Holy Golf Shot!!

This is Eric Hart, better known as H or just my last name, Hart. Bennett and I just got back from Gulf Shores, AL with the Wives and kiddies and it was a blast! The only thing that could have possibly made it better would have been to have had room to take my babies along and played a few more golf courses. As it were we played one time, at Perdido Bay Golf Club in Perdido, Florida thats located right in or by Pensacola. When we got there we were told that there was water on every hole and the potential for some good size Gators everywhere there was water. Bennett got a little scare one time as he was searching for one of his 11 lost balls :) He said he heard something splash that was way too big to be a fish. We never did see any Gators however. I was a bit disappointed with that. I had to play with Rental clubs and the didn't fit me very well as all the woods had regular flexed shafts and the irons were a little long but I actually hit the ball pretty well and kept it in the fairway for the most part. Even still, I fired an 86 on the par 72 course and putted the ball 31 times which isn't bad at all. I had one water ball and one lost ball. Anyway, I would rate the course about a 3.5 out of 5 stars. Don't play it if you have to rent clubs, it cost $30 just to rent the clubs and they only had 12 clubs in the bag, 2 less than the standard 14. Only one wedge in the whole bag as well. I believe if I'd had my own clubs I could have easily shaved 6 or 7 strokes but what are you gonna do.

Bennett shot like a 125, (in his defense he only plays about once a year or every blue moon whichever comes first) but he did have a great shot on a par 3. It was hole 17, and it played from the Blue tees 172 yards, Bennett came up short of the green by about 25 yards, and I was like, man just use your putter and see what happens. Well he did, and I was standing by the pin and he gave it a big whack and it popped up on the green and rolled right toward the hole and I thought it had a chance to go in but it stopped about a foot and a half away from the hole. I think that was his only par of the day but what a par it was!

Places to eat in Gulf Shores:

Don't leave without eating at DeSoto's. The bread they bring out is phenomenal. I had the blackened catfish and it was outstanding.





Moe's BBQ. Hands down the best ribs I've ever put in my mouth! Looks like a dump from the outside, but don't let that fool you. It's located in or almost in Orange beach which is very close to gulf shores, maybe 5-10 minutes away.

Tin Top Resteraunt and Oyster Bar. Crab legs were delicious as were their broiled shrimp. Ashley got the Grouper which was very good. High priced but it was pretty good.

There was a good pizza place right by DeSotos, I can't remember the name but it was very good.

Places not to eat:

LuLu's. I don't care what people tell you, don't eat there if you're looking for a good meal. 2 or 3 different people recommended LuLu's to Ashley so we went there. The atmosphere was pretty cool, very kid friendly, they had a big sand box like deal were kids can play and they had beach volleyball and cornhole as well as other games. They play Jimmy Buffett type music which was nice but when I go out to eat, people who know me know I want to eat good. We all four ordered the cheeseburger and it was not even close to a Matney frozen patty burger. I choked most of it down but it was not good. The fries were okay. Later in the week someone told us on the elevator at our condo that the burgers were the best thing at LuLus, at that point I knew that wasn't a place to eat if you're hungry.

We stayed at "The Lighthouse Condominiums", very nice complex right on the beach. It looked to be about the nicest one in the area, or one of the nicest. The balcony's ROCK!! They are very spacious and shaded well and offer very nice views of the beach and the pool below :)

The only negative of the trip was that we drove all night on a friday night and when we got there at 3:30 in the a.m. we couldn't get into the key box so I had to call the owner and he said the reason I couldn't get in was because the previous renter hadn't vacated the condo. The jackass double booked us so we had to go down the street and rent a room at the Best Western Roach hotel for a few hours to wait for the previous renter to leave. Then we had to wait for the cleaning lady until 3:00 that afternoon she finally showed. It was a rough first 12-14 hours but the rest of the trip went great. I didn't get sun-burned so that was a big positive. When I'm shirtless I look like I'm wearing a white t-shirt because my torso is so white from hardly ever seeing the sun, and my arms and head are brown from my golfer tan.

I would guestimate that I gained a good 5-6 solid pounds from the trip.

Thats all for now, hope I didn't bore you totally to death! -H