Today, the birds singing outside got me up before my alarm clock went off. A lovely start to the day. After the heavy late afternoon rain and midnight showers, the sun was shining brightly.
It was only a short drive into the country, passing lotus flowers and cows and ending up on roads that got a bit bumpy, leading to this course set in midst of mango, lychee trees and beautiful flowers.
The highlight today: a birdie on hole five with a chip in from the fringe of the green. I have not seen such tiny little greens with so much break in a while. There were not many straight puts today, sometimes had to aim one putter length to the side of the cup to get in the hole. Very special also are the tee boxes... it is like walking on thickest American style carpeting. So soft to a point where it almost disturbs the set up routine ;-) ... oh yes and there were a lot of "maa" on the course. But they were not a distraction at all, as they are just taking it easy.
4pm and like clockwork, the rain showers started. So I took cover at the Juice Box and met some lovely golfers from Hong Kong: Yvette and Niki who spontaneously shared their big plate of mango with me and some golf stories. They have played on the three courses I am yet to play here together with Tobias who joins me on Sunday night. Looking forward to the Highlands course and its hole 5(?) with its 11(?) bunkers (will have to confirm the count and take pictures).
At on end of this rainbow is a temple... so the other end then must be where the pot of gold is!
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