Last month I had a 9 am tee time with my cousin, Frank, at The Club at Lac La Belle. I’d been there earlier in the season, and several other times for preview play and had a good idea of the shots – especially drone shots – I most wanted to get.

As it happens to me pretty often the night before rounds of golf that I’m really excited about, I didn’t sleep well the night before. My daughter woke up screaming at 1:45 in the morning, and after I got up to give her a new bottle and change her never fell back asleep. The same thing happened a few nights later when I was trying to rest up before a day at Medinah Country Club.

The great thing about being up way too early before rounds of golf is that it gives me the opportunity to leave early and chase the sunrise.

The Club at Lac La Belle is an amazing place to do just that. Everything about the course pops on camera. I’ve shown a handful of these on my Instagram account already, but here are some of my favorites from that morning… Enjoy!