Wednesday, 16 August 2006
Four!
I had a very enjoyable time yesterday at the Medinah Country Club. 640 acres carved out of some of the best countryside north-west Illinois has to offer (which is not hard). With a unique Byzantine-style templed club house (see photo top left), Medinah was actually designed as a retreat for the masons in the early 1920's. This weekend it will host the world's best golfers and 200,000 people are expected to turn up to see them.
Practice day was fun, we got close to Tiger, Mickleson (who just missed us with a wayward drive) and others as they strolled around the 7,561-yard course no.3. The sun was shining, beers flowed, albeit at $6.50 a piece and with no mobile phones allowed, it was very tempting to bed down and stay for the rest of the week.
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I had a very enjoyable time yesterday at the Medinah Country Club. 640 acres carved out of some of the best countryside north-west Illinois has to offer (which is not hard). With a unique Byzantine-style templed club house (see photo top left), Medinah was actually designed as a retreat for the masons in the early 1920's. This weekend it will host the world's best golfers and 200,000 people are expected to turn up to see them.Practice day was fun, we got close to Tiger, Mickleson (who just missed us with a wayward drive) and others as they strolled around the 7,561-yard course no.3. The sun was shining, beers flowed, albeit at $6.50 a piece and with no mobile phones allowed, it was very tempting to bed down and stay for the rest of the week.
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