The Titahi Golf Club is located in the hills on the southern side of the Paramata Harbour and it has the claim to fame of being the home course of Michael Campbell, the 2005 US Open champion.
We turned up to play on a wild, wet Sunday around lunch time. A round of the club champs was just finishing in torrential rain and 4 of us hardy golfers were seriously considering an afternoon watching Sky Sport at the local pub. We went in to check out whether the club even wanted us on the course - we did receive odd looks along the lines of "why on earth would you want to play in these conditions?".
Anyhow, we decided to play and it was very wet under foot. On the third hole one Tucky sent his ball down a gully and ended up sliding down to find it (see the result below...)
It was a tough day on the course, very wet and heavy underfoot. Even so, I had a blistering front 9 of 39 (with a double bogey on the 9th). It's only a 9 hole course and on the second time round things weren't nearly as good, starting with a quadruple bogey on the 10th!
The sun did eventually come out which made the wet feet easier to deal with and we all enjoyed a day of taking nonsense and a walk in the fresh air.
The photo below is my old mate Matt Archibald teeing off on the third hole. Looking 45 degrees to the right is a great view of the harbour (shown in one of the photos above).
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