{"id":352,"date":"2018-07-24T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/?p=352"},"modified":"2018-07-24T14:29:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:29:02","slug":"caversham-heath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/2018\/07\/24\/caversham-heath\/","title":{"rendered":"Caversham Heath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Caversham-Heath-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caversham Heath 1\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Caversham Heath 1\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Caversham-Heath-1_thumb.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"302\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Welcome<\/i> \u2013 The club\u2019s official stance on dogs is that leads are required, but since there was virtually nobody on the course (there had been a club competition earlier during the weekend), the pro shop said we were okay to take them off the lead if we kept them under control and cleaned up after them. Over the course of the round, we did come across a walker with a couple of sweet golden retrievers who enjoyed meeting our girls and having a brief little play.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\">What was a bit less welcoming were the sand traps littered around like confetti on the Champs Elysees on after the World Cup Final. I think below is how they determined the hazard design for the course\u2026<\/font> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#008000\">Do statistical analysis of where people are most likely to hit their ball on the hole. Put one right there.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#008000\">Make it bigger.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#008000\">No, even bigger.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#008000\">Add some nearby for good measure.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#008000\">Heck, just surround the hole with sand bunkers.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\">The 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 16<sup>th<\/sup> holes have 7 bunkers each. The area covered by the bunkers surrounding the par 3 13<sup>th<\/sup> covers more space than the green itself. Are the owners of the club owners of some sand and gravel who just sold off their gravel division? Very dog friendly course, but don\u2019t bring your cat.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Walk<\/i> \u2013 With the wide open spaces, Rusty and Grace enjoyed having a bit of freedom to stretch their legs. And while the fairly pervasive long grass lining the fairways turned out to be a bit of a nuisance for our wayward drives, Rusty enjoyed sniffing around in them and Grace got several treats for finding those balls in the rough.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Water<\/i> \u2013 There are two good sized water hazards on the course in good condition. One by the 17<sup>th<\/sup> and one which touches both the 6<sup>th<\/sup> and the 16<sup>th<\/sup> (so you the dogs can take a drink on both the front and back nine there). The water was in surprisingly fresh condition given the dry conditions.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Wildlife<\/i> \u2013 Not much visible except for flocks of gulls loitering on the fairway and a bit nonplussed by balls whizzing by them. As the sun set, we did hear the plaintive (and frankly bit distressing) crepuscular serenade of a libidinous monk jack.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Wind Down<\/i> \u2013 Squeezing out the last bit of summer sun, we didn\u2019t get off the course until about 9:30 pm when all the pubs in the area had stopped serving food. DoggiePubs recommended <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brunningandprice.co.uk\/packhorse\/\"><font color=\"#008000\">The Packhorse<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#008000\"> which is just round the corner from the course and our golf partners said she her bridge club played there periodically and it is a very nice establishment.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cavershm-Heath-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cavershm Heath 2\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cavershm Heath 2\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cavershm-Heath-2_thumb.jpg\" width=\"430\" height=\"324\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome \u2013 The club\u2019s official stance on dogs is that leads are required, but since there was virtually nobody on the course (there had been a club competition earlier during the weekend), the pro shop said we were okay to take them off the lead if we kept them under control and cleaned up after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}