Today is Thursday, so it must be the first day of another PGA tournament. This time around, they are playing at Bay Hill, just outside Orlando. As ever, it's fun to watch the professionals play a course that you have actually played yourself.We enjoyed ourselves when we were there a couple of years ago, staying at the Lodge, and were amazed to see Arnold Palmer himself taking the opportunity to get some putting practice in on "his" course.
Not sure who will do well today: as ever, we shall be following the Brits in general and Messrs McIlroy, Poulter and Casey in particular. It's about time one of them did well, so we live in hope.
Hope was much in evidence today at Burhill too as seven of us teed up for our regular Disorganised game. Hope that the weather would be kind (which it wasn't - too cold!), hope that we would play well (not really...) and hope that we would have fun (big tick!).
I drew the four ball and we not only had a great match (which depended on the final putt on the final hole) but on returning to the bar discovered that that selfsame (missed) putt meant that we had been pipped by a single point by the three ball: a great example of how the handicapping system means that different ability levels can play against each other and have a cracking game!
Is there another sport out there that can deliver the same excitement (and don't say croquet...!)?
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