Homemade chicken soup, and sauce Bolognese for whole grain pasta is simmering on the new cooker (we roasted the chicken a couple of days ago).
Himself brought several really wonderful couple friends with him into our marriage. The couple who now live in St. Andrews took me in right away and we always have a great time together. We started off as sailing buddies, but they have sold their boat and now live and play golf in St. Andrews - although truth be told she would rather play tennis and is being a really good sport about the golf!
The afternoon of our arrival, we played the Eden Course in gale force winds and lashing rain. To spice things up a bit the girls challenged the boys to (handicapped) match play. We were up by 2 on the 9th and the weather got progressively worse so we skipped a few holes to get back quick and called it best of 5. The girls sealed the deal at the 4th.
Funny thing about this girls versus boys play: when the boys are up there's all kind of banter, high fives, reliving the shots and double checking the count. When the girls are up it's dead silence, and a quick march to the next tee.
The next morning, after lots of discussion, it was decided to play The Castle Course - the 7th course of the St. Andrews Links which was built on a farmers field in 2008.
FABULOUS! Links golf up on cliffs with the spires of St. Andrews providing the backdrop. Seriously challenging but not demoralizing.
The starter gave us a few pointers and tips. He suggested that on the 17th the gents may want to use the driver as there was a wee wind in yer face ...
It's a par 3, 184 yards and the guys decided that the driver would be overkill. After they teed off, we then had to look out for the Drop Zone, up by the forward tees, that the starter also told us about ...
This is the 17th tee from the green - the group behind us is on it contemplating:
We looked back and saw their balls by the flag; they had decided to use the driver ...
The boys must have felt bad about the day before, and they challenged us to match play again. We won on the 17th.
It was a quiet drive back to the house.
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