Norse Take on El Campeon

The Norse traveled to the small town of Howey-In-The-Hills, Florida to play arguably the best course on the trip, the El Campeon course at Mission Inn. The team had a perfect morning and early afternoon to play, as the sun that had been hidden for much of the last few days was out in full force this Wednesday. The course features tight driving holes, surrounded by majestic condos and resort buildings of the Spanish-mission style (see pics). A gator sighting took only a hole to happen, as a baby gator took up shop just below the tee box on the second hole, he was even moderately photogenic. Jack earned the trophy ball from El Campeon for his low round of the day, as a few Norse were close behind challenging the Canadian star. The team enjoyed the beautiful weather and great course, even spending a few extra hours on the putting green at Mission Inn to prepare for their upcoming match on Friday. Norse golf went out to dinner at Gator's, a Florida chain which serves gator tail, for dinner and saw the buzzer-beating dunk of Josh Smith to beat Dwight Howard and the Magic, check it out on SportsCenter Top Plays tomorrow. On tomorrow's slate, the Norse have the morning to practice and then play Forest Lake in the afternoon. The weather is forecast to be equally as good tomorrow, so we might make it back to Decorah with a slight tan.