Oct, 28th

Aces high

They had that many Aces at last weeks Frys.com Open, they should play in Las Vegas next year!

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Oct, 26th

Hangover

I loved the movie Hangover, it was hilarious. Reading from his tweets, Y.E. Yang liked it too:

Passout like that? You sure had to party hard for that (I wonder if Tiger Woods would have uttered something like getting thrashed in public?).

AlexanderThe 19th holeTrackback0 Comments

Oct, 25th

Hamburger Golfclub Falkenstein

As you can see, my posting frequency has a direct correlation to my golf playing frequency this year, so I haven’t been on the course to often.

The one round I will definitely remember a long time will be the round I played two weeks ago at the Hamburger Golfclub Falkenstein. Not only because of my very charming playing partner Kiki, but because of the sheer beauty of the course at one of oldest golf clubs in Germany (check out my fotoset on flickr!, and you’ll see what I mean).

The present course was inaugurated in 1930, with 5763 meters from yellow (Slope: 129 CR: 70.9), the par 71 course isn’t a monster in length, but tricky to play with lots of elevation changes and very interesting hole layouts.

A beautiful autumn sun lit the course in a warm light, long tree shadows accentuated the course layout. Falkenstein is probably the first course I played that has no water hazard. In its place you’ll find plenty of heather, the effects are almost the same. Once you play in the heather, you most certainly lose a stroke. Believe me, I’ve tried!

Greenfees are € 75,00 respectively € 40,00 when accompanied by a member, but it feels like a million. A definite “must-play” when you’re in Hamburg, an immaculate and interesting course awaits you. No wonder the course was awarded “Best Golf Course in Germany”.

Hamburger Golf-Club e.V.
In de Bargen 59
D-22587 Hamburg
Telefon: 040 81 21 77
Fax: 040 81 73 15
E-Mail: info@golfclub-falkenstein.de

http://www.hamburgergolf-club.de/

AlexanderGolf CoursesTrackback4 Comments

Oct, 23rd

Swiss Trashgolf

picture courtesy of macronix http://www.flickr.com/photos/macronix/

So you’re in Switzerland within a beautiful nature and there is no golf course around? Just call up some friends, take an old tractor and a jeep as golf carts and hit the Alm with some golf clubs. That’s what Pixelfreund did and it sure looks like a lot of fun:

TrashGolf 2009 from David Worni on Vimeo.

Their newest project it a Segway leaf blower tournament, I’m curious to see how that turns out!

AlexanderThe 19th holeTrackback6 Comments

Oct, 19th

Das Gute am Golfspiel

“Das Gute am Golfspiel ist, dass man den Maßstab, was auf einer Runde gut oder schlecht ist, immer wieder aufs Neue und vor allem selbst setzen kann. Ich habe drei Monate nicht ein einziges Mal geübt? An dieser Voraussetzung gemessen kann auch eine mittelmäßige Runde ein tolles Erlebnis sein. Ich will nur besser spielen als beim letzten Mal? Ich will nicht schlechter spielen als Alex hier je gespielt hat? Ich will nur ein wenig Bewegung und das Gesicht bräunen – aber jeden Schlag aus vollem Herzen spielen, ganz gleich, ob dann am Ende über oder unter 100 (90, 80) Schläge auf dem Zettel stehen?”

Das ist ein Aspekt von Spielen, den ich beim Tennis oder beim Volleyball nicht kennen gelernt habe. Hier ähnelt Golf dann doch eher Sportarten wie dem Bergwandern. Schade, dass das Jahr 2009 in dieser Hinsicht viel zu schnell vorbei gerast ist.

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Oct, 19th

Golf TV weekly

21:30 Eurosport, PGA Tour, Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
22:30 Eurosport, European Tour, Portugal Masters
23:00 Eurosport, Golf Club

(Und das alles am Mittwoch, 21.10.2009)

AlexanderGolf TVTrackback0 Comments

Oct, 18th