Golfed.....finally!

I write this blog in an attempt to take my focus away from the golf going on on TV right now. I don't watch a lot on TV, but I love to watch golf, so it is nice that I get all of the PGA tournaments live! For those of you who do not know, I am a die hard Tiger Woods fan. Tiger is leading right now and I needed something to do to take the edge off. So, why not write?

Last weekend, Liz and I got out and about. Our big event of the weekend was a beautiful Sunday at Hyde Park in central London. We woke up on Sunday and it was perfect outside.....

TIGER!!! Why do you do this to me? 16th hole? With the lead.....bogey?? Anyways...

It was about 80 degrees outside that day and we decided we better take advantage of the weather. We jumped on the tube and spent the entire afternoon walking around the park. It is a monster park, complete with a castle, a lake, a river, and a partridge in a pear tree. It was a really nice day.

On Friday of this last week, I took my first attempt at golfing in the UK. A group of us went up to Wales early Friday morning for a round at a course called St. Pierre.

St. Pierre has two courses, one of which is the Championship course. It held some big European events back in it's heyday. Guys like Seve and Norman have won there in the past. We played that course in the morning, all 7000 yards of it. It was a bit rough, but it was a great time! The signature hole is the 240 yard par 3 18th hole. Real nice to deal with that junk at the end of a round! I didn't win our little tournament, but I wasn't the worst either. I'll take it!

A few of us stayed the afternoon and played the other course. It was shorter, so I fared quite a bit better for me. Unfortunately, the Welsh weather took over and it started pouring. We gave up after waiting for a half an hour. Of course, an hour later the weather all changed, so we went back out and finished. I stayed overnight that night to play again in the morning. But, when I woke up, it was quite obvious the weather definitely wasn't having it. Back to London it was, not more golf for me.

The weather has been rough the rest of the weekend, so nothing else very important to report.

We did head out and see the Star Trek movie today. I am no Star Trek fan.....not even much of a sci-fi fan, but the movie was awesome!

Talk soon!