we piled it all in yesterday. Bryan (B) and i scheduled a 6:30 tee time at the hill course and were the first ones on the course. the night before, a sandstorm blasted up from Riyadh but it settled overnight and we played with a bit of wind but not a blink of sand.
as kids growing up in RT, we played golf using artificial grass mats. wherever the ball would land on the tar-lined course, you would go through the process of toweling off the ball and plopping down the grass mat directly behind the lie of the ball. we joked there was no such thing as a bad lie on that course.
we ended up playing 18 holes at the Dhahran Country Club, which features 18 grass and 9 of the old mixed tar holes. the grass on the course was imported from Georgia, but the course felt more like something in Scotland or Ireland with the nasty bushes in the rough that swallowed any errant ball.
B used the round as a warm up for his upcoming best ball tournament where he will partner up with our old swim coach, Chuck Peterson. Chuck and his wife, Pat (CUDA CUDA) have been playing now for four years, which is good timing as they will retire back to the golfing capital of the world in Jacksonville, Florida at the end of the year. On another note, B and I had a good laugh when Chuck sounded disappointed his future teammate could only muster to shoot a 50 on the front nine. better luck in the tourney B.
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