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McKenzie Meadows Day 2

I learned from Jordan last night that iHop is not a good place to eat & that the movie Minions is not that good. We also decided that Jordan’s theme song for this trip should be: Shake It Off – Taylor Swift Just took a bogey – shake it off???? I want a new 60 degree wedge – shake it off buddy. Another early morning start & the weather is great. Jordan went through his morning golf routine which looks […]

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McKenzie Meadows Day 1

Jordan & I safely arrived in Calgary late Sunday night. We did a quick drive by of the McKenzie Meadows course to see what lies ahead for Jordan. It seems this course was hard hit by the floods in 2013. It just reopened last year. Here is what it looks like today. Here is Jordan learning how to use his Dad’s golf watch on the tournament eve. Everytime I take Jordan somewhere I have to get up very early in […]

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Golf – Day 7.5

Today is Chris’s return date. Good thing as it is raining just about everywhere in Scotland. It is about 90 min drive to Edinburgh and we wanted to see the castle & Royal mile with what time we had before Chris’s plane departed. Although we had a GPS heading for a parking garage downtown Edinburgh, we could not find it. It became a real challenge to find ANY parking near downtown but eventually we did. Headed to the castle, which […]

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Golf – Day 7

Our tee time for our final round is not until 14:30. I dragged Chris out of bed to climb to the top of St Rules Tower. A climb of 400 steps. After that, we explored a few shops for memorabilia. Our golf trip is over! We played Carnoustie as our final round. The weather was almost perfect: gentle breeze with sunshine & a temperature of 13. This was the tie-breaking round and in an epic battle for the ages, we […]

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