Far East Cynic

The venue………….

Golf… is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.-P. G. Wodehouse

And Lordy, my brother in law and I were surely tested. We went down to Sanford to play this course. All in all, a great way to spend the morning. Designed by Mike Strantz-with consulting working done by the Marquis de Sade-this course has so much trouble in so many places it actually forces you to play better golf. None of this grip it and rip it nonsense here! As they point out, “We do not guarantee your best round the first trip ’round The Road, but we are certain you will remember the ride! Prepare yourself for a battle like no other. ”

They are not kidding.

It is a course that would have E @ L spouting both Wodehouse quotes and profound explitives within the first 9 holes.

Most repeated quote of the day? “Where the hell is the f##king flag?”. Take a look here!

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A yardage book is a must here-so my brother in law- put us on their mailing list so we could get a free one. Spam that will be well worth receiving. They paired us up with two guys from Florida-one is retired Navy, former F-4/F-14 guy. We played from the “Plow” tees. After 7 holes I was only 6 over, so I was beginning to believe my little adage about the course making you play smarter and better.

I was wrong. The back nine was an ordeal……………Our playing partner kept calling it the Bataan Death March. Which considering the amount of time we spent trying get out various hazards is probably an apt title.

And all of this in 95 degree heat with no wind.

Still in the end the old adage about a bad day on the golf course beats a good day at work applies here. Bring your A game and come play this course! Its worth it.

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Just a short par 3-what could possibly go wrong?

  1. God I dislike the golf trash, be they damnyankees or deluded Southerners. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve played a round or two and enjoyed it, but that’s my point;

    I PLAYED. People around here take golf entirely too seriously. In this county, I think we have something like 150 golf curses (unfortunately without anti-personnel mines) and one shootin’ range.

    Who was that king of Scotland who forbade his subjects to play golf when they shoulda been exercising with their weapons?

    (Yeah, I know he was James, but which James? They sure had a bunch of Jim kings.

    Oh, BTW, glad you got out of Blogger. I need to do that, too. Google is Evil

  2. Skip, that sure looks a mean old man of a golf-course. One of the Mission Hills courses in Shenzen is like that – almost all bunkers and shite… Do the course attendants and gardeners keep trying to sell you your “second-hand” balls back? Are the female caddies cute, and do they “assist” you in the shower afterwards? (Somewhere in Beijing this happens I was informed.)

    Yep good idea getting out of blogger – Girl With a One Track Mind, a English blogger who turned her sex-blog into a successul novel nearly got kicked off last month.

    Bring your clubs when you next come to Singapore – we’ll get a taxi to a nice easy course in Johor.

    E@L