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My 50-state-50-capital-city (50/50) golf trip has officially started. The first city was Phoenix Arizona, at the Raven Golf Club. It was great to start playing golf again after a three year absence because of a rotator cup injury. I had a great time with the Bob, Daren and Tony. Bob and Daren, father and son, had their competition going on. Age won over youth. I started out with two pars and shot 44 on the front. The back was a different story. I started with two double bogeys and shot 56 for a total of 100 for the round.

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The group at the Raven. Bob, Tony, and Daren.

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It's all part of the adventure of life. The 50/50 goes on. I'm more excited than ever about traveling and playing golf. Thanks for going along with me. @dennyjones @RandallT @iacas

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My 50-state-50-capital-city (50/50) golf trip has officially started. The first city was Phoenix Arizona, at the Raven Golf Club. It was great to start playing golf again after a three year absence be

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Number 15. Pierre, South Dakota. Sunday 07/02/2017. I played Hillsview Golf Course, silver tees 6357 yards. This was  course appeared to be wild open with patches of trees  to avoid, but the rough was

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Sounds interesting.  How fast do you plan on completing this extravaganza?  And can you give us an estimate of how much you expect to spend to complete it?

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13 minutes ago, spider said:

My 50-state-50-capital-city (50/50) golf trip has officially started. The first city was Phoenix Arizona, at the Raven Golf Club. It was great to start playing golf again after a three year absence because of a rotator cup injury. I had a great time with the Bob, Daren and Tony. Bob and Daren, father and son, had their competition going on. Age won over youth. I started out with two pars and shot 44 on the front. The back was a different story. I started with two double bogeys and shot 56 for a total of 100 for the round.

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The group at the Raven. Bob, Tony, and Daren.

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Good luck. Sounds cool.

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I plan to finish by the end of June 2016, no later than July 2016. Depends on the weather. As for total cost, I have no idea. This is a map of the original route, but the weather has made me alter it. Instead of going to Little Rock, I'm in Dallas. I will play in Austin Friday and then go to Little Rock. Flexibility is the name of the game.   

  

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I love the concept.   I'm jealous.   Hope you have a great time.   Do you have plans for Hawaii and Alaska.   I didn't see any on the map.  

From the land of perpetual cloudiness.   I'm Denny

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I'm flying to Juno and then to Hawaii. The last two.

Abu3baid, I'm retired. My time is my own. it's great.

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What course are you going to play in Augusta Maine?

-Jerry

Driver: Titleist 913 D3 (9.5 degree) – Aldila RIP 60-2.9-Stiff; Callaway Mini-Driver Kura Kage 60g shaft - 12 degree Hybrids: Callway X2 Hot Pro - 16 degree & 23 degree – Pro-Shaft; Callway X2 Hot – 5H & 6H Irons: Titleist 714 AP2 7 thru AW with S300 Dynamic Gold Wedges: Titleist Vokey GW (54 degree), Callaway MackDaddy PM Grind SW (58 degree) Putter: Ping Cadence TR Ketsch Heavy Balls: Titleist Pro V1x & Snell MyTourBall

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There is only one public course in Augusta Maine, Western View Golf Course, so that's the one I'm playing. The courses address must be in the capital city. 


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35 minutes ago, spider said:

There is only one public course in Augusta Maine, Western View Golf Course, so that's the one I'm playing. The courses address must be in the capital city. 

How do you plan on attacking the Montpelier, VT problem?

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Nice little challenge... A few of the capitals are major metropolises, Boston and Atlanta to name a couple, how did you go about solving those issues?

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7 hours ago, spider said:

I simply choose public, address in the city, and a good rating rating at the time. 

Would you mind keeping us posted for each round if you can? This is a very cool idea.

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9 hours ago, spider said:

There is only one public course in Augusta Maine, Western View Golf Course, so that's the one I'm playing. The courses address must be in the capital city. 

9 hole course, long way to go to play that course.  

Too bad, because Augusta Country Club allows outside play at certain times.  Great old golf course, back 9 was designed by Donald Ross.    

http://www.augustacountryclub.org/

Are you going to play any other courses in the state or just the capital and hit the road?  Because if you have the time you should make the 25-30 minute jaunt from Augusta up to Belgrade Lakes.

Fantastic Golf Course. 

http://www.belgradelakesgolf.com/

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Thanks for the info. I'll check  Augusta Country Club to see if I can play there.Yes the Belgrade looks great.  I'll also try to play there. The weather is the big factor on the east coast.  


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Do you have a list of the courses you plan to play?

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