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September 21, 2014
We spent Sunday afternoon golfing in the rolling California hills near Patterson, CA. None of us had ever played Diablo Grande, and we were pleasantly surprised. We thought the photos online had probably been unrecognizably doctored, but that proved to not be the case. Sure, the fairways were struggling a bit under the extreme drought conditions we're currently in, but the course was quite playable and the layout was a lot of fun. Given the risk/reward aspects of some of the holes, I suspect this course would be fun to play on a regular basis.
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| Diablo Grande Golf & Country Club, Patterson, CA |
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| Desert Cottontail |
Of course, half of my interest was with the teeming wildlife. There were many birds, especially birds of prey. Hawks, kestrels and loggerhead shrikes were seen on just about every hole. We saw a green heron on one of the holes, then ran into it again on a later hole. That was a lifer for me, at least in terms of getting a photograph. Beautiful bird. We also saw a handful of deer and a couple of rabbits.
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| Colombian Black-tailed Deer -- Diablo Grande Golf & Country Club, Patterson, CA |
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| Green Heron -- Diablo Grande Golf & Country Club, Patterson, CA |
We also saw a mysterious animal on the eighteenth hole. From a distance it looked like a skunk, but after examining the photos I'm fairly convinced it was the elusive chupacabra.
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| Chupacabra -- Diablo Grande Golf & Country Club, Patterson, CA |
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