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Golf at Fort Ord's
Bayonet and Black Horse
Carmel, California
Part 2

by Anthony Scaggs

I wonder about a sport that can create such frustration in the participants and yet be set in surroundings of such incredible beauty. The courses at Fort Ord not only challenge your skill but also tempt your eyes and please your soul. Even non-golfers will enjoy riding through this garden and visual paradise.

The two courses are adjacent to each other. Looking across the fairways, I thought that Merlin had whisked me away to the Emerald Isles. The tee boxes, fairways and the greens were exactly that—green, green, green. At any moment, I thought that a Leprechaun would leap out from behind a tree to grant me three wishes or offer a pot of gold.

The second shot on a par four or a par five or maybe your dive on a par three that leaves the ball nestled next to the pin is the shot that keeps the golf fires burning. It brings you back for more.

After completing the first nine or regrouping at the nineteenth hole, you will be pleasantly surprised at the spaciousness and comfort of the snack bar. I stopped for coffee and was pleased at how good it tasted.

I finished that day as I had started—thoroughly in love with this frustrating and challenging game. Some days I master it, but usually the golf is the master and I am but the understudy. It is always that one great shot or incredible round that brings us back.

Fort Ord’s Black Stallion and Bayonet will challenge you at every turn and fill your senses with beauty.

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CONTACTS:

Carmel-by-the-Sea
Carmel Business Association 831.624.2522
http://www.carmelcalifornia.org/
e-mail carmel@mbay.net
Fort Ord Golf Courses, 831.899.2351 

Southwest Airlines http://www.southwest.com/ flies into San Jose and San Francisco from many locations. Golf clubs are counted as one piece of baggage. 1-800-I-FLY-SWA(1-800-435-9792)

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