LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - The 'gnome's Secrets Thread: The 'gnome's Secrets View Single Post #17 01-19-2009, 11:51 PM O.B.Left Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,433 Originally Posted by Yoda We're talkin' the California desert, O.B., where the sun shines 354 days each year . . . Palm Springs and the surrounding parts: Indio, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta and Rancho Mirage. http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses...?dest=Indio+ca Where all putts break toward Indio, or . . . Whatever! [Add Valley Girl accent.] Thanks Yoda And I was just in Palm Springs for New Years. OMG. So this refers to reading the "lay of the land" in a mountainous area with a compass? Is that right? Google earth maybe for topographical maps? These guys are good and thorough too. Regards OB O.B.Left View Public Profile Send a private message to O.B.Left Find all posts by O.B.Left