GOLFING AND GOOD BYES!!!

We all rode in a "buggy"....

(That would be "golf cart" in the good 'ol US of A!)

Our British golf instructor bought us all a drink!

(He bought me a beer!!  WOOHOO!)

 

Here we all are posing as we wait to tee off!

After our lesson we played a few holes,

 

and toasted Lynn as she leaves Dubai

 to head home to Vancouver.

 

We'll sure miss you, girl!!!

(And such is life in good 'ol Dubai!)

OH, THAT FOUR LETTER WORD!!

Oh, that four letter word

that hasn't been uttered since the thermostat

turned up in Dubai

last May!

G*O*L*F*

Well, not only 

did we say it today --  we played it today!

Yes, we let the camels and the bumblebees out of the bag

and headed to the Montgomerie where we played

the big girls course!

Ready or not........off we went!

The course was absolutely beautiful.

The weather was -- well, let's just say it was a 
weight loss opportunity

since we were dripping wet before we finished the first hole!

 But we certainly had fun

hitting that little white ball 
(mine was peach)

and taking lots and lots of photos of the course!

AHHHHHH, 

that four letter word

G*O*L*F*

never looked soooooo good!

A FIRST...AND A LAST!

It was a FIRST and a LAST

for me

this morning!

Yesterday was our LAST time 
playing golf at Emirates with Paula as our fourth.
 

Today, Lynn, Lorraine and I snuck off early (way early)

to Jebel Ali Golf Course

to play our very LAST game of golf together,

before I leave for the States,

and Lynn leaves for Canada,

and Lorraine leaves for the United Kingdom!

And we played for the very FIRST time (for me, that is)

at Jebel Ali, which is a big girl's course,

and I LOVED IT!!!

It was absolutely beautiful 
with long, luscious green fairways,

lined with majestic palm trees, 
 

gorgeous (and loud) peacocks, 

ball eating (but peaceful) lakes,

and, unfortunately for me, 
 lots and lots (and LOTS) of sand!

 
But I LOVED being able to drive 
the golf carts
that generated a bit of a breeze
which was certainly welcome on this 
hot and humid (OMG) morning!

(Our camels enjoyed the ride as well!)

What an AWESOME morning it was!
We all played well (WOOHOO),
and actually survived the high temperatures!

Even though it really was our LAST golf game
together for awhile, 
we made plans for lessons, clinics, and lots and lots of golf
when we reconvene later this year!


Jebel Ali was a gorgeous course 
with a spectacular ending!

 Dang, will you just look at those boats!
We need to figure out a way
to get on one of those!!

Good bye Lynn and Lorraine!
Can't wait to get back together to play golf in the Fall!!



ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END!

Last Fall,

(October 6, to be exact),

we started playing weekly golf

at Emirates Golf Club.

We played all winter long 

on OOO LA LA wonderful weathered mornings!

We played our last game, however,

this morning,

in triple digit, humid conditions.

But we still LOVED every single minute

of our frustrating game,

even though sweat was beading on our foreheads

and running down our legs.

YES, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END.

This morning marked our 
last time all together

for a while.

Thanks Lynn, Lorraine, (Freda), and Paula!

It's been a great run!

Have a wonderful summer and I can't wait to see you all

back on the golf course

next Fall!! 

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END.....

BEFORE THEY CAN START AGAIN!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYONE!

COLORFUL!*!

It was certainly 

COLORFUL

on the golf course yesterday morning!

HOW SWEET THE SUITE!

I got to go to the Dubai Desert Classic AGAIN!

This time it was the final day!

This time it was with

this....

.....a suite pass!

What does that mean?  

Well, let's see.  That means

PERFECT seats with PERFECT views and

PERFECTLY FREE DRINKS!

It was actually a

very, very, VERY exciting ending!

Knicker Man (Cabrera-Bello) was in first place

after his last putt. 

He had a score of -18.

(Holy Cow - how is that even possible?)

 

We all watched,

with bated breath,

for the last two players (with a -17) to putt.

Could one of them beat the man in knickers?

  

With perfectly FREE BEERS in our hands,

we sat in our PERFECT seats,

with the PERFECT view

and watched

Cabrera-Bello make the headlines

as the winner of the 

2012

DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC!

OH YEA!  HOW SWEET THE SUITE!*!

DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC!

Yes, we did it again!

We went to another golf tournament, 

The Dubai Desert Classic,

which was held at Emirates Golf Club.

  

We hopped on the Metro,

rode it to the very next stop,

hopped off and walked across the street to the course!

EASY SMEASY!!

Here is where the pros practiced.

Notice the number of divets.

Notice the high number of balls surrounding the targets.

Hmmmmm, why doesn't my practice area 

look like this?

 Here is the lineup of pros

that played. 

The Majlis Course 

at Emirates Golf Course

is absolutely

B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L.!!

We had great fun

watching the pros, the spectators, 

the caddies (there was even a female caddy!),

and simply enjoying

the gorgeous day!

John Daly was my favorite pro

to watch

because he was so easy to keep track of!

Every now and again,

we all need a reminder

of where we are in the world!

  

And every now and again,

the players 

need a reminder of what they are playing for.

There is nothing like

golfing and watching golf

in Dubai!

The Dubai Desert Classic!

Yea Baby!*!