9/17/2015
Another glorious day to play golf in Nebraska! I am quickly running out of day trips from Lincoln so I decided to stretch my starting point out to 165 miles. Forty one miles south of I80 ext 279 is the Franklin Country Club. A fairly level layout with generous fairways and small flat greens with a tree lined creek coming into play on four of the holes. Two of the holes have trees either in the fairway over hanging over the fairway that need to be dealt with.
Just east of Franklin is the Red Cloud Golf Course. Located east of Red Cloud in a hilly terrain with wide fairways and very large elevated greens that set up a good short iron player for a great score. There are lot of side hill lies on this excellent conditioned course. Well worth a second look!
Straight north of Red Cloud is Blue Hill and the Ash Hollow Golf Course. A very short course positioned on a gradual slope with very small greens but the unwatered fairway allowed nothing less than a wedge on the approaches.
The last stop of the day was at Lawrence and the Lawrence Cow Chip Club sand course. What I am learning about sand courses is that you have to very accurate to hit the sand for a possible birdie putt or very lucky when playing short for a good bounce onto the "green". Playing around and over a hill, the course is almost 2900 yards with a water hazard coming into play on two of the holes. Playing a sand course is an art that I have not yet acquired.
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| My 1st sand birdie putt! |
Score Card: 139 courses played
Miles Driven: 349
Total Miles since 7/21/2014: 4228
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