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Went to Ireland for our honeymoon. We stayed at Ashford Castle for a few days and many other castles and manor houses all over the country. My wife who hates golf, got me 18 holes at Old head and sat in the club house having tea and lunch while enjoying the views. Old head is my favoriete!

I found that music helps my game in the 80's while stationed at Schofiel Barracks Hi. However I used a walkman so no one else had to hear it. I now have an IPod Nano dedicated to music I love to listen to while practicing or plaing. I have not been able to play for three years because of a back injury and 3 surgeries. I hope to again. Suggest to your friend an IPod or some other small MP 3 player that he can attach to his hat and use ear buds. It works great! I find a lot of music with a tempo helps my swing rythem. Before my injury I shot in the low 80's to high 70's. No one ever complaned about my music because only I could hear it!

From 1980 to 1984 I was stationed at Schofield Barracks Hawaii. I was a member of the Kalakua golf course on the post. The golf course is no longer there. My daughter who was stationed there in 2001, then deployed to Afghanistan, said it was now post housing. On the back nine there was a long par five slight dog leg right that was bordered by pineapple fields on the right near the green. The chain link fence separating the course from the fields was lined with Royal Palm trees that had been cut to about fifteen feet high. I was about one hundred and ninety yards out laying two. I hit my third shot to the green. It was a terrible slice high and right. It hit one of those sawed off trees, bounced to the green and in the hole. My first ever eagle! What luck! You can see photos of the couse by Googling it. It was beautiful.