Friday, April 11, 2014

Harding Park - Tuesday 8 & Wednesday 9 April

Due to the guest restrictions at The Olympic Club, the group separated on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Half played Harding Park on Tuesday, while the remainder played at Olympic.  The groups swapped courses on Wednesday.  Harding Park is a public access course, and was the host of the 2009 President's Cup.


The course, in an attempt to regain a PGA Tour event, has just undertaken a greens replacement program.  All of the greens, previously poa, have now been replaced with bent grass.  The surface was good, although slow, and will improve quickly.  They had only been open for a few weeks.


The San Francisco fog was quite prominent, and created quite an eerie feeling in the middle of the afternoon.


It is quite a good layout, and really in good condition considering the number of players using it.


Geoff Vincent is seen above bisecting yet another fairway, this time the 18th, with the fog creeping up on his left side.


The approach into the 18th green.


The Cypress trees are magnificent, and the bunkers (reworked at the same time as the greens were replaced) are also very well presented.


A very nice, but strange day with the fog.  Over the two days it was Alan Pritchard who took the honours.

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