them with no chance of going over to cut off doglegs. In other words, I had to do everything opposite of what, (at the time), was the strength of my game, hitting a long drive in the fairway and hitting an iron shot onto the green.

Yeah... The island courses have got a big advantage over places like flat old Miami.

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