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Thank you to everyone who took part
in the Third Annual Vanderbilt Country Classic - July 2006. We hope
to see you back next year!
The final group finishes up with some help from "hawkeye"
Fred.
Just off the green on the ninth hole.
 The
golf course, set up for one day only, was situated between the Pump
and Gravity Laterals. The course was over rolling terrain and featured
target greens. Hole #1 "Orchard Row" played uphill through the trees
to an open pin. Hole #2 "Hayfield Hole" played uphill diagonally
across the hayfield.  Hole
#3 "Pump Ditch" was parallel to the irrigation ditch. Hole #4 "Canyon
Crossing" was across the canyon to a target green on the far side.
Hole #5 "Vanderbilt Classic" (our signature hole) played downhill
to the green at the bottom of the canyon. Hole #6 "The Cottonwoods"
was a fairly level hole. Players shot for the wide turnout on roadway,
with water on the right, trees and canyon drop-off on the left.
Hole #7 "The Barns" was a wide open, slightly sloped hole where
lost balls in the hay stubble were frequent occurrences. Hole #8
"The Bins" was up a short draw and over a large stack of fruit bins.
Hole #9 "The Ditchbank" was shortened to a par 3 hole. It ran parallel
to the Gravity Ditch offering plenty of opportunity to lose golf
balls in the water.
Thanks to Ross and Urban Eberhart for hosting this
Pasture Golf Event. Also, thanks to all the crew that worked on
clearing paths, and to Fred "Hicklaus" Hicks for helping
with course design. See
more information about the Vanderbilt Country Classic scheduled
for July 2007.
Scenes from prior events...
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Late arrival...but he remembered the beer and chips!
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This year, no cheatgrass seeds in the socks! |
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| Bruce admires Doug's classic camo-golf car/t. |
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Rancher Tom tries his hand at pasture golf.
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The final foursome heads out onto the course. Next year,
maybe a shotgun start?
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Cameron gets the hang of target golf. |
Fred was on fire but was disqualified from receiving awards
as he was the course designer. Too bad, Fred. That's the price
of being "Hicklaus". |
Farthest away "putts" first.
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| Winter rules in effect allow for moving the ball up to a club
length no closer to the pin. |
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Ben on No. 2, the first of two hayfield holes.
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Jordan goes with the flow and looks for lost golf balls.
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| Golfing the canyon holes took some tenacity. |
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Doing the math on the final hole.
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Two here tie for most lost golf balls.
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| Wager on closest to the pin ...sorry, Ken, we should have
warned you about Bruce (aka Sand Bagger). |
Doug, a gracious winner, receives his awards
(including a Three Stooges "goofy golfers" classic).
"You're welcome, Doug." 
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In the end...everyone, including Fred (here teeing up at No.
3), had a great time. Thanks, players, for being such good
sports! |
Photos from the
2004 Vanderbilt Country Classic (courtesy of Fred Hicks)
Whopper wins first place and a PastureGolf.com t-shirt (sorry we
didn't have a triple XL)
Third place was Ross (center) winning the book on tape, "The
Masters" by John Feinstein.
The green is down the hill and around the corner across the ditch
between those two clumps of cottonwoods...
Don't be concerned folks, he's a lefty.
"The Bins" is the Number 8 Hole, a 103 yard shot over
the stacked high fruit bins to a blind hole. Greg Poe gives it his
best shot while Tina and Whopper look on.
If you didn't land in the clearing behind the bins on Number 8,
you ended up here with Fred and Bruce. Nice try, boys.
This course featured water hazards. Fred, sometimes you just can't
"play it where it lies".
Best golf cart goes to Ross.
More
about Vanderbilt Country Classic - Course Description
Vanderbilt Country Classic - Rules of Play
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