Round Played: with Josh and Beth Strukoff –
By Wayne Halm –
My buddies Josh and Beth Strukoff from Calgary, Alberta, Canada are vacationing on Kauai … you bet we are going to play golf.
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Beth and Josh
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We decided to start our golf odyssey at the Kiahuna Golf Club because it is very near the Koloa Landing Resort where they are staying.
It promises … and delivers … 18 holes of Aloha.
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Kiahuna is not one of the big name resort courses … not yet anyway. But it is a fine golf course with its own set of challenges.
By Kauai standards the course is fairly open.
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And the greens are pretty quick.
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I ran into a photographic challenge right away. How do you take a picture of the wind? This was a windy day … and it affected our golf.
We all had difficulty hitting and holding the greens in the wind.
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Beth quickly got the hang of “up and down” … but Josh and I continued to work on the “up-up and down”.
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From the course you can see the ocean, but Kihuna is not “on the ocean”. However the course does have some nice water features, a couple of lakes and a stream.
The Waikomo Stream crosses both the 12th and 13th fairways.
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It’s not a river by any means … but it does claim its share of golf balls.
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The Kiahuna course plays around numerous Archaeological sites. There are signs asking golfers not to enter them – some of the signs are very effective.
Archaeological site.
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We didn’t see any Spiders … but we didn’t look closely either.
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But Spiders and Wind weren’t going to bother us. We were out to have a good time … and we did. We finished up happy golfers. This was the way golf should be.
Beth and Josh … happy golfers.
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I already knew Josh and Beth so I can’t count them toward my 2016 goal of playing golf with 100 people I haven’t met. The number still stands at 42. Want to be in that number?
Come play golf with me.
Josh writes a golf blog called Golf is Mental – he should post about this round soon. Check it out … Compare his experience to mine.
The Kiahuna Golf Club 808-742-9595 www.kiahunagolf.com
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Wayne
I am sure Beth and Josh had an awesome time. Great to hear all went well. Are you playing more golf with them?
Cheers
Jim
Aloha Jim,
We did have a good time and look forward to more. Weather permitting we are going to play most of the courses on the island. Maybe Makai tomorrow morning. Look for more posts.
A Hui Hou,
Wayne
Good luck and say hi to Josh and Beth.
Cheers
Jim
Aloha Jim,
Thank you and I will.
A Hui Hou,
Wayne .
Love the river 🙂 And I dare you to stick your hand into the cave of spiders lol
Aloha Wendy,
Hahaha – girl you know my fear of spiders. Once I read the sign, I backed away and used the zoom to take the pictures.
A Hui Hou,
Wayne
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That looks like an amazing time!
Aloha Josh,
Thank you. Yes, we had a lot of fun – and we were just getting started there.
A Hui Hou (until next time),
Wayne
Lucky, I’m in St. Louis and its currently 20º F with hardly a chance to swing em’
Aloha Josh,
Oh, 20 degrees is tough. Out here on Kauai it is a little rainier in the winter, but there are very few “wash out” days. And the showers tend to be short lived.
A Hui Hou,
Wayne