The Sand is not The Jungle

Well let’s just say Mexico was fantastic…the golf was not.

Fabulous courses, wonderful people, a great travelling and golfing companion were definitely enough to offset the terrible golf.

I will spare you the gory details of my game but my handicap remains at 11 for the close of the season without a single round in Mexico coming in even remotely close to that.

Now the positives.

The Jack Nicklaus designed course at Moon Palace was beautiful. A challenging but fair layout that I found played very long due to the humidity. In five rounds of golf I don’t think I hit a single drive over 300 yards. According to our cart’s GPS I maxed out around 295.

If you hit a ball wide of the fairway…reload…the jungle takes no prisoners.

On one particular hole on the back nine (after significant losses in terms of golf balls and pride) I managed to hit a solid drive up the left side of the fairway that just caught the last few feet of a fairway bunker about 280 out. My comment? “The sand is not the jungle” I’m not sure why but my playing partner and I found this comment humorous, relevant, appropriate, even somewhat profound. Why? Perhaps it was the state of our game, the heat and possibly the margaritas. It was probably all three.

More positives include the great people we met, the relaxed atmosphere, the pools, the beach, the drinks and the food. All in all a great way to bring the summer to a close.

Next up will be the development of my winter instructional program, new golf equipment and my quest for corporate sponsorship.

Stay tuned.