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2. Day 0 - Matauri Bay
3. Day 1 - Kauri Cliffs
4. Day 2 - Whangamata
5. Day 3 - The Dunes
6. Jan 4th in the Coromandel
7. Day 4 - Waihi
8. Day 5 - The Lakes
9. Day 6 - Lochiel
10. Day 7 - Springfield
11. Day 8 - Rotorua
12. Day 9 - Centennial
14. Day 10 - Kinloch
15. Jamie's thoughts on Day 10 at Kinloch
16. Day 11 - Taupo GC, Tauhara
17. Day 12 - Wairakei
18. Day 13 - Poverty Bay
19. Day 14 - Mahia
20. Day 15 - Bridge Pa
21. Day 16 - Waipukurau
22. Day 17 - Riversdale
23. Day 18 - Hutt
24. Day 19 - Te Marua
25. Day 20 - Wainuiomata
26. Day 21 - Manor Park
27. Day 21 - Manor Park
28. Choke @ Titahi
29. Day 22 - Titahi Bay
30. Day 23 - Miramar
31. Day 24 - Russley
32. Day 24 - Russley
33. Day 25 - the Launch at Terrace Downs
34. Guest blog on day 25 - Pip from The First Tee NZ
35. Day 26 - Pegasus Town
36. Day 27 - MacKenzie
37. Day 28 - Kelvin Heights
38. Day 29 - Millbrook
39. Day 31 - Jack's Point - one month down!
40. Day 30 - Arrowtown
41. Reflections on puregolf2010's maiden month on the road
42. Day 32, February 1 - Tarras
43. Day 33 - Harewood (Old)
44. Day 34 - Paraparaumu Beach
45. Day 35 - Waikanae
46. Day 36 - Manawatu
47. Day 37 - Ngamotu
48. Day 38 - Ngaruawahia
49. Day 39 - Pukekohe
50. Day 40 - Remuera
51. Day 41 - Royal Auckland GC
52. Day 42 - Titirangi GC
53. Day 43 - Waitakere GC
54. The Centurion's Blog
55. Day 45 - Omaha Beach
56. Day 46 - North Shore GC
57. Day 47 - meeting w Banksy
58. Day 47 - Muriwai Links
59. Day 48 - Akarana
60. Day 49 - Hanging with The First Tee kids
61. Day 50 - The Grange - our last day in NZ
62. Day 51 - puregolf2010 hits Sydney!
63. New Zealand Leg In Review
64. Day 52 - Stunning views at The Coast
65. Day 53 - Bonnie Doon
66. Day 54 - The Australian
67. Day 55 - Somewhere Secret
68. Day 56 - The guest blog by Matt Cleary after his drubbing at St Michael's
69. Day 57 - Nowra GC
70. Day 58 - Mollymook
71. 2 months down! But where are the kangaroos?
72. Day 60 - Eagle Ridge
73. day 61 - something special at the RACV Cape Schanck Resort
74. Day 62 - Rosebud CC (South)
75. Day 63 - Deja vu at Rosebud CC
76. Day 64 - Links golf Aussie style at St. Andrews Beach
77. Day 65 - Lightning strikes at The National
78. Days 66 and 67 - Family atmosphere and two sublime golf courses at Moonah Links
79. A spot of TV...
80. Day 68 - A bit of wind at Flinders
81. Reflections on another one of life's contrasts
82. Day 69 - Portsea GC
83. Day 70 - Old World atmosphere at Sorrento
84. We're not the only nutters out there
85. Day 71 - I love The Dunes. A lot.
86. A barmy evening spent exploring the Mornington Peninsula
87. Day 72 - wow factor at the National Old
88. Day 72 - wow factor at the National (Old)
89. Day 73 - puregolf2010 hits the home of the aussie pga, sandhurst
90. Day 74 - And so to the Melbourne sandbelt, kicking off with Yarra Yarra
91. Day 75 - A warm welcome and a media shoot at Woodlands
92. Day 76 - A hot day in Melbourne, at Spring Valley
93. Day 77 at Victoria GC
94. Day 78 - good clean fun with a couple of locals at Huntingdale
95. Day 79 - probably the warmest welcome of the year, at the growling frog
96. day 80 - what a day at Kingston Heath
97. Day 81 - Royal Melbourne (West)
98. Day 82 - Southern
99. The HSBC Golf Show appearance
100. Day 83 - farewell to the Sandbelt from Commonwealth
101. day 84 - Barwon Heads (and the clubhouse..)
102. Day 85 - A marathon day at 13th Beach / Barwon Heads
103. Day 86 - 13th Beach - The Creek Course
104. Day 87 - A coastal gem at Port Fairy
105. (The second half of) Day 87 - Millicent
106. Day 88 - puregolf2010 makes it through the desert to Grange (West)
107. Day 89 at Glenelg
108. Flashback - Royal Adelaide on day 90 - photos added
109. Day 91 - April Come She Will, at The Grange (East)
110. Day 92 - As australian as it gets at murray downs
111. Day 93 - sand scrape greens at Coolamon
112. Other nutters we like
113. Day 94 in the Capital - Royal Canberra
114. Day 95 - speed golf so we can see the girls!!
115. The Sunrise segment
116. Day 96 - A quickie at Warringah
117. Day 97 - Playing with a legend
118. Day 98 - The Good Life at Elanora
119. Day 99 - SPEED GOLF
120. 100
121. Well done Phil
122. Day 101 - Hard Yakka at Concord
123. Day 102 - Botany
124. Day 102 - Botany
125. Day 103 - A guest blog on one of the best by one of the best
126. Day 104 - Famous hospitality at Cypress Lakes
127. Day 105 - Our first taste of Autumn, at Armidale
128. Day 106 - Beautiful Bonville
129. Day 107 - Ocean Shores
130. Day 108 - waterlogged at Mount Coolum
131. Day 109 - Twin Waters
132. Day 110 - Noosa Springs
133. Day 111 - Soaked on Nelson at Club Pelican
134. Day 112 at the Hyatt Regency Coolum
135. Day 112 at the Hyatt Regency Coolum
136. Some Sad News
137. Day 113 at Headland GC - the top Club in Queensland
138. Day 114 a guest blog by brother Henry from the Pacific Harbour G&CC
139. solo golf at Nambour
140. Royal Queensland - day 116
141. follow puregolf2010 on facebook for some live scoring
142. Links Hope Island puts on a great show
143. Liability when you smash it over the fence
144. Lakelands
145. Welcomed amongst The Girls at The Glades
146. Sanctuary Cove - the Pines
147. A day at Brookwater and Drummond Golf
148. Day 122 at Emerald Downs
149. Day 123 at Port Macquarie GC
150. Day 124 Newcastle GC
151. Magenta Shores on day 125. And the last day of the Aussie Road Trip
152. New South Wales Golf Club
153. Avondale - day 127
154. day 128 at The Lakes
155. The longest day - May 10, day 130
156. Woke up in the US. Awesome.
157. Our first couple of days in the US - a video diary
158. Day 133 - Another redeye start, this time at Cal Club
159. San Francisco Golf Club - day 134
160. Day 135 - Hackin' round some old University track
161. Pasatiempo
162. Day 137 - Hypothermia at Cinnabar Hills in Silicon Valley
163. The best day in history
164. Day 139 at Spyglass Hill
165. Day 140 - Bel Air CC
166. Day 141 - A fine afternoon at Wilshire Country Club
167. A cruisy Saturday at Terranea
168. Day 143 - Our day at Riv with a rock star
169. The kiwis take over at Mountain Gate
170. Into the desert we go!
171. Revisiting our first couple of days in the US
172. TPC Scottsdale - day 146
173. 9 holes after a long drive - Day 147
174. TPC Las Colinas - home of the Byron Nelson
175. LoudMouting it at Colonial
176. Day 149 - TPC Craig Ranch
177. New Orleans on day 150
178. Shattered on Day 151 at Black Diamond
179. Day 152 at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill
180. Scorched on Day 153 at Sugarloaf Mountain
181. 30 holes in one day
182. Anyone ever heard of a place called Sawgrass?
183. Southern grandeur at Sea Island, Georgia - Day 156
184. A perfect storm on Goldy's birthday
185. One Hell of a Composite Challenge - Hilton Head on Day 158
186. Golf Channel v1
187. Day 159 at Crescent Point
188. Beaten up at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course on Day 161
189. An old segment unearthed at last - looking back to the first leg in NZ
190. Charleston Country Club
191. A huge day of golf, fundraising and Southern Hospitality
192. What a relaxing day at Augusta CC, on Day 163
193. Creed of the Amateur
194. Bringing it all back with some father/son golf in Charlotte
195. A sneak peak at the holy grail
196. US Open fever - five years since Cambo won
197. The masochists play 36 holes at Pinehurst
198. Pinehurst #1 on day 165
199. The Pinecrest Inn
200. Country Club of North Carolina
201. Day 168 among the pines at Forest Creek
202. Just a thought
203. TPC Wakefield and the Inman Inn
204. Day 170 at The CC of Virginia - pure
205. Kinloch
206. Washington DC & RTJGC - more acronyms than pars on Day 172
207. A unique place - Burning Tree
208. Washington Golf and Country Club
209. Lessons in Banana Peeling at Caves Valley
210. Our first stop in Jersey was a cracker - Metedeconk
211. On hallowed ground at Baltusrol
212. A gem of a day at Hidden Creek
213. Killer bugs and a killer course - Galloway National on 178
214. Rain rain rain at Mountain Ridge
215. Merion - a rare beauty
216. The kindness of strangers
217. Pine Valley
218. A day of remarkable purity at Somerset Hills
219. a tribute from Plainfield
220. A famous day at a famous place - Winged Foot
221. The day we played The Monster, Bethpage Black
222. Stressed and looking for a place to play in The Hamptons
223. Part 1 of Surely The Best Day Of Golf Ever Played - The National Golf Links of America
224. Part 2 of Surely The Best Day Of Golf Ever Played - Shinnecock Hills
225. A cracker at The Creek
226. The Westhampton Experience
227. Day 190 - Deepdale
228. Quaker Ridge - Winged Foot's next door neighbour
229. the penultimate day in the US at Garden City
230. Our last day on US soil
231. Welcome to the UK and Royal Burgess
232. Revisiting the club where it all began for Jamie - Kirkcaldy GC
233. a calm day at Lundin Links
234. The Scotland Birdie Fundraising Challenge
235. Howling gales and bonnie scenes on Day 197 at Royal Cluny
236. Elie
237. Kingsbarns on Open Sunday evening
238. The Dukes course at St Andrews
239. A place where golf's traditions remain well preserved - Prestwick
240. The Yips at Dundonald
241. A place called Royal Troon
242. Day 204 - Western Gailes
243. The last of our days on the Ayrshire Coast - Day 205 at Glasgow Gailes
244. Day 206 at Ravelston
245. A little slice of America on Day 207 at Renaissance
246. Day 208 - North Berwick
247. The best greens in Scotland are at Panmure
248. Day 210 at Ladybank
249. Equipment review #1
250. Shown up by Proper Golfers at Montrose
251. A day to remember at Balgownie Links
252. Quick chat on BBC Radio Five Live
253. Cruden Bay is mental
254. Playing in a warzone at Moray
255. The Famous Nairn
256. Castle Stuart
257. Somewhere a little bit special - The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle
258. The most northern golf course of the year at Brora
259. The Jewel in the Crown of Highlands Golf - Royal Dornoch
260. Boat of Garton
261. A MacKenzie track at Blairgowrie
262. Playing at Liz's place in the Highlands
263. CarNASTY
264. Where it all started at the home of golf
265. Shanking it at Aberdour
266. The Castle Course at St Andrews
267. Golf and a wedding
268. The Queens course at Gleneagles with Mr Pook
269. Pungent aromas of seaweed and fantastically ancient walls at Dunbar
270. Gullane number 1 is a gem
271. In the company of the honourable company
272. Bruntsfield
273. Getting off on the wrong foot at Luffness New
274. Machrihanish and a living legend
275. An interesting one to call
276. The Irish Birdie and Eagle challenge for The First Tee
277. A cracking 24 hours on Islay including the famous Machrie
278. On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Looooooooooooooommonnnnddddd
279. Turnberry (Kintyre)
280. The Scotland leg is OVER! Turnberry wasn't a bad place to end it
281. Welcome to North'n Ireland at Royal Belfast
282. Returning to the land of my fathers, Port-ee-down
283. Irish contact details
284. The most magnificent links in...the world
285. Blown sideways at the very historic Ardglass
286. Port Stewart and a spot of sightseeing
287. McDowell's back yard
288. Sparkling craic and wall to wall sunshine at Ballyliffin
289. Sandy Hills at Rosapenna
290. Revisiting the site of many a cracking summer holiday
291. Day 248 at Murvagh
292. Singing in the rain at Rosses Point on 249
293. The Irish Kiawah Island
294. Carne Golf Links
295. The emerald in the crown of our favourite designer, day 252 at lahinch
296. Ballybunion - the most Irish place in Ireland
297. A touching message from our little friends - the birdie students - at The First Tee NZ
298. Killarney & the arrival of Miss O'Connell
299. Killarney & the arrival of Miss O'Connell
300. The Waterville Experience
301. A little bit of creativity from "Bob"
302. Bags of fun with the Mancunian First Tee tots
303. DOOKS
304. An early morning walk to savour at Mount Juliet
305. Old Head
306. Nackered at Druids Glen
307. A smashing day at Carton House and with Eamonn from Golf Vacations Ireland
308. Night golf at Baltray
309. Portmarnock - what a pleasant surprise
310. The Island Golf Club with the whanau
311. Exhaustion sets in at Royal Dublin
312. puregolf2010 hits English shores! First port of call - The First Tee Manchester
313. The first of the Lancashire heavyweights - Royal Birkdale
314. Farewell from Gretta the great
315. Day 267 at Royal Lytham & St Annes
316. Formby - a very english sounding name. with a very scottish host
317. Royal Liverpool (Hoylake)
318. Wallasey. And the arrival of Bart De Vries - manager, physio, spiritual guru, all around champion
319. The Belfry
320. Moseley - a slice of Old England in a very cosmopolitan part of New England
321. Our only game in Wales - where to start?
322. Marriott St Pierre
323. Thunder on the mountain at Cleeve Hill. A guest blog by Nick "Pom" Anderson
324. Filton GC - And a second bite at the cherry for Nick "Pom" Anderson
325. Burnham & Berrow
326. The oldest course in England - Westward Ho! (their exclamation mark, not mine)
327. Rinsed but recovering in the comfort of the St Mellions resort in Cornwall
328. The Wonders of Cottesmore
329. The first stop in our heathland adventure
330. The Goodwood Estate
331. Sunningdale - a brief insight into how the other half live
332. Tickling it around one of the last bastions of 2 ball golf - West Sussex
333. Woburn & a day of international travel
334. Kennemer
335. Inner City Dutch golf - right by the Amsterdam arena!
336. Betsche kalt at Noordwijkse. And cheap Dutchies
337. three hosts, three countries, great day
338. Paris & Golf de Morfontaine - impossibly good
339. Golf de Chantilly
340. A quickie in Den Haag
341. The New Zealand Club - where else?
342. Royal Ivinghoe
343. Good food, good company - and of course a spot of golf. The Berkshire you beauty
344. the new course at Walton Heath
345. Kentish Adventure Part I: Royal Cinque Ports
346. Good morning from Leeds - puregolf2010.com is changing
347. Preparing to leave the UK
348. Rye - Just Dandy
349. Alwoodley
350. Rookie Mistake
351. What day was it exactly at Princes Golf Club??
352. The last night in England
353. Irony and exhaustion
354. Day 301 at Royal St Georges was worth the wait
355. Surely not? Yes, we're leaving the UK on Monday
356. Royal West Norfolk - idiosyncratic to a T
357. Hunstanton
358. Bingley St Ives in the rain

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