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In our last episode of "TravelGuy goes on Holiday", TG and his band of merry cost-per-night scribing monks (along with wife #1) were at the High Country Club Maui condo while hammerhead and great white sharks terrorized the Wailea beaches. As it turned out, the "terror" was from a sick hammerhead and a great white who mistakenly snacked on the calf of a lolly-gaging tourist floating in some muddy beach water.
Our current episode finds TG & Wife #1 (sans monks due to the writers guild strike) retreating to the safety of the landlocked High Country Club Orlando property at the Villas of ChampionsGate. But alas, even 50 miles from the ocean, a SHARK stalks TG and crew!! Oh the horror and the carnage....
Actually, we are keeping company with the Shark, Walrus, Bear (Golden), etc. here at ChampionsGate. I am not a golfer and know nothing about golf but I do know when the Walrus (Craig Stadler) bumps into me coming out of the Villas. As fate would have it, we are here during the "Father/Son Challenge at ChampionsGate" which is apparently a pretty big tournament. The purse is $1Mil and NBC is all over the place and will be broadcasting the whole thing on Saturday and Sunday. The field includes the Nicholas, Palmer, Norman, Stadler, Trevino, Singh and Love clans along with many others. Many of these guys are staying at the Villas, which are high-end condos in the four star Omni Resort complex. The High Country Club condo is a beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bath unit with additional den, living room, dining room and of course, full kitchen. The building is removed from the Omni and has it's own concierge but also has access to all the amenities of the Omni like 24-hour gourmet room service, etc. High country Club even hooked us up with free tickets to the tournament for everyone staying with us. The High Country Club condo is the closest to the Clubhouse and 18th hole grandstands so we may check out this golf thing ... or maybe just hot tub all day!
And how did I not know that this was such a golf Mecca?? The High Country Club condo is literally adjacent to the World Headquarters of arguably the best golf school in the world, The David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Even I know who this guy is from TV. There are two Greg Norman (a.k.a. "the shark") designed courses, one a "links" style Scottish course and one a "Carolina" style course. There is also a lighted, 9-hole par 3 course that is more my speed.
Anyway, I've devised a new Travelguy Approved definition to go with "Ocean-front" and "Ski-in/Ski-out" ... "Golf-Front"! This is determined by the ability to throw a golf club head cover from the property and hit a golfer with a handicap of 10 or under on the golf course. Try it out. It's harder than it sounds!
Now back to the pool where the only animals are the great gray heron trio that hang out there (Ned, Ted and Fred) or ten minutes up the road to see that rodent, the mouse.
Our current episode finds TG & Wife #1 (sans monks due to the writers guild strike) retreating to the safety of the landlocked High Country Club Orlando property at the Villas of ChampionsGate. But alas, even 50 miles from the ocean, a SHARK stalks TG and crew!! Oh the horror and the carnage....
Actually, we are keeping company with the Shark, Walrus, Bear (Golden), etc. here at ChampionsGate. I am not a golfer and know nothing about golf but I do know when the Walrus (Craig Stadler) bumps into me coming out of the Villas. As fate would have it, we are here during the "Father/Son Challenge at ChampionsGate" which is apparently a pretty big tournament. The purse is $1Mil and NBC is all over the place and will be broadcasting the whole thing on Saturday and Sunday. The field includes the Nicholas, Palmer, Norman, Stadler, Trevino, Singh and Love clans along with many others. Many of these guys are staying at the Villas, which are high-end condos in the four star Omni Resort complex. The High Country Club condo is a beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bath unit with additional den, living room, dining room and of course, full kitchen. The building is removed from the Omni and has it's own concierge but also has access to all the amenities of the Omni like 24-hour gourmet room service, etc. High country Club even hooked us up with free tickets to the tournament for everyone staying with us. The High Country Club condo is the closest to the Clubhouse and 18th hole grandstands so we may check out this golf thing ... or maybe just hot tub all day!
And how did I not know that this was such a golf Mecca?? The High Country Club condo is literally adjacent to the World Headquarters of arguably the best golf school in the world, The David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Even I know who this guy is from TV. There are two Greg Norman (a.k.a. "the shark") designed courses, one a "links" style Scottish course and one a "Carolina" style course. There is also a lighted, 9-hole par 3 course that is more my speed.
Anyway, I've devised a new Travelguy Approved definition to go with "Ocean-front" and "Ski-in/Ski-out" ... "Golf-Front"! This is determined by the ability to throw a golf club head cover from the property and hit a golfer with a handicap of 10 or under on the golf course. Try it out. It's harder than it sounds!
Now back to the pool where the only animals are the great gray heron trio that hang out there (Ned, Ted and Fred) or ten minutes up the road to see that rodent, the mouse.