I won!

We had a golf game today at Shenzhen with my colleagues as a going away party for Nomu who is going to be repatriated next month. It's a standard ritual for the Japanese to have a golf game in the name of the one who is going to be sent back and the repatriate gets to play for free. I don't usually join the golf games but since I have known Nomu for many years and I had played with him when we were both in Singapore, I thought I would play a last game with him.

There were 15 players for today's golf game and we were separated into 3 groups or 4 and 1 group of 3. There were 3 main category best score prizes, 1 for the 20s, 1 for the 30s and 1 for the 40s and above. Then there were 4 "longest drive" mini prizes and 4 "nearest pin" mini prizes. I played in the 2nd group and I played really well today even though most of my driving was not so good. I managed to win the 1st "longest drive" and also won in the 30s category. Not bad huh? Actually my score was not fantastic, I was just lucky that the rest of the players in the 30s category was worse than me. The winner in the 40s category won with the score of 88!

Golf in the rain

Went to play golf at Palm Island Resorts over the weekend with another couple. Had a fabulous time despite the heavy rain on Saturday due to the passing typhoon. Playing golf in the typhoon rain can be quite an experience, something to remember for a long time...

I had played golf while it rained before, but it was no way compared to what we had been through this weekend. Other than the rain, there was no lightning, so it was relatively safe to continue and all 4 of us were good sport even though we were drenched through before the end of the 1st 9 holes. W's wife was really a good sport, quite unlike my previous female golf partner who will never have agreed to play because she would say, "my makeup would be ruined and my shirt will stick to my skin and it would be uncomfortable!" and blah blah blah. -_-
I have always like playing golf as I think golf is such an enjoyable and interesting game. The players are constantly exposed to the natural elements and the results of the game is always quite unpredictable (at least for my case).

I particularly like being away from all the hassle of the urban city and play my golf leisurely, admiring the beautiful greenery, enjoying the natural aroma emitted from the plants and trees. The rain on Saturday gave the course another atmospheric feel which was surprisingly beautiful to me and made me feel romantic.

The typhoon was at its full force that night bringing more strong wind and rain to the resort...but the next morning, it was clear and we had another round of golf before leaving in the afternoon. And when I expect myself to play better, I actually played worse in the clear weather... Maybe I should only play when it rains?