This was an interesting tournament – the King Monkey Cup. It was in celebration of R’s uncle, Dr. Hou’s 80th Birthday. Hou in Chinese literally means monkey, hence the tournament’s name. Well, the King Monkey did his stuff and got me out of my hibernation. Birdie Golf is baaack!!! And what an entrance to 2010.
The blind tee shot on Eden’s Par 4 3rd landed just off the fairway in the first cut of rough about 165 yards to the green. Playing uphill, we hit a 4 hybrid that should go 180. A slight fade saw me heading straight for the hills…as R was prepared to play a provisional ball, the ball spotter told him I was OK and on the cart path. Ouch. Well, as least we were in play. Normally we could have taken a free drop to take relief from the cart path, but in this case, the nearest point of relief was on the hillside, which meant dropping up the hill! No way. So we relied on the most fundamental rule of golf, play it as it lies. Faced with a cart path, a mound in the rough area before the green, we opted to putt and hopefully get somewhere on the putting surface. Miraculously, after a hop, skip and roll, I rolled straight into the cup! Brilliant. PGA quality. FLUKE!
Anyway, Birdie Golf is back…
100317 Hong Kong Golf Club, Eden 3 (Par 4)
