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Entries

1. Day 0 - Matauri Bay
2. Day 1 - Kauri Cliffs
3. Day 2 - Whangamata
4. Day 3 - The Dunes
5. Jan 4th in the Coromandel
6. Day 4 - Waihi
7. Day 5 - The Lakes
8. Day 6 - Lochiel
9. Day 7 - Springfield
10. Day 8 - Rotorua
11. Day 9 - Centennial
13. Day 10 - Kinloch
14. Jamie's thoughts on Day 10 at Kinloch
15. Day 11 - Taupo GC, Tauhara
16. Day 12 - Wairakei
17. Day 13 - Poverty Bay
18. Day 14 - Mahia
19. Day 15 - Bridge Pa
20. Day 16 - Waipukurau
21. Day 17 - Riversdale
22. Day 18 - Hutt
23. Day 19 - Te Marua
24. Day 20 - Wainuiomata
25. Day 21 - Manor Park
26. Day 21 - Manor Park
27. Choke @ Titahi
28. Day 22 - Titahi Bay
29. Day 23 - Miramar
30. Day 24 - Russley
31. Day 24 - Russley
32. Day 25 - the Launch at Terrace Downs
33. Guest blog on day 25 - Pip from The First Tee NZ
34. Day 26 - Pegasus Town
35. Day 27 - MacKenzie
36. Day 28 - Kelvin Heights
37. Day 29 - Millbrook
38. Day 31 - Jack's Point - one month down!
39. Day 30 - Arrowtown
40. Reflections on puregolf2010's maiden month on the road
41. Day 32, February 1 - Tarras
42. Day 33 - Harewood (Old)
43. Day 34 - Paraparaumu Beach
44. Day 35 - Waikanae
45. Day 36 - Manawatu
46. Day 37 - Ngamotu
47. Day 38 - Ngaruawahia
48. Day 39 - Pukekohe
49. Day 40 - Remuera
50. Day 41 - Royal Auckland GC
51. Day 42 - Titirangi GC
52. Day 43 - Waitakere GC
53. The Centurion's Blog
54. Day 45 - Omaha Beach
55. Day 46 - North Shore GC
56. Day 47 - meeting w Banksy
57. Day 47 - Muriwai Links
58. Day 48 - Akarana
59. Day 49 - Hanging with The First Tee kids
60. Day 50 - The Grange - our last day in NZ
61. Day 51 - puregolf2010 hits Sydney!
62. New Zealand Leg In Review
63. Day 52 - Stunning views at The Coast
64. Day 53 - Bonnie Doon
65. Day 54 - The Australian
66. Day 55 - Somewhere Secret
67. Day 56 - The guest blog by Matt Cleary after his drubbing at St Michael's
68. Day 57 - Nowra GC
69. Day 58 - Mollymook
70. 2 months down! But where are the kangaroos?
71. Day 60 - Eagle Ridge
72. day 61 - something special at the RACV Cape Schanck Resort
73. Day 62 - Rosebud CC (South)
74. Day 63 - Deja vu at Rosebud CC
75. Day 64 - Links golf Aussie style at St. Andrews Beach
76. Day 65 - Lightning strikes at The National
77. Days 66 and 67 - Family atmosphere and two sublime golf courses at Moonah Links
78. A spot of TV...
79. Day 68 - A bit of wind at Flinders
80. Reflections on another one of life's contrasts
81. Day 69 - Portsea GC
82. Day 70 - Old World atmosphere at Sorrento
83. We're not the only nutters out there
84. Day 71 - I love The Dunes. A lot.
85. A barmy evening spent exploring the Mornington Peninsula
86. Day 72 - wow factor at the National Old
87. Day 72 - wow factor at the National (Old)
88. Day 73 - puregolf2010 hits the home of the aussie pga, sandhurst
89. Day 74 - And so to the Melbourne sandbelt, kicking off with Yarra Yarra
90. Day 75 - A warm welcome and a media shoot at Woodlands
91. Day 76 - A hot day in Melbourne, at Spring Valley
92. Day 77 at Victoria GC
93. Day 78 - good clean fun with a couple of locals at Huntingdale
94. Day 79 - probably the warmest welcome of the year, at the growling frog
95. day 80 - what a day at Kingston Heath
96. Day 81 - Royal Melbourne (West)
97. Day 82 - Southern
98. The HSBC Golf Show appearance
99. Day 83 - farewell to the Sandbelt from Commonwealth
100. day 84 - Barwon Heads (and the clubhouse..)
101. Day 85 - A marathon day at 13th Beach / Barwon Heads
102. Day 86 - 13th Beach - The Creek Course
103. Day 87 - A coastal gem at Port Fairy
104. (The second half of) Day 87 - Millicent
105. Day 88 - puregolf2010 makes it through the desert to Grange (West)
106. Day 89 at Glenelg
107. Flashback - Royal Adelaide on day 90 - photos added
108. Day 91 - April Come She Will, at The Grange (East)
109. Day 92 - As australian as it gets at murray downs
110. Day 93 - sand scrape greens at Coolamon
111. Other nutters we like
112. Day 94 in the Capital - Royal Canberra
113. Day 95 - speed golf so we can see the girls!!
114. The Sunrise segment
115. Day 96 - A quickie at Warringah
116. Day 97 - Playing with a legend
117. Day 98 - The Good Life at Elanora
118. Day 99 - SPEED GOLF
119. 100
120. Well done Phil
121. Day 101 - Hard Yakka at Concord
122. Day 102 - Botany
123. Day 102 - Botany
124. Day 103 - A guest blog on one of the best by one of the best
125. Day 104 - Famous hospitality at Cypress Lakes
126. Day 105 - Our first taste of Autumn, at Armidale
127. Day 106 - Beautiful Bonville
128. Day 107 - Ocean Shores
129. Day 108 - waterlogged at Mount Coolum
130. Day 109 - Twin Waters
131. Day 110 - Noosa Springs
132. Day 111 - Soaked on Nelson at Club Pelican
133. Day 112 at the Hyatt Regency Coolum
134. Day 112 at the Hyatt Regency Coolum
135. Some Sad News
136. Day 113 at Headland GC - the top Club in Queensland
137. Day 114 a guest blog by brother Henry from the Pacific Harbour G&CC
138. solo golf at Nambour
139. Royal Queensland - day 116
140. follow puregolf2010 on facebook for some live scoring
141. Links Hope Island puts on a great show
142. Liability when you smash it over the fence
143. Lakelands
144. Welcomed amongst The Girls at The Glades
145. Sanctuary Cove - the Pines
146. A day at Brookwater and Drummond Golf
147. Day 122 at Emerald Downs
148. Day 123 at Port Macquarie GC
149. Day 124 Newcastle GC
150. Magenta Shores on day 125. And the last day of the Aussie Road Trip
151. New South Wales Golf Club
152. Avondale - day 127
153. day 128 at The Lakes
154. The longest day - May 10, day 130
155. Woke up in the US. Awesome.
156. Our first couple of days in the US - a video diary
157. Day 133 - Another redeye start, this time at Cal Club
158. San Francisco Golf Club - day 134
159. Day 135 - Hackin' round some old University track
160. Pasatiempo
161. Day 137 - Hypothermia at Cinnabar Hills in Silicon Valley
162. The best day in history
163. Day 139 at Spyglass Hill
164. Day 140 - Bel Air CC
165. Day 141 - A fine afternoon at Wilshire Country Club
166. A cruisy Saturday at Terranea
167. Day 143 - Our day at Riv with a rock star
168. The kiwis take over at Mountain Gate
169. Into the desert we go!
170. Revisiting our first couple of days in the US
171. TPC Scottsdale - day 146
172. 9 holes after a long drive - Day 147
173. TPC Las Colinas - home of the Byron Nelson
174. LoudMouting it at Colonial
175. Day 149 - TPC Craig Ranch
176. New Orleans on day 150
177. Shattered on Day 151 at Black Diamond
178. Day 152 at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill
179. Scorched on Day 153 at Sugarloaf Mountain
180. 30 holes in one day
181. Anyone ever heard of a place called Sawgrass?
182. Southern grandeur at Sea Island, Georgia - Day 156
183. A perfect storm on Goldy's birthday
184. One Hell of a Composite Challenge - Hilton Head on Day 158
185. Golf Channel v1
186. Day 159 at Crescent Point
187. Beaten up at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course on Day 161
188. An old segment unearthed at last - looking back to the first leg in NZ
189. Charleston Country Club
190. A huge day of golf, fundraising and Southern Hospitality
191. What a relaxing day at Augusta CC, on Day 163
192. Creed of the Amateur
193. Bringing it all back with some father/son golf in Charlotte
194. A sneak peak at the holy grail
195. US Open fever - five years since Cambo won
196. The masochists play 36 holes at Pinehurst
197. Pinehurst #1 on day 165
198. The Pinecrest Inn
199. Country Club of North Carolina
200. Day 168 among the pines at Forest Creek
201. Just a thought
202. TPC Wakefield and the Inman Inn
203. Day 170 at The CC of Virginia - pure
204. Kinloch
205. Washington DC & RTJGC - more acronyms than pars on Day 172
206. A unique place - Burning Tree
207. Washington Golf and Country Club
208. Lessons in Banana Peeling at Caves Valley
209. Our first stop in Jersey was a cracker - Metedeconk
210. On hallowed ground at Baltusrol
211. A gem of a day at Hidden Creek
212. Killer bugs and a killer course - Galloway National on 178
213. Rain rain rain at Mountain Ridge
214. Merion - a rare beauty
215. The kindness of strangers
216. Pine Valley
217. A day of remarkable purity at Somerset Hills
218. a tribute from Plainfield
219. A famous day at a famous place - Winged Foot
220. The day we played The Monster, Bethpage Black
221. Stressed and looking for a place to play in The Hamptons
222. Part 1 of Surely The Best Day Of Golf Ever Played - The National Golf Links of America
223. Part 2 of Surely The Best Day Of Golf Ever Played - Shinnecock Hills
224. A cracker at The Creek
225. The Westhampton Experience
226. Day 190 - Deepdale
227. Quaker Ridge - Winged Foot's next door neighbour
228. the penultimate day in the US at Garden City
229. Our last day on US soil
230. Welcome to the UK and Royal Burgess
231. Revisiting the club where it all began for Jamie - Kirkcaldy GC
232. a calm day at Lundin Links
233. The Scotland Birdie Fundraising Challenge
234. Howling gales and bonnie scenes on Day 197 at Royal Cluny
235. Elie
236. Kingsbarns on Open Sunday evening
237. The Dukes course at St Andrews
238. A place where golf's traditions remain well preserved - Prestwick
239. The Yips at Dundonald
240. A place called Royal Troon
241. Day 204 - Western Gailes
242. The last of our days on the Ayrshire Coast - Day 205 at Glasgow Gailes
243. Day 206 at Ravelston
244. A little slice of America on Day 207 at Renaissance
245. Day 208 - North Berwick
246. The best greens in Scotland are at Panmure
247. Day 210 at Ladybank
248. Equipment review #1
249. Shown up by Proper Golfers at Montrose
250. A day to remember at Balgownie Links
251. Quick chat on BBC Radio Five Live
252. Cruden Bay is mental
253. Playing in a warzone at Moray
254. The Famous Nairn
255. Castle Stuart
256. Somewhere a little bit special - The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle
257. The most northern golf course of the year at Brora
258. The Jewel in the Crown of Highlands Golf - Royal Dornoch
259. Boat of Garton
260. A MacKenzie track at Blairgowrie
261. Playing at Liz's place in the Highlands
262. CarNASTY
263. Where it all started at the home of golf
264. Shanking it at Aberdour
265. The Castle Course at St Andrews
266. Golf and a wedding
267. The Queens course at Gleneagles with Mr Pook
268. Pungent aromas of seaweed and fantastically ancient walls at Dunbar
269. Gullane number 1 is a gem
270. In the company of the honourable company
271. Bruntsfield
272. Getting off on the wrong foot at Luffness New
273. Machrihanish and a living legend
274. An interesting one to call
275. The Irish Birdie and Eagle challenge for The First Tee
276. A cracking 24 hours on Islay including the famous Machrie
277. On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Looooooooooooooommonnnnddddd
278. Turnberry (Kintyre)
279. The Scotland leg is OVER! Turnberry wasn't a bad place to end it
280. Welcome to North'n Ireland at Royal Belfast
281. Returning to the land of my fathers, Port-ee-down
282. Irish contact details
283. The most magnificent links in...the world
284. Blown sideways at the very historic Ardglass
285. Port Stewart and a spot of sightseeing
286. McDowell's back yard
287. Sparkling craic and wall to wall sunshine at Ballyliffin
288. Sandy Hills at Rosapenna
289. Revisiting the site of many a cracking summer holiday
290. Day 248 at Murvagh
291. Singing in the rain at Rosses Point on 249
292. The Irish Kiawah Island
293. Carne Golf Links
294. The emerald in the crown of our favourite designer, day 252 at lahinch
295. Ballybunion - the most Irish place in Ireland
296. A touching message from our little friends - the birdie students - at The First Tee NZ
297. Killarney & the arrival of Miss O'Connell
298. Killarney & the arrival of Miss O'Connell
299. The Waterville Experience
300. A little bit of creativity from "Bob"
301. Bags of fun with the Mancunian First Tee tots
302. DOOKS
303. An early morning walk to savour at Mount Juliet
304. Old Head
305. Nackered at Druids Glen
306. A smashing day at Carton House and with Eamonn from Golf Vacations Ireland
307. Night golf at Baltray
308. Portmarnock - what a pleasant surprise
309. The Island Golf Club with the whanau
310. Exhaustion sets in at Royal Dublin
311. puregolf2010 hits English shores! First port of call - The First Tee Manchester
312. The first of the Lancashire heavyweights - Royal Birkdale
313. Farewell from Gretta the great
314. Day 267 at Royal Lytham & St Annes
315. Formby - a very english sounding name. with a very scottish host
316. Royal Liverpool (Hoylake)
317. Wallasey. And the arrival of Bart De Vries - manager, physio, spiritual guru, all around champion
318. The Belfry
319. Moseley - a slice of Old England in a very cosmopolitan part of New England
320. Our only game in Wales - where to start?
321. Marriott St Pierre
322. Thunder on the mountain at Cleeve Hill. A guest blog by Nick "Pom" Anderson
323. Filton GC - And a second bite at the cherry for Nick "Pom" Anderson
324. Burnham & Berrow
325. The oldest course in England - Westward Ho! (their exclamation mark, not mine)
326. Rinsed but recovering in the comfort of the St Mellions resort in Cornwall
327. The Wonders of Cottesmore
328. The first stop in our heathland adventure
329. The Goodwood Estate
330. Sunningdale - a brief insight into how the other half live
331. Tickling it around one of the last bastions of 2 ball golf - West Sussex
332. Woburn & a day of international travel
333. Kennemer
334. Inner City Dutch golf - right by the Amsterdam arena!
335. Betsche kalt at Noordwijkse. And cheap Dutchies
336. three hosts, three countries, great day
337. Paris & Golf de Morfontaine - impossibly good
338. Golf de Chantilly
339. A quickie in Den Haag
340. The New Zealand Club - where else?
341. Royal Ivinghoe
342. Good food, good company - and of course a spot of golf. The Berkshire you beauty
343. the new course at Walton Heath
344. Kentish Adventure Part I: Royal Cinque Ports
345. Good morning from Leeds - puregolf2010.com is changing
346. Preparing to leave the UK
347. Rye - Just Dandy
348. Alwoodley
349. Rookie Mistake
350. What day was it exactly at Princes Golf Club??
351. The last night in England
352. Irony and exhaustion
353. Day 301 at Royal St Georges was worth the wait
354. Surely not? Yes, we're leaving the UK on Monday
355. Royal West Norfolk - idiosyncratic to a T
356. Hunstanton
357. Bingley St Ives in the rain
358. Eccentric folk are more fun
359. Status update as we prepare to set sail
360. Just another normal day
361. Moortown - sadly an off day
362. Ganton
363. Greetings from the oven
364. Royal Selkirk & The Selkirk Experience - A Trip Down Memory Lane with Little Brother
365. The fundraising push begins!
366. Musselburgh
367. Brilliant blue skies in the kingdom - and a pause to remember Bobby Heaney
368. Eid Mubarak from Dubai
369. Fife to Glasgow (golf at Knightswood) to Dubai - The Video
370. Unbridled confidence
371. A few thoughts on Dubai
372. Standard 36 Hours
373. The Abu Dhabi Experience
374. Homecoming Birdie Challenge update
375. puregolf2010 takes flight!
376. Hanging out with golf's old guard at Royal Perth
377. What kind of name is The Cut? Who cares - it's a blinder...
378. Travel Log
379. Back on the Mainland - and a milestone on puregolf2010.com
380. The Links at Kennedy Bay
381. Turns out you don't pronounce the "y" in Karrinyup
382. Royal Fremantle
383. Three Space Cadets Land In Melbourne
384. Barnbougle Dunes
385. Home in NZ
386. A few words on a place that more than lives up to the hype
387. Another Guest Blog by that mug Cleary. May we present Royal Melbourne (East)
388. Struggling to stay awake on Breakfast TV
389. Metropolitan, not Cosmopolitan
390. The National (Moonah)
391. A quickie at Cheltenham
392. Heritage (St John) and the trip home!
393. Fore! Take a helmet to Howick. And a camera...
394. Much Love for The Interislander!
395. Returning to home soil at the very kiwi Maungakiekie
396. A festival of new friendships at Manukau
397. Birdie Challenge update
398. December 3 at Ellerslie, The Golf Warehouse and The Grange
399. St Andrews in Hamilton
400. Shandon
401. A trip on the Interislander and a taste of pure NZ
402. Bondy you legend! Full marks Karori GC
403. May there always be rural 9 holers like Kapiti
404. Take out the trees chaps!
405. Tough going at Amberley Beach
406. HSBC Golf Club & the Hokitika links experience
407. Back to the old family haunt at Hanmer Springs with my grandfather
408. Super Wednesday! A rip snorter of a day in Queenstown - Aotearoa at it's best
409. Up to Zee Mountains Where Zee Air is Pure. And Zee Pies.
410. NZ is pure. Super Wednesday continues...
411. Big blue at Otatara - the Invercargill GC
412. A majestic walk at the oldest golf club in New Zealand
413. Oreti Sands - what could be The Next Big Thing
414. playing with an Open Champion at Clearwater
415. Blown around at a favourite Dunedin haunt - Chisholm Park
416. Finally the left handed golfing episode at Frankton
417. Big Nor'Wester at Ashburton GC
418. Nor' Westa' and an inspiring young playing partner at Waitikiri
419. Playing with an Open Champion at Clearwater
420. update from the road
421. From the Dubai skyline to Christchurch Central - Hagley Park, where else?!
422. Yes, we played on Christmas Day...
423. A shaky boxing day with Woody and JT at Rangiora
424. The end is in sight - probably the final blog of 2010
425. We did it!
426. Wellington hasn't got any less windy in our absence...
427. A wee visit to Barty Boy's old stomping ground
428. A Month On and we're up and running again - looking back to Rarangi GC
429. Day 364 - at Napier Golf Club, the home of Maori golf in New Zealand
430. The final video - day 365 at Cape Kidnappers - puregolf2010 is complete

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