Not a bad start for me at Bangkok
After a under-par 71, I have reasons to be positive about this week
Ishot a first round 71, oneunder par in the Ladies European Tour’s $1 million Aramco Team Series — Bangkok, which was not too bad in the humid conditions to be in tied 21st place.
That is five shots behind the leader Thai player, Patty Tavatanakit. I actually got sunburn today on the Thai Country Club! Can you believe I live in Dubai and still get sunburn?
The sun cream seems to wash off with all the humidity. Sorry, that is too much information already. My arms are now red and sore, I just hope it all recovers overnight.
I am somewhat superstitious and had always planned to wear a green shirt today, not sure red arms and a green top is the greatest colour coordinated fashion statement!
I started off on hole 10 today and was out in 37, one over.
After the turn, I had a nice run of 3, 3 and 3 — birdie, par and eagle on holes 2, 3 and 4 (my 11, 12 and 13 holes), to get to 2 under par. I dropped a shot at the next and finished the round with pars.
I made eagle on the par five 4th hole, 456 yards long, the highlight of my round, with a driver, then a hybrid that went a little left and a holed chip from 20 yards.
In summary, I chipped well but missed a few putts that I would normally expect to make. We are playing preferred lies on the fairways within one scorecard length, and I took advantage of this a couple of times, especially when my ball came up against the collar of rough.
I have seen very little of Thailand since Saturday’s arrival, ironically, earlier in the week, we got on the road and visited another golf facility
at CNX Golf, Bangkok, to get my old shafts fitted. CNX Golf work with the LPGA and were excellent and I got so well looked after by all their team.
Our Amateur, American Victor is an NFL legend who played for the New York Jets, in a starting position of Strong Safety. Victor plays off a 7.9 handicap and receives 5 shots in this best two score on each hole Team format.
There will also be a cut after 36 holes to the top 60 pros and ties, for the pros last round of three, shoot-out tomorrow.
I am looking up the leaderboard and not down.