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THE LONGEST DRIVE |
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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Joondalup |
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After: Royal Perth |
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Before: Radio Land |
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So yes—Joondalup. If you play golf you must play golf at Joondalup. Like a carnival ride of the Great Game. The architect—a Robert Trent-Jones Jnr (chance are, he’s a Seppo) - has gone all abstract and medi-eval on the grass and earth around Joondalup, a site that was once a quarry but now resembles Luna Park for Golf-men. It’s a super track with more shots than a rabies clinic and the pictures don’t do it justice and if you too are a Golf-man then you should get on the next Virgin, Jetstar or Tiger Airlines (Motto: grrr) flight and go straight up to Joondalup and play it, before you even eat or check-in, just get out of the taxi and take your clubs and walk onto the first tee and belt the ball off it, don’t even tell the pro-shop staff just straight out of the taxi with your clubs and a ball, tell off and play Joondalup. It’s a ripper. |
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Shot: 127 (over 27 almost “weird” holes) |
