How To Lose a Sand Wedge

Monday 24th August 2009
Day 58

It´s amazing what you can lose on a golf course. Today I lost numerous balls, a driver cover and a sand wedge but it was an excellent round nonetheless.

There´s no way you can come to this part of the world and not play golf. Golf rules down here with the sport arguably more important than anything else in terms of tourist dollar. We´re surrounded by a host of top class courses including Valderamma just down the road and Finke Courtisin where the next World Matchplay Championship will be played just spitting distance.

The old man and I got up coated ourselves in factor 50 and hit the local course. Dad, who is a once a week golfer looked the part where as I looked a part throwing together a random outfit that sort of passed for golfing attire.

We had a good round. Not score wise. But hit the ball sweetly enough times to entice me back to the game when we hit English shores.