{"id":727,"date":"2020-07-29T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/?p=727"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:04:16","slug":"epping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/epping\/","title":{"rendered":"Epping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Epping-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"431\" height=\"303\" title=\"Epping 1\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Epping 1\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Epping-1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Welcome<\/i> \u2013 <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doggolf.info\/DogGolfDB\/Golf%20Course%20Profile.aspx?resort=153\"><font color=\"#008000\">Epping<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#008000\"> wasn\u2019t just completely welcoming to Grace, but they all the players we came across were exceptionally amiable. As typical during the post-COVID golf craze, the course was packed, but everyone was in good spirits and generously coordinating play.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Water<\/i> \u2013 More water wonderland with 7 water hazards. Only the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> hole was the hazard directly between the tee and the green. And even then it was a modest 100 yard distance to cross. All of the others were unobtrusively lurking off the side tempting the stray shot. All water holes were very accessible for Grace and she enjoyed wading into each for a quick lap.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Walk<\/i> \u2013 Rockin\u2019 and rollin\u2019. The course winds up and down (considerably) and side to side overlapping on itself. The ups take you to some striking vistas (though the nearby M25 is not the best of them). This was one of the most visually interesting courses we\u2019ve played in a long time. The 12<sup>th<\/sup> hole is a short par 3, but with a phalanx of topiary shrubs filling the approach making one of the most whimsical obstacles I seen on a course like playing on a Tim Burton film set.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Wildlife<\/i> \u2013 Despite all the water features, we didn\u2019t see any water fowl (most of the water pools were fairly small). Just a few urban fowl \u2013 pigeons, crows &#8211; fluttering past.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#008000\"><i>Wind Down<\/i> \u2013 We tried to hit the Forest Gate Inn just down the road but arrived 5 minutes past their 7:30 pm closing time on Sundays. It looked like a good and convenient watering hole with plenty of outdoor seating.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Epping-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"414\" height=\"226\" title=\"Epping 2\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Epping 2\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Epping-2_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Epping-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"406\" height=\"284\" title=\"Epping 3\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"Epping 3\" src=\"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Epping-3_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome \u2013 Epping wasn\u2019t just completely welcoming to Grace, but they all the players we came across were exceptionally amiable. As typical during the post-COVID golf craze, the course was packed, but everyone was in good spirits and generously coordinating play. Water \u2013 More water wonderland with 7 water hazards. Only the 3rd hole was [&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\/727"}],"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=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doggolf.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}