Yesterday I took part in a tournament at the goofy but unquestionably beautiful
Hassayampa Country Club, upstate in Prescott. With highs in the mid-90s in Phoenix, it was a perfect 75-80 there.
The course is overlaid on a previous nine hole muni course, with most of the goofy holes existing between 1-7 and the final hole. The course also features probably the best clubhouse I've ever been in, even though there are no doubt finer ones that won't let me in the door.
I don't know much about the stimpmeter but they were very VERY fast greens. Thankfully Weiskopf, unlike most other designers, prefers flat greens with subtle breaks. I played with an old friend of mine who plays on the mini tours and we went on a sick run where he birdied 5 and 6, I birdied 7 and 8, he followed with birdies on 9 and 10, I birdied 11, but the magic ran out after we had very makable putts on the difficult 12th but misread both of them.
It was handicapped, however, and we finished one spot out of the money at -10, two shots behind third and four shots clear of the two-way tie for first which featured two of our buddies, so good for them. However, I was drunk and for some reason ended up buying one of them drinks at Kevin O'Donnell's bar (Kevin was there too, busing tables oddly enough, and we talked with him for a bit). We got fairly wasted, good for him since he has a young kid and doesn't get out much...