A couple of my wimpy friends bailed out due to “marginal” weather last Saturday, so I drove down alone. What a treat. Green grass growing, 48 degrees and no wind or rain. A veteran member to play with, ten minutes between starting times. And gorgeous, spectacular scenery - right up against those huge cliffs. Plus some interesting risk-reward holes and pretty zippy greens that putted reasonbly true. The back side is very interesting, but they are rebuilding #16 and you hit two drives off of #17 tee, one to the temp green for #16, then your regular tee shot for #17…bit of a bottleneck. But I got to see why the Lewiston HS kids are such good golfers - a foursome was behind us - one of them left it about 15 yds short of the green - hole is 385 yds long!!! $35 per round plus cart - the most fun I’ve had on a golf course for months! Call for a time and go play - 208-746-2801. Allow two hours to get there. Very courteous and professional staff also.

The average time to play in the Honda last week was 5.5 hours - for a threesome! There are penalties for slow play on the PGA tour - one stroke after two warnings. Guess how many times a player has been assessed that penalty since the PGA tournaments began? ZERO TIMES! Bernhard Langher was the former slow guy. And Sabatini played right through a guy in his own group last year. How much fun do you have waiting ten minutes on every hole?

Five minutes to line up a putt!

This is not brain surgery, folks.