A protractor is a PGA professional's most important tool, as golfers use the device to examine potential angles and factor in slope and wind speed before precisely calculating the quickest way to the clubhouse for a drink. Smack spheres sans mathematical guidance with today’s Groupon: for $119, you get an 18-hole round of golf and one golf cart for two people at Salishan Spa & Golf Resort in Gleneden Beach (up to a $238 value).
Golf carts zoom across the Salishan Spa & Golf Resort's sprawling fairways on its 18-hole, par 71 course, set amid emerald scenery redesigned by PGA pro Peter Jacobsen. Enveloped in breathtaking views of the ocean and Siletz Bay, the course invites golfers to whiz through a forest of old-growth timber on the course's first nine lawn-gnome-guarded greens. Hazards hinder tee shots for those mingling on the back nine, each designed as a throwback links-style hole. Before teeing off, golfers can practice whispering "fore" in dozens of different languages on the practice green or driving range. Though not included in today's Groupon, guests can assemble an arsenal of clubs with the help of PGA vet Mark Swift at the pro shop, or keep busy with an array of nearby attractions, including aquariums, deep-sea fishing, and a regularly setting sun.
Salishan Spa & Golf Resort’s rates fluctuate throughout the week and according to the time of day.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Barbecue Secrets
Every barbecue joint boasts a secret ingredient or technique that makes its sauce unlike any other. Since most barbecue chefs have taken these secrets to the grave, here's a new list of public-domain barbecue secrets for the aspiring grillsman:
- Throw recipe thieves off your trail by filling your sauce with decoy ingredients such as talc, water, and heaping spoonfuls of rival sauces.
- Age your sauce in an oak cask for 15 years—it doesn't do anything, but you'll sure be hungry by then.
- Go bananas—add bananas to your sauce!
- BBQ is short for B.B. Queen—the wife of legendary bluesman B.B. King—and real barbecue sauce must contain exactly one of her soulful tears.
- As with success in any field, the real secret ingredient is confidence —except in barbecue sauces, in which it is horseradish.
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