I have been playing quite a bit of golf here at the Blue Bay golf course. It’s quite a challenging course, with tremendous sea views, to soften the blow as you write down your score. The greens closer to the ocean are lightning quick, while the ones a little further inland are not as quick. With all the undulations, it’s an intense challenge.

The Trade Winds make each hole difficult. If you have the wind with you, your shot can really fly. If you’re going into the winds, a high shot can see your ball being held back by the wind. If the wind is sliding across the fairway, a slight hook becomes a 40 yard slide! It can even impact your putts.

The course has a sunset rate that begins at 4 pm. I’ve been able to finish the whole 18 most days before the sun sets. The sun sets around 7 pm, but I’m usually done by 6:15 or so. Depends on how many balls I have to search for; if I put them in the fairway, I’m done earlier!

But I’ve got a bit of brag post to make – the number 17 hole is a par 3, 120 yards. I usually put it on the green, using an 8 iron. But if the pin is on the right side, there is an eyebrow bunker right in front, and for some reason that intimidates me and I usually hit very poorly when the pin is there. Well, on Sunday (April 29) I was playing with Jeff, our next door neighbour and we came to 17, and the pin was behind the eyebrow bunker. I hit a nice 8 iron and Jeff said, well, that’s right at it. We got up to the green and my ball wasn’t there. It was however, in the cup! HOLE IN ONE! Fun stuff.

We went golfing a couple days later, and Pam said to me, now don’t be upset if you don’t get a hole in one today! haha

(Side note: there is a tournament this fall that they are already advertising, and there is a prize for getting a hole in one on the 17th. That prize is a million dollars!)