By Ann Phelan (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1912) on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 3:44 pm: |
I have an avid golfer client who wants to see the golf course. Is it open to the public and how do I contact them please?
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By Roger Burnham - Blennylips Bonaire (BonaireTalker - Post #71) on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 3:53 pm: |
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By Jan Klos - ( Hamlet Bonaire Owner) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #351) on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 5:47 pm: |
Ann, Found the course when we were there in Feb... Looks like a challange. No grass, all sand & rocks. Also has a driving range, but you need to shag your own balls. I'll wait to bring my clubs once a new course is built.
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14124) on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 6:02 pm: |
Wow...Roger, I didn't know there was a golf course on Bonaire...BTW...some of us are still floating in the middle of the Atlantic on your map and we're getting exhausted from treading water ;-)
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By Brian (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1146) on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 3:38 am: |
Oh the joy of one language and different meanings, I now have a mental image of someone trying to hump his golf balls. Time for the red hot poker.
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By Roger Burnham - Blennylips Bonaire (BonaireTalker - Post #73) on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 5:43 am: |
Cynde, see this post for help in getting high & dry.
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By T-Shirt Divers John and Sue (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #242) on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 9:41 am: |
Where is the course located? What part of the island? One must decide between clubs or fins!
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #14128) on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 10:43 am: |
Brian, I thought the same thing about the language...I once again said to myself "I really must learn Dutch." I did try to click around and "guess" what was being said...they need more pictures...and I certainly don't want to "shag" my own balls...ouch...red hot poker Jan ;-)
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By Roger Burnham - Blennylips Bonaire (BonaireTalker - Post #74) on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 1:36 pm: |
John & Sue;
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By Brigitte Kley - Coco Palm Garden (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #328) on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 7:19 pm: |
Ann, you can contact us -- Coco Palm Garden has a company member ship
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By Dean Botsford (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #358) on Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 7:28 am: |
I thought the golf course was over by the dive site ' 18 Holes ', you know, the one by the Governor's mansion... ;-)
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By Brigitte Kley - Coco Palm Garden (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #330) on Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 7:54 am: |
The golf course is at Wachikimba -- just before Lagoen you go into the Kunuku direction of the chicken farm - it is following the coast line on the east coast
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By Theo (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #186) on Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 5:44 am: |
If anyone of you BT-ers is having trouble with the Dutch language, I'll be more than glad to translate for you.
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By jos van osnabrugge (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1882) on Monday, August 15, 2005 - 6:57 am: |
Shaggadelic, Baby!!!
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By Jeanine (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #595) on Monday, August 15, 2005 - 9:35 am: |
As always, you people crack me up! But seriously, I'm so glad this thread started after I left for Bonaire. My dive partner is beyond avid regarding golfing, I would call him rabid! We usually end up with at least one day of him golfing on every trip. So does this golf course rent clubs? Wes won't haul clubs and dive gear. He usually ends up hauling his dive gear and renting clubs. Has any one golfed this course? Is it worth missing a day of diving?
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By Ginny Stokes (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #3) on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 2:55 pm: |
I'm right there with you Jeanine. Both my husband and I are avid golfers, but we won't haul both scuba gear and golf gear. The pictures of this course make it look ... um... different! Wish I could read Dutch!
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By Theo (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #196) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 7:40 am: |
Hi Ginny,
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By Jeanine (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #655) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 8:56 am: |
Help Theo! I don't read Dutch, can read German, so I was blundering through the golf course website and it was taking way too long. I got that it was an 18-hole, they preferred people to golf in groups (or they would pair you up) and that eventually they will have a tourist section for the website. It is in a rather interesting mixture of Dutch and English. OK...can you decipher if they rent clubs, are open to the public, and how much does it cost for a round? Thanks - I do hope your offer applied to me as well as to Ginny!
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By Jeanine (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #656) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 8:58 am: |
Oh yeah...thanks again for not posting this earlier. I just read (I think) that they had a 9 hole tournament on Aug 7 - we were there for that and I know Wes would have wanted to go.
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By Jeanine (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #657) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 9:02 am: |
Ok...one last question (if you don't ask, you don't learn), what does Elke mean? I have a German friend and that is her first name, but the word appears on the golf course website and I would like to know what her name means in Dutch. Thanks!
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By Martin (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #6) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 9:36 am: |
Green Fee
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By Jeanine (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #658) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 9:46 am: |
Thank you so much Martin! For all of the translations. I promise, I will buy a Dutch/English dictionary - especially since I plan on continuing my visits to Bonaire. I will attempt an email to the course. I'm sure someone there will be able to read it. I'm actually kind of embarrassed that I didn't think of sending them an email. Thanks!
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By Martin (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #8) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 10:27 am: |
If they don't understand your mail, don't hesitate to mail me/ send me a message; I'll be more than happy to translate.
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By Brian (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1154) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 2:16 pm: |
Jeanine
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By Brigitte Kley - Coco Palm Garden (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #333) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 2:47 pm: |
Most people on Bonaire speak some English .. kids start learning it at school 4th class (about 11 years old) ... the board of the golf course is mostly Dutch, there should be no problem sending an e-mail in English Tanneke Bartels totbartels@telbonet.an --- and as far as I know there are golf clubs for rent available, even for kids.
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By Ginny Stokes (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #4) on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 10:32 pm: |
I hope to go out and take a look at the course when we are on Bonaire in November, but in all honesty the diving on Bonaire is so wonderful we would never give up time diving to play golf (which we do here at home all summer long). I might bring along a sleeve of bright pink balls, tho, to try my hand at putting!
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