The Northern Clipper #1
The Norther Clipper #1
Golf and Japan, the beauty of cherry blossoms, challenging terrain, exquisite water hazard’s, and lush green grasses; makes you want tee off and rip one down a narrow fairway setting up a perfect second shot to the sloping green. Man I love the challenges of golfing in Japan. Join us as we trek the northern most prefecture’s challenging golf courses and give you a descriptive review of these courses. We will start our Japan golfing adventures as a team in Honshu’s northern most prefecture Aomori. In March the snow is starting to melt, and the courses are preparing for the 2019 season. This is our first year as a startup and will be sticking close to home.We will go south occasionally for work and play as well. Our plan for this season is to hit most of the public courses in Aomori and start golfing into Iwate prefecture by the end of the season (November). As this site grows, I hope to expand and get further south.
We are George Calbert (Curious George) and John Lyon (Simba). We are both currently in the United States military stationed in Misawa, Japan. I (George) am going on my sixth season of seriously golfing and trying to get better each day. I finished last season with a GHIN handicap of 15. John going on his 13th season of seriously golfing but has played since he was 10ish. He enjoys working to hone his craft each day and looks forward to a life time of golf. He finished last season with a GHIN handicap of 7.
This goal of this site is to have fun, be light hearted and share our experiences golfing in Japan. If you are looking for a video lesson or how to hit this shot or that shot; sorry that is not us. For that kind of instruction, spend the money and hire a professional coach. Here is what we intend to bring to our audience on his site: the golf culture in Japan, how to set up a round of golf in Japan when you do not speak Japanese, some do’s and do nots on a Japanese course, an everyday Joe’s opinion and review of the equipment that we are using, the facilities at the golf course, and of course a review of the golfing itself. These are going to be our opinions of how we feel the course plays in the current conditions.
If you’re interested in playing golf here in Japan, please come back and visit us often, read our articles, drop us a line and watch our videos. Join us on this journey and let us know what you would like to see that we can we bring you that is different or what are you are looking for? The starter is about to call our group to the first tee here in Northern Japan. Thank you for checking us out and until then “let’s take this a little north.”