Dive Bar Golf: Miles Square Golf Course--Players Course, Fountain Valley

Monday, August 8, 2011

Miles Square Golf Course--Players Course, Fountain Valley

Divebargolf yet again had an excellent Saturday. We started the afternoon at Karl Strauss Brewing Company in Costa Mesa. We knew it was going to be a heavy day of drinking on the links, so a solid lunch was definitely the right play. Each of us tried different beers--Red Trolley Ale, Belgian Abbey, Oktoberfest and then of course their was "Discover Card" who had not one, but two Spicy Bloody Mary's. Karl Strauss has a little bit of everything for eats. The Surgeon and myself indulged ourselves with the Beef Dip while Discover Card enjoyed the Piggy Bank Mac and Cheese and PR a Big Beer Burger. If you are ever in the area definitely stop in for a brew and some grub at Karl Strauss.

After a good start to the afternoon it was time to head to the golf course for our 3:00 PM tee time. We landed at Miles Square Golf Course in Fountain Valley. Miles Square is made up of two 18 hole courses--the Classic and the Players. We played the Players Course. The beers started flowing immediately on the green of Hole 1 after the Big Cat and the Surgeon drained two par putts. Divebargolf had another run in with nature on Hole 2 with a giant Egret. These birds are pristine and ready to pounce at any moment.

Egret

The pace of play slowed down tremendously upon completing the Par 5 5th Hole. The Surgeon birdied the hole while the Big Cat was able to save par. Because of the back up on the Par 3 6th and The Surgeons result on the 5th he decided to buy 4 shots of Jack Daniels from the cart girl--Kimberly. This turned out to not be the best idea, but definitely made the next few holes interesting. Poor Kimberly needed some help out there, however, as she was the only cart girl for all 36 holes at MS. Ladies there's a job opening at Miles Square Golf Course--Help Wanted.

The Surgeon/Kimberly/Jack Daniels

Now as you all will remember from the Links at Victoria the Goodyear Blimp resides in Carson. Well apparently the blimp just couldn't get enough of divebargolf because it was flying just off to the right with its birds eye view of us on Hole 7--yeah right haha it was hovering over the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach.

The Goodyear Blimp

After a solid finish to the front 9 with birdies from The Surgeon and the Big Cat we headed to the back 9. The wheels really came off of Discover Card and PR on the back 9. It just wasn't meant to be for these two. Clearly you can see the frustration written all over Discover Cards face on the Par 3 12th. The Big Cat managed to birdie the hole.