{"id":210,"date":"2010-03-24T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mijts.net\/wordpress\/?p=210"},"modified":"2010-03-24T14:10:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T04:10:24","slug":"golf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golf is my \u2018new\u2019 sport obsession.
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After playing hockey for almost 45 years I had to give it up just over a year ago due to knee problems. When I learned that we would be living close to a golf course in PNG, I bought a set of clubs, had a few lessons in Brisbane (only time for 4 lessons \u2013 not enough!) and \u2018took up golf\u2019! Whilst I am not very good at it, I really enjoy the game and have improved. A par is rare and the two birdies that I have managed brought great joy \u2013 but difficult to repeat! I also enjoy playing with friends when I am back in Brisbane (had to buy another set of clubs for that!)<\/p>\n

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We have two golf courses here \u2013 one right by our house (our house is half the yellow house, second from the corner and behind the big mango tree \u2013 taken from the 7th fairway!) I usually play there with another lady on Wednesdays. The other course is about a one hour drive away and we often go there on a Sunday. Nick has a hit then too – although he would much rather go diving. <\/p>\n

I played with Anne this morning and it was so humid that I was just soaked with perspiration the whole time \u2013 when first here, I struggled with the heat and humidity but cope better these days.<\/p>\n

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Our caddies are young children who live in shacks by the golf course \u2013 they caddy 9 holes for K5 (about$2 AUD) and a soft drink. <\/p>\n

We also have a flag boy (who is more often a girl!) who runs ahead at each hole to place a stick ( with a plastic bag on it \u2013 or a tree branch with leaves) on the green.<\/p>\n

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Our caddies puddle through the water and mud to find our balls.<\/p>\n

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On this day we \u2018lost\u2019 our caddies \u2013 only to find them all up a tree eating guava.<\/p>\n

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The locals treat the golf course as a place to relax in the shade, have a bite to eat etc \u2013 even on the approach to the green. We just call out and they wave and watch the ball!<\/p>\n

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This photo shows the view from the course (not taken today \u2013 the volcano is very quiet at the moment!).<\/p>\n

Hope you have enjoyed my little golf story \u2013 requested by Stephen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Golf is my \u2018new\u2019 sport obsession. After playing hockey for almost 45 years I had to give it up just over a year ago due to knee problems. When I learned that we would be living close to a golf course in PNG, I bought a set of clubs, had a few lessons in Brisbane […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mijts.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}