Attempt to finish off Lincoln Courses

9/17/2014

What a nice day to finally finish off the Lincoln courses from my list. For a few years I have had two Lincoln courses left to play, a private par 3 in my neighborhood and a new 9 hole course built recently on the north side of town at a apartment complex. This summer I found out that one of my Lincoln Senior league partners was a member of Wellington Greens, a private par 3 executive course about 6 blocks north of where I live. Jeff had made arrangements for me to play there so I met him at the clubhouse which is right out his back door.

Jeff was a little under the weather so I took off on my own on the course which was opened in the late 60's tucked in a quiet townhouse neighborhood bordered by 70th street and South street. The holes range from 90 to 130 yards and are modest sized greens with the 8th and 9th having plenty of undulation making for a tough finish.

With plenty of daylight left, I decided to drive up to the Links on north I-180 and Fletcher Ave. It sounded very encouraging when I heard the pro shop guying talking to someone on the phone and mentioned 9 holes and a cart for $15. I had walked most of the other rounds on my quest and this sounded great until he told me that they have temporary greens all summer. See you next spring was my response as I left for home. 

Scorecard: 79 courses played

Miles Driven: 24

Total Miles since 7/21/2014: 540

Patriot Day 9/11/2014

Patriot Day 9/11/2014 Omaha NE

During my first year of golf ( 1965 ) I read about a a hole-in-one recorded at The Miracle Hills Golf Course in Omaha. Bob Mitera aced the 10th hole from 444 yards and set a record for the longest hole-in-one ever. Not until my 50th golf season in 2014 did I get the opportunity to play "the Hole".

Ironically we started on the 10th hole, but I got a 5. The course  was in great shape despite heavy rains the past few days.

From there I traveled over to the Warren Swigart Golf Course near  90th and Maple. It is a par 3 flat course that has also been hammered by heavy rains lately and was a muddy track.  Small, slow greens made it difficult to score but was an easy walk.

Heading west on Maple to 120th is the Knolls Golf Course. Water comes into play on several holes and a steep ditch meanders through the front nine which really helped in the drainage of this weeks heavy rains.

Causal water formed a lot of pooling in the wide contoured fairways but the large greens made for good targets. 

Finished up the day on Maple Street at Eagle Run with the Meadows course. This area of Omaha did not get the heavy rains that I had to tread though earlier in the day. The Meadows is a par 3 of 100 to 140 yard holes in a well manicured layout. 

It was a good exercise for the short irons, but the slow greens had me leaving several birdies putts short.

Scoreboard: 78 courses played

Miles Driven: 110

Total Miles since 7/21/2014: 516