Posts Tagged China
Fluke Birdie @ Harbour Plaza, China
It was one of those days where nothing worked and we were wishing that we’d get this round over and done with ASAP. This was a real fluke on hole 26 (8th hole) of the Lychee Course at Harbour Plaza Golf Club. A tee shot landed on a down-slope just on the edge of a fairway bunker. Taking more club (a 5 iron), aimed left to compensate for the slope and focused on hitting it cleanly. Whiff…duffed it. A low runner. Here we go again. But wait…it kept chugging along and rolled up onto the green! Not the exact plan, but the result was OK. First green in regulation after six holes! Maybe we’ll get a par. Amazingly the 18 footer downhill putt miraculously found its way to the bottom of the cup. A birdie is a birdie.
091106 Harbour Plaza, Hole 26 (Par 4)
Don’t let it stop at Lotus Hill, China
On the second day of the two day Reunification Cup competition, we were playing much better. Finally figured out that we were hitting the woods on too steep a plane. Flattening the plane made it work. Everything now started to fall back in place…finally. On the Par 3 14th, it was a 150 yard downhill and downwind shot, which normally calls for a 7 iron or less. But the caddie insisted on hitting a 6 iron. A 6?? Well he’s good, so we trusted him and hit a nice fade to land it pin high 6 feet from the hole for birdie. His reasoning was that the green slopes upwards and there won’t be any roll, so a 7 iron will come up short. Remember Ah Ping (阿平), caddie number 163, next time you go to Lotus Hill.
Although we came in third, it is the camaraderie that makes this event fun. Congratulations to the Football Club for winning this year’s trophy.
091025 Lotus Hill, Hole 14 (Par 3)
Lotus Hill, China – Hole 18 (Par 5)
This long weekend, we played for the Hong Kong Country Club at the annual Reunification Cup at Lotus Hill Golf Resort in China. We played against the American Club, Chinese Recreation Club and Football Club. After a miserable 17 holes where nothing worked except for our chipping and putting, the breakthrough came on the Par 5 18th (498 yards). A well struck 5 wood (finally) left 220 yards to the uphill green. Playing conservatively, a slightly duffed 4 hybrid left about 100 yards to the pin. Got it pin high 10 feet from the hole and a good putt finished it off. A good finish as we have another day of competition to go…
091024 Lotus Hill, Hole 18 (Par 5)
Birdie Golf is back…finally
In sweltering heat, Birdie Golf came back from summer vacation…finally. This happened on the 6th hole at Harbour Plaza Golf Club’s Lychee course (Par 3, 134 yards from the blues). Welcome back…
090817 Harbour Plaza, Lychee 6 (Par 3)
Extended Stay in Kunming, China
We extended our stay in Spring City and Birdie Golf was there on the Mountain Course, Hole #15, Par 5, 561 yards from the blue tees. When I landed on the green in regulation, faced with a 20 foot uphill putt, I could smell a birdie coming.
090627 Spring City Mountain Course, Hole 15 (Par5)
