(June 17th) Day 12 - Viroqua, WI  drove 280 miles

Wisconsin, the home of Dick Stauffer, an old Coeur d'Alene friend, and a new friend Terry Green whom I met on the golf course, along with his buddy, Tom Groenwald, a resident of Tucson, AZ, that I met on the golf course.

$ 35 green fee with cart, a bargain for a really well kept interesting golf course. I got paired up with Terry & Tom who play golf about once a year when they get together, and we had a GREAT time. 

Viroqua (long O sound) Hills (yes, it is hilly!) has four sets of tees ranging from 6348 to 4988. I played 5946 with a course rating of 68.8 and a slope of 118. This is a steep golf course too, but there weren't any blind shots and and the holes aren't so long that they were unmanageable for me. There are 9 holes below the clubhouse, and nine holes on the other side of the road (#'s 4 through 12) which you access via a culvert big enough for golf carts. I actually played horrible on the front nine, but shot 45 on the back. It wasn't the golf course that caused the horrible score, just my LOFT. For you non-golfers out there, LOFT stands for Lack Of F------ Talent. 

Really a pretty course with water on five holes, not a lot of trees, but the ones there are can definitely come into play. This is another course I think Margaret would like. Maybe someday we will take a trip like this together, at a slower more relaxed pace than the one I am on, for sure!

Terry & Tom, I hope you read this course review. I really had a good time playing golf with you guys.

Thank You!   

As of this writing, it is June 26th and I have eight more golf courses to catch up on. The weather forecast is iffy for today, so instead of playing golf I am going to visit Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame. I truly don't give a s--- about baseball and the way it is played now, BUT it was my favorite sport growing up and I was a huge fan until the owners locked out the players and the 1994 World Series was cancelled. The Hall of Fame will have things about the old days of baseball, that I loved and am looking forward to it.

           Randy’s golf course             ratings           play again               could recommend                Price

Wine Valley (Walla Walla, WA)          5                   YES                             YES                            $$$

Dakota Winds (Hankinson, ND)         5                   YES                              YES                            $$

Raccoon Creek (Littleton, CO)          4.5                 YES                              YES                            $$

Brooks Golf (Okoboji, IA)                  4                   YES                              YES                            $$

Awarii Dunes (Kearney, NE)              4                    YES                              YES                            $$ 

Lake Panorama Nat. (Panora, IA)       4                     no*1                            YES                            $$

Brandon GC (Brandon, SD)                4                   YES                              YES                            $

Viroqua Hills GC (Viroqua, WI)      4                   YES                              YES                            $

Rivers Edge (Burley, ID)                   3.5                    ??                                YES                            $

Birch Creek (Smithfield,UT)             3.5                    no                         good golfers only!            $

Kimball Golf Club (Kimball, MN)     3                      no                                 no                             $

Buffalo Golf Club (Buffalo, WY)       3                      no                                 no                             $$

Pryor Creek (Huntley, MT)                 3                      no                                 no                             $        Johnny Walker Course (there’s also a Country Club course, but you need to play with a member!)

*1 = would play again if a different yardage was offered, with slope and course ratings






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