From: bmatalon@frx738.intel.com (B. Matalone - EPG )
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Post-Maui Vacation Blues
Date: 26 Jan 93 00:13:24 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation

Well, I just got back from my beautiful Maui Christmas present.
This, by far, has been the best Christmas present anyone could
have ever experienced. It was everything I had ever imagined
about a Hawaiian vacation. I wish to thank all of you who gave
me the much valued and needed information on how to play the
courses in Maui. Absolutely everything you said about
breaking towards the ocean, and being very fast greens was
true, true, true. And other than teeing off, I never stood on
flat terrain until the next tee box, not even the fairways.

I played a total of three courses. Wailea (Orange), Waiehu 
Municipal and Kaanapali (North). A major mistake was to play
Wailea before the Municipal course. The Muni course would have 
prepared me for Wailea....better than playing cold turkey...
Wailea is so incredibly beautiful, I was stunned by it's
landscaping, especially the ocean views with the lava rock and
flowers all together.....then it's topped off with colorful 
curping birds that flying about.....breathtaking. The Municipal
course wasn't as long or steep, but all-in-all a very nice course
with some beautiful views, but at a cheaper rate so when I got
distracted...because of the ocean views....a bad shot wasn't
so bad.

I didn't however, make it to Kapaluar., I opted for snorkeling
instead, anyway after Kaanapali, I doubt that I could have
made another 18 -- cart or no cart. (I thought myself a fit 
person until this week...I'm re-evaluating my fitness).I'll
save Kapalua until the next time....along with the scuba
diving and horsebackriding. (There will definately be a next
time too!)

Interesting and odd (at least to me) things:

"Too ready" golf. Everytime I came close to these two young
Japanese girls playing in front of me, they would speed up play
by hopping out of the cart, run up to the ball, hit, run back
and off they would go - quick as a flash. There was no way
that I was about to play this way...so I stayed back just a
little to keep them at a slow jog. I was told that this
"excelerated" way of playing is quite common in Japan...
I guess I better keep out of Japan.

A couple of time when I over putted...as I said very very fast
greens... the ball would go pass the cup, stop and roll
back down, once back into the cup, several other time
aaaallllll the way back down off the green.

And finally, when trying to analyze the green, the pond
within 15 yards of the green on one side, the ocean wwwaaayyyyy
on the other side of the green, over hills, etc.....it broke
towards the ocean, even when it looked towards the pond.
Makes one question the laws of gravity.

Just in case anyone is interested in playing, listed below are
the courses available. If you have any questions that I might
be able to help you with, please don't hesitate to E-mail.
I'll tell you what I know, or dreamed.

Thank again guys.---

 Barbara 
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Royal Kaanapali -- North and South courses

Kapalua -- Bay, Village and Plantation courses

Wailea -- Orange and Blue courses

Makena Golf Course

Maui Country Club (9 hole)

Pukalani Golf Course

Waiehu Municiple Golf

Silversword Golf (Kihei)

Sandlewood Golf

Waikapu Golf


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