Singapore Open 2012

I have been going to the Singapore Open for the past couple of years. Then, it was more of a social event for I never quite understood the rules of the game. The only thing I was probably interested in was whether there are cute golfers and the food. The former hasn’t quite changed.

We were invited once again to the Singapore Open. I had been looking forward to this event because I kinda picked up watching golf. Note, it’s watching and not playing. Remember this? Yes, the process of getting a handicap is still very much work-in-progress for me. How long? I dunno… I just got chided again by the Man for the lack of determination to see this through.. SIGH… But I really do have loads of work excuse just didn’t cut it with the Man.

So we went there to catch the play-offs for the Tournament on Saturday and Sunday. When we arrived at the Pavilion, we were greeted with light drizzle and grey skies. Thankfully, the game pressed on and after a while, the skies cleared up with the sun peeking through.

We had quite a good view of hole 9 and hole 18 where we were seated so the friends and us pretty much stayed in the Pavilion most of the afternoon.

Boy was it a star-studded event. There were a couple of guys that I was out to see.. one of which was Rory Mcilroy, the other was Adam Scott. ;p I did manage to catch some of them and even added a new golfer to watch out for in my list. Hehe…

Here’s Rory setting up his shot at hole 18 for his last game. This was quite an awesome putt that he made, quite happy to have witnessed it for myself.

It’s also kinda endearing to see his girlfriend being there for him to support him by walking the entire course as he played the game. Didn’t quite manage to get good shots of her but the Man did come quite up close to them by chance. Hmpf!

And this is the guy I’m keeping a lookout for the next time I watch golf games on the Golf Channel – Matteo Manassero. Aged 19, this Italian young gun eventually went on to win the trophy at this year’s Singapore Open. Did I mention, I think he’s really cute as well? ;p You should go and check him out.

Breaking point

Ask the Man and he will probably tell you one of my bad habits is not finishing what I have started.  Yup, guilty as charged.    I think I probably have the attention span of a 3 year old – fixated on one toy for the first 3 minutes and then moving along to another toy.   Sigh.. I guess my only saving grace is having self-awareness and trying to overcome this bad habit.

You might be wondering where all this is leading.  Well, I think I’ve come full circle.  It’s finally time for me to go get my Golf Proficiency Certificate (PC) for golf.  Deadline that the Man has set for me to achieve this goal?  3 months.

I must have first started learning golf in my early 20s.  Remembered taking lessons over at Orchid Country Club.  I’ve never been athletic so I couldn’t get used to all that swinging.  Coupled with lower back and minor slip disc problem, the doc’s advice was to stay away from golf for a while.  So golf was put on the back burner.

Then, when I started working with The Company, I decided to take up golf again (some 4 years back I think) because the Rec Club gave a pretty good deal for the lessons and part of the fees were subsidised.  But I never got round to completing it.  Think the flying schedule interfered with the lessons and the coach wasn’t in favour of make-up lessons.  Arh well.

Finally, my most recent attempt with learning how to play golf was about 1.5 years ago.  The bf@work was game to learn the sport and we decided to take private lessons.  But again, the coach changed locations for the teaching venue (think from the East to the other side of Singers).  I got lost so often trying to get to lessons that we just gave up completely.  Bf@work wasn’t exactly motivated as well.  So, ta-dah… 4 times attempting to get my PC but it never did succeed due to laziness on my part.

This time round, the Man decided to be my personal coach and his quest to ensure that I get my certification.  He’s put me on a regime – range once a week followed by a 9-hole golf game at the course, every other week.  In 3 months, I’m supposed to be put to the test by the examiners at the Club.  Hopefully, I will get the necessary golf certification by then.  *Fingers and toes crossed!  And wish me luck!*