Greetings from Pullman

[Palouse]

I live in Pullman but just spent two weeks with my family in TN/KY, and I got to play a few rounds of golf with my brother, who's a golfer. I'm new to golf, but I had a lot of fun playing.

Looking forward to becoming a part of the community here.

[Wazzu8]

hey palouse, I was about to ask where you are from. I go to WSU, do you?

[Palouse]

I'm a WSU alum, but that was a loooong time ago. I live on the Palouse, though, and I work at WSU.

[immts007]

Welcome! I live in Pullman between 93 and 96 while my ex-wife was getting her masters at Wazzu. Didn't play golf back then, so I don't have any fond memories of the local courses - but how's that new course the university is building coming along?

[Palouse]

The new course is almost done, and it looks great. I now see sand piled up in the bunkers, and the practice area has been open for awhile. They've built a new club house, which will be nice. The course is slated to open on 8/29. I was hoping they'd open it before 20k students came back to town, but most don't golf. It'll be flooded with people, though, so I may not play it until spring of '09. Since I'm new to golf, the Colfax course will do.

The state has spent quite a bit over the last two years of the course expansion, and it's caused some controversy on campus; however, I think a good chunk came from private donations. Of particular concern to some is the 55 million gallons of water per year it will take to keep it looking good. There's a local activist group that is sueing WSU over it, and there was an article in the Spokesman a week ago about that if you're interested.

I didn't play golf as a student, either, but I remember cross country skiing on the course in the winter. I doubt they'll let people do that on the new course.

How do you like your 60* F2?