Golfing in Paradise

I gotta be honest--i don't know the first thing about these golf courses or where they played, but i wanna get this last post of the Grandmas trip up and Mike's been super busy and not had time to post...  So--Mike and Carol played golf twice.  Two beautiful courses by the looks of it, and i think both were set in the Ko'Olau Mountain Range judging by the pics and the greyish weather.  On the second golf trip Grandma even joined them for the ride on her first golf experience ever.  

This course claims to be the "hardest in the nation"--i know this cause Mike got a shirt from it, and i'm pretty sure they lost a ton of balls ;)

Hawaii's Cardinal

Mike's is really gonna miss golf here.  My bet is he spends his last 6 weeks here without us on a golf course somewhere--at least every minute he's not at work ;)

Mike's Golf Adventures

Hello, Mike here. Since coming home I have found many things have changed from the way they were prior to my latest venture to the middle east, but my love of the game of golf has endured. I bought a used set of irons with some money I made on Craigslist and family provided the rest of the money needed to finish out the set. Since getting my clubs together I've had the opportunity to play pretty often with friends and co-workers at some of the most beautiful and difficult courses in the world.

One of the first courses I played is one of my all time favorites! Klipper at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base has been rated the best military course in the world. Holes 13-15 line the ocean and remind me of just how lucky I am to be able to live in Hawaii.


Today I had the chance to play a course named Ko'olau, which is touted as the most difficult course located in the United States and the third hardest course in the world. I have to say it lived up to the hype with its jungle atmosphere, narrow fairways and rolling hills. We had a great time and lost a few dozen balls along the way.