Desert Golf, A Walk on the Wild SideWritten by Joan Ewart
Desert golf, a walk on wild side! Have you played desert golf in Arizona, Las Vegas, Reno, Palm Springs. Why play a traditional golf course when you can always do that at home? Tighter fairways, a totally different environment treated in a totally different way. No set game in desert, surprises at every turn, but whoever said golf was not exciting? Before 1983 and eco-sensitive considerations, most desert courses were grass and more grass, designed just like ones in Ohio, Michigan and at beach, but around 1983 when Jack Nicklaus teemed up with Lyle Anderson to do Desert Highlands (the home of first Skins Game) north of Scottsdale. They conceived what would become first "desert golf course. Everyone talks about those desert golf courses - what do they mean? A desert golf course is one that is in keeping with environment. Defined by eco-sensitive natural plants and animals in area. The maximum area that can be covered in grass is 90 Acres divided up between fairway and green. The transition areas are sand or dirt that separates grass fairways from desert. The desert is not considered a hazard and you can ground your club. There is forced carry - meaning areas of vegetation that a shot must carry from fairway to tee. There are arroyos or "dry wash" areas that often cut through fairways. You will see critter warnings watch out for rattlesnakes, coyotes, and chollas( a very mean desert cactus, that reaches out and grabs you- it is called a "jumping cholla"). There is normally a 90 degree rule in effect, meaning carts must run perpendicular to cart path. (to preserve desert)...and air is thinner and ball goes farther! Lee Trevino sums it up pretty well (as usual) "it's like a voyage into unknown".
| | 2004 CATFISHING SEASON SUMMARYWritten by Norb Wormald
You have permission to publish this article in its entirety either, electronically or in print, free of charge. As long as bylines are included. A COURTESY copy of your publication or NOTIFICATION my article is being published would be GREATLY APPRICATED! Thank You. I now have covered my fishing boat for this year. I may get about 3 more times to wet a line before December if river and weather co-operates. The Ohio River here was up and down so often I only got to use my boat 3 times. I did get to fish twice out of my brother's boat this Fall. I am pondering if it is worth keeping boat for another year. I did meet a number of interesting people over this year. Got a lot of good information on various catfishing topics. Places to fish, types of baits and such. Learned back in May about fishing in a big time catfishing tournament. Should I do it again next year, I will be much better prepared and know what to expect. I also got a lot of tips from folks that sent e-mails over this year. I hope I was able to provide helpful information to people that asked for assistance from me. Looking over my log notes for year; this is how thingsworked out. I did catch catfish on 12 different baits. I did NOT have any cut or live bait fish such as Shad or Skipjacks to use. Cooked or raw steak landed 16 cats for me. Galic seasoned and regular chicken liver enticed 7 cats. Fried chicken skin hooked 4 cats. Prime rib nailed 3 more cats. The rest were caugth using whatever I could get my hands on at time. That covers things like french fries to pizza dough.
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