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

Posted by Michael on 28 December 2010 | 0 Comments

Good morning from Wellington and a happy 29th of December. JP and I are about to boost for our final drive of the year, to the Harpers in the Wairarapa and then to Bart's house in the Hawkes Bay.

Our last three courses are:

Hawkes Bay GC (29th)

Napier GC (30th)

Cape Kidnappers (31st)

Only 54 holes to go for the year it's looking good...

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