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Old 07-31-2010, 10:58 PM   #25
Yarmark

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That's where I learned how to play golf! My father took me there to teach me the game throughout my early to mid teens.

It is definitely a 'starter' course, located in a diverse part of town with diverse players. It was a 9-hole course when I started and slowly increased to 18 over a number of years. TwoSolitudes description is entirely accurate: swamps, mosquitoes, beer cans, shirtless players, rock-hard dirt tee-boxes.

The green maintenance was the funniest part for me. They didn't have the proper equipment to professionally cut the greens, so on occasion they would bring out was looked like a giant rolling pin to flatten the long grass and make a more puttable flat surface. It was run by a very nice old couple who, last time I visited, were still working 7 days a week collection green fees. The 'club house' was actually the living room of their home.

Just horrible, but I also had a lot of good times there learning how to play the game.
You still play there ever? I will be in Halifax this September and was thinking of going back for old times. Was it still old man Rex running it? He must have handed it over to one of his sons by now.

and how can you live in Halifax and be a Dophins fan? Go Pats!
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