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Shaz Thompson
Mad about golf, enthusiastic about life, totally in love with my husband and just having fun.
Not sad about this at all… As you will have read our inbound Qantas flight was delayed by 3.5 hours leaving us an hour to connect to our Raleigh-Durham flight. Minutes and seconds count, we are held outside the stand for a few minutes TICK TOCK. We were taught to […]
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No more sleeps. No more delays, we are about to board a big bird that will take us to Dallas and then an internal flight to Raleigh Durham. We arrive in Raleigh Durham at 10:30pm and then have a 90 minute transfer to the Pinehurst Resort. You may recognise this […]
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What a dilemma, plane is in the workshop and not ready to fly at our original departure time of 1pm. We have a four hour lay over in Dallas which has been cut dramatically to 1 hour. So all a bit rush rush at the other end. I guess a […]
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Thanks to a very wet day in Sydney, I washed and ironed all laundry and had a big packing session. After a lazy start this morning, I watched the USLPGA tournament at Mission Hills in Palm Springs which is not far from where we finish our tour. Seriously I was […]
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What is so special about this tournament; It is the 2nd best golf tournament in the world (Yes, I am of the view the British Open is the ultimate Mens Pro Championship. It is supposed to be the best course for spectators (or “patrons” as we are called.) It is […]
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Only 6 more sleeps and I will be embarking on my dream trip. Golf at Pinehurst then onto the Masters and finishing with a few rounds in Palm Springs. I cannot wait. Cathy and I will be Roomies for the trip and we will be going with friends from the […]
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It was an early start – up at 5:30, breakfast, coffee and off to practice chipping off Kike! I was feeling great, no nerves, the weather was kind it was going to be a good day. Because we were second off I had the practice chipping green to my self […]
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After a great nights rest, I was really excited to play today. I was calm and just taking it all in my stride, acting as if I belonged there. Trish was on the bag, I picked her up and she is very good at making me focus on other things, […]
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Today was one of the official practice rounds, we had a tee off time of 12:29 and a friend of mine who is playing as an amateur was joining us. We were like two little friends going to a new school, everything seemed a little less daunting because we knew […]
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