We are so spoiled....

My caddie in Manila

We don't realize how spoiled we are golfing in the Philippines.

We have caddies, umbrella girls, year round golfing (well almost...) and so many golf courses to play in. Then after our round, someone cleans our golf clubs, wipes our shoes, and carries everything to our car.  If we are lucky, we even have our private drivers to take us home so we can nap in the car after playing 18 holes.

The thing is we sometimes take all these for granted.  Until we play some course out of the Philippines and get a reality check....

with Dingdong Avanzado at Blue Rock 

Blue Rock Springs golf club in California

When playing overseas you have no caddies. Then you need to carry your own bag, figure out your yardage and read your own putts, clean your clubs, and drive yourself back home....

But hey, we got to play a round of golf in gorgeous California Spring weather!  So it's all good....

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You win some, you lose some

Forest Hills Ladies team

In golf there are days when you win some and then there are days you don't.  It is what it is...

And as Arthur Daley says, "Golf is like a love affair.  If you don't take it seriously, it's no fun; if you do take it seriously, it breaks your heart....

Valley Golf Ladies team

Congratulations to all the players in the Ladies golf federation games - Forest Hills versus Valley Golf.


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Happiness...

Happiness is golfing with my two sons...

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Ladies Federation 2012 results

Forest Hills and Orchard Ladies Federation Teams

Here are the Ladies Federation team standings after March 8, 2012, Round 3

GROUP 1	GAMES PLAYED	WINS	LOSS	T	TOTAL UPS	MATCH POINT	GAME POINTS
ALABANG	3	1	0	2	40	8.0	5	0.833
FOREST HILLS	3	1	0	2	24	7.0	4	0.667
ORCHARD	3	1	2	0	13	5.0	2	0.833
VALLEY	3	1	2	0	17	4.0	2	0.333

GROUP 2	GP	W	L	T	TU	MP	GP
SOUTHWOODS	2	1	0	1	24	6.0	4	1.000
STA. ELENA	3	0	2	1	4	3.0	1	0.167
HIGHLANDS	1	1	0	0	13	3.0	2	1.000

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Golfing girlfriends...

Golfing girlfriends are the best.  Especially on a trip.  So when my girlfriend Bernie said that the HSBC  Women's Championships 2012 was going to be in Singapore there was no time wasted. Before I could even totally clear out my calendar, the girls had gone ahead and bought the airline tickets and the hotel rooms booked. Most of the trips i have gone on with my golfing girlfriends never take any effort.  It's mostly spontaneous and always filled with adventure.  The golf is the centerpiece of the trip but there is almost always food... shopping and food (more about the food later...)!!!!!

This year the HSBC Women's Championship was held at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore. Angela Stanford was the big winner when she defeated three other players in a sudden-death playoff.

Na Yeon Choi

The Asian golfers Jenny Shin, Na Yeon Choi and Shanshan Feng were all consistent and steady players and it wasn't easy to shake them off from Stanford's game.

Shanshan Feng

We followed our usual favorites which included...

Paula Creamer

Natalie Gulbis

Ai Miyazato

Yani Tseng

Michelle Wie must have been having nightmares with her +22 over after 4 days as well
as Christina Kim who ended with +16.

Michelle Wie

Christina Kim

With Angela Stanford

It was Stanford's 5th career LPGA victory and having watched her that week, it surely wont be the last for Angela.