Trophy Lake Golf and Casting Club, Washington. Titleist 913D3

After a long two days of travel, a practice round and then the qualifier for the Sahalee Am Scott and I ended up here, the first tee at Trophy Lake.  This place is AWESOME!  In Washington outside of Seattle, this gem of a golf course is off the beaten path.  We did not see many other players.  The place was very quiet.  The course was cut out of a forest.  It was...serene.  The yardage was near 7200 which included some long holes.  The course received lots of rain through the night and early morning so it played much longer.  We really lucked out on the weather.  When we decided to trek over there it was still raining but the day was absolutely perfect for our round of golf.  It started pouring on our drive home.  I think that area gets about 60 days of good weather a year.  We got 2 of them.

Tall pines surrounded every hole.

At times it looked like an enchanted forest.

Swinging out of my shoes on a par 5.  Scott hits it 290 in the air so I am always chasing.  I had 4 birdies on the day and kept the ball in play pretty well.  I am hitting the Titleist 913D3 8.5 with a Graphite Design Tour AD 7S tipped 1 inch.  The flex was 6.5.  It seems to fit my swing just fine.  My driver club head speed average is 110 mph.  I play the ProV1x.

Scenery on the course.

Some fly fishing after the round.  I wanted to take advantage of everything I could that day.  We had a 7:40 flight out of Seattle that night and we made it thanks to my impersonation of Mario Andretti.  We rented a Nissan Altima Coupe.  It was pretty fun to drive.  More fun than the cherry red Impala we had in Chicago.

We stopped at Gig Harbor on the way to the course.  Instagram helped me edit this photo.  We ate at Kelly's for breakfast and the food was excellent.  I had a smoked salmon omelette with capers and coffee from a local roaster.  Satisfaction was achieved.  Gig Harbor seemed like a nice vacation spot.

Scott is about to launch this ball into orbit.  Another drive over 300 yards.  It's obvious he can hit it well with lag like that and a very grounded base.  Great footwork.  It would be nice to be 6 foot 4.  He is hitting the Titleist 913D3 8.5 (white weight) with a Graphite Design Tour AD 7X.  He plays the Titleist ProV1x.