Your Perfect Golf Vacation

Your perfect golf vacation with your friends startsmenu simple and make sure you have the recipes in
and stops with you. Toss the vacation packagehand. With any size group, you are going to have a
brochures in a heap and design your own ideal golfchef or two and this won't be a big deal.-#- Multiple
getaway. This is the final of four articles to assistcopies of the "order sheet" for sandwiches. For most
you in providing an outing for yourself and yourof our noon meals between rounds, we dine on our
friends that will make you want to do it every yearself-prepared, gourmet sandwiches prepared the
(as we have for 19 years running).From the lastnight before. As you saw from the previous articles,
article, you are now at the minus one month point.I solicit what the group wants and have that on the
So far you have rallied the troops, picked the dates,shopping list. What winds up being the least confusing
selected the lodging and golf courses and are in theway is to have some sheet for people to circle or fill
final preparation stage. You will soon see your friendsin to specify what sandwiches they want for the
smiling faces at the airport baggage claim. The finalnext day. You rotate the preparers (two is best)
preps and smoothly running the whole show areevery night and with that sheet, they manufacture
child's play. The tough part was getting your bunch ofthe gourmet feast. (Don't discount this! The
friends to buy the tickets to enjoy the event. Heresandwiches you make will be superior to anything
are a few things you will want to do before theshort of the full meal at the course AND you will not
scream of the aircraft's tires on the tarmac.1.have to wait on it if you are pressed for time
Transportation. The limiting factor is arrival andbetween your rounds.)-#- Biggy! We did not keep a
departure from the airport due to clubs ANDrecord of our scores for our first few years. Big
suitcases. If you can just barely stuff everyone inmistake. What great history we tossed out. Keep a
the vehicles at this point, the rest of the week isrecord! I prepare a hard copy sheet to fill in as we
gravy. From your experience, you know that whengo. It allows us to follow who is the overall stroke
you pack up four guys to go golfing locally, you willleader and gives us all ammo to use in negotiating the
entirely fill the trunk of a full sized car. With that innext day's bets. I take this home and plant it
mind, you should plan on a full sized car for everypermanently on our golf website.-#- Expenses. I pay
three people. We use one minivan/SUV augmentedfor everything with minor exceptions and collect
with cars for our adventures. Just make sure youeveryone's share the final evening. That keeps it
allow for the limiting case.You need to arrange thesesimple. I currently use a spreadsheet to administer
rental vehicles ahead of time, but you can only drivethis. It works great. I would provide this for you, but
one yourself. Here is the minus one-monththis article format doesn't allow. Before that, I simply
mandatory. When you figure out your vehicleused pen and paper and got it to within a penny. My
requirements, contact the group to arrange amongpoint is that from the minute you start your
them and you who will contact and rent theadventure, keep a tally of what you have spent!
remaining vehicles. There will probably be some inStreamline course check in by paying for everyone,
your group that have existing discounts and canbuy all the food and drink, buy all the gas, etc. If
score a great rate. Hash this one out via email.2.someone pays for anything, log it in immediately. If
Entertainment. Unless you are going to the deserts inyou are religious in this, you will have no complaints,
Arizona or get exceedingly lucky, you will have a rainonly praise.4. Things nobody else will bring but you:-
day or two. You will also have a bunch of time atSeveral decks of cards, poker chips- Cribbage
night after golf (after you have all told your lies). Weboards- Screw driver and pliers (you never know)-
suck that time up pretty effectively watching thePens, pencils and permanent markers (you will need
golf channel, ESPN, playing cards, or watching videos.all)- Over the counter pain killers- Band-Aids- Game5.
The latter is what you can address ahead of time.Arrival. So here you have a rambunctious group of
We have a guy that is pretty good at selectingfriends descending on the Mecca of golf. You have
movies to watch and we task him to bring themmotored to the house your staying in and it is the
with him. Movies like "Gladiator", "Miracle", etc. are big.mad dash to the best room to be found. NOT. To
More risque' titles are optional. On severe rain days,avoid any hard feelings between the lodger that got
we also have gone bowling (a real hoot), done thethe queen bed and the lodger that got the twin bed,
local movie theater, and toured the area.3. Checklists.simply set up a quick draw out of the hat. For
After about ten years of being asked twenty timessubsequent years, do the same, but use the seniority
per day where we were playing the next day, orsystem. Once a person misses, he goes to the end
when we had to leave, or what was for supper, orof the list.6. Once you have dumped your bags in the
who stole my teddy bear, I finally started typing outdrawn rooms, it is time to go shopping. With the
these things. I make a copy of each and posttemplate I gave you in the last article, and with your
sporadically throughout the house. I make individualmodifications based on menu and orders, grab one or
laminated cards and hand to each golfer. Know what?two volunteers and get what you need.This is the
It reduced the questions to half and now whenconclusion of my recommendations on how you can
asked, I say that I can't remember. Let me walkhave the best golf outing or outings you have ever
over to the frig and read it for you. Here are thehad. The fact that folks have been coming to enjoy
things I prepare ahead of time:-#- Listing of course,my preparations for 19 years should be testimony to
tee times, course contact number, and departureyou. At least give it a shot once. The first time may
time. I base departure time on MapBlast directionsnot be exactly perfect, but my guess is that it will be
and factor in a stop for ice for the coolers and if wesuperior to and more remembered than anything you
will need to hit range balls.-#- Listing of the menu forcan buy as a package. Go for it!Randall Ulbricht is a
the evening meals. If this is your first time, keep theretired Nuclear Submarine Officer.