1-05pm
After I got home yesterday, I made myself a cooked breakfast and quickly did the blog before hastily getting all my golf gear together and heading out the door. While we were sailing down the M3, a third of the way there already, I glanced down at by feet and gasped in horror! I hadn’t put on my tackies and was still in sandals!!! I couldn’t caddie in sandals. I was horrified! What was I going to do! There was no time to turn back. I actually was in need of new cross-trainers, so it was NOW that they were going to be bought. Time was short, so we stopped at Access Park, dashed into the FIRST shoe shop we passed, found a special, tried on a size 7, bought a pair of socks, paid and rushed off. With my nerves a bit shot, we arrived with a few minutes to spare before our tee off time! I had 18 holes to walk the shoes in.
King David Golf Course is an unexpected treed, landscaped oasis amidst the concrete jungle of the airport industria.
Founded in 1956, it is beautiful parkland just round the corner from the airport. It’s most attractive feature has to be the hundreds of trees that line the fairways, producing both beauty and hazard!
After parking, follow the path…
And pay for your golf at the golf shop…
The golf shop is small and not very well stocked, but you’ll find the basics. Just as well we stopped to buy tackies on the way, as they didn’t have my size! We had booked our tee time online at www.golfteetimes.co.za which was brilliant. For 18 holes, today was a reasonable R175.
We teed off at Tee 1 and Mike hit a brilliant drive right down the centre of the fairway. The starter was watching and exclaimed, “Wow! What a swing!” which was hilarious considering we are real beginners! Today, we didn’t lose a ball! That’s always a good thing!
One of the pleasures of playing at KD is that it is close to the airport and I so enjoyed admiring the planes taking off…
We played with a couple visiting South Africa from Germany. They have played all over South Africa and many parts of Europe. They were very unimpressed with the fairways, many of which seemed ‘under construction’ with many bare patches…
When the fairways are fixed, it will be magnificent…
Mike played well! He had some flashes of brilliance…on this hole, he teed off aiming for the red marker…this is how close he got…
Half way house is nothing out of the ordinary, as far as Golf Club restaurants go. They have a small menu of light options as well as hot and cold drinks. Then it was onto the rest of the course…
As we approached the end of the course, Mike landed up in a thicket of trees. To get out, he declared that some people say that 80% of trees are air anyway, and he hit the ball as if the trees weren’t there. Guess what happened? It found the bark and bounced back to just a few yards further on! 🙂 That was a good laugh. Our German companion was extremely impressed with Mike’s new clubs & used his driver for most of the game…
Mike went round out in 51 and back in at 45, total 96
We walked 10.42km & to complete the course took us just under 4 and a half hours plus the time at Halfway House. We showered in spacious locker rooms that are well supplied with soap, shampoo and towels. With the new shoes, although one heel was slightly red, I had no blisters! Amazing! I was glad though to put my sandals back on and give my feet a break.
All in all it was a great day’s golf! After it, we collected my brother from the airport and then, starving went to an Indian restaurant for dinner…
By last night, Mike & I agreed we had sucked the marrow out of his birthday, grateful to God for all He has done…
~The Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy ~ Psalm 126 vs 3
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Happiness/Gratitude Pic. Today I found my emotional cup full as we all had breakfast together at Calders Hotel in Fish Hoek to celebrate David’s birthday…
