This week on Friday, the ladies from my Golf Program decided to celebrate one of our friend’s 60th birthday by playing at The Dunes on the Mornington Peninsula. We are lucky to be in an area with awesome golf courses that have spectacular views of the sea, rivers and countryside in our state. The drive […]
Lazy Sunday Afternoon Pretending I’m in Hawaii Golfing
Okay, so we can’t travel at the moment because everything is so expensive and we are waiting until Andrew retires in January 2026 BUT I can still pretend… This afternoon when the sun came out, I decided to head out to our backyard under the wonderful paperbark tree (which is 53 years old) to try […]
Fog
This morning was an exceptionally foggy morning. The radio was blasting announcements to stay home and travel later in the day as the fog on the roads was heavy. I had an 8am tee off time and arrived earlier. I prefer playing golf early in the morning and being one of the first there because […]
Capturing Stories of Honorary Life Members
One of the things I now do (as well as play golf), is to volunteer with the Heritage Group of our golf club. I was fascinated with its history which I recounted in this video below. I talked about a novel I accidentally stumbled on some time back that recounted the history of the people […]
Bad Golf
For the last couple of months, my golf game has deteriorated so much that it feels like I’ve gone back to the first days of this game. It has become frustrating for me as it’s such a mental game. I feel demoralised and sad every time I get off the course. It’s difficult not to […]
Playing At Flinders Golf Course
Today I played at the Flinders Golf Club Charity Day with a couple of other ladies from my club as well as representatives from over ten different clubs around Melbourne. What a gloriously sunny day as we couldn’t have asked for a nicer day. Heaps of sunshine, no wind and spectacular views of the rugged […]
Playing Sandhurst Golf Course
This is a post I finally got around to writing. I’m lying in bed coughing out a lung then painfully swallowing, what feels like tiny razor sharp blades in my throat, as I caught my first ever bout of Covid. During the day, I’m well enough to sit up in bed, read a bit, watch […]
109th Women’s Annual Golf Trophy Presentation & Christmas Lunch
Today was our golf club’s 109th Women’s Annual Trophy Presentation and Christmas Lunch. I was looking forward to this event. We were in teams of three and had a shot gun start at 9am for 9 holes. We all got dressed up in our Christmas costumes as there was a prize for the best dressed […]
Representing My Golf Club at the Meg Evans Plate
Last week on Friday, I played at Heidelberg Golf Club which is north east of Melbourne to represent our gold club, Woodlands, as part of a team of six. I’m not going to lie, I was a bit daunted to be invited to play because I’m still relatively new to golf and my handicap is […]
Two Days of Golf at 13th Beach
Over the last couple of days, ten of the women from our golf club decided to play at 13th Beach which has reciprocal rights with our golf course. It’s a great way to play at other courses. It was the first time I had been away from home overnight this year – my little mini […]
Playing Pitch ‘N Putt: A Nice Finish to a Great Week
Today for a couple of hours, Andrew and I played 18 holes at the Waverley Pitch N Putt. It was the first golfing event we had played together in a year. It’s because he has his golf club – and I have mine – and we play on separate days so we never actually end […]
My Golf Training Plan
I’ve decided that golf is going to be “my sport”. I love it so much. It gives me the endorphins at the end of a good round but it also has some crashing lows. In effect, it’s now going to be another skill to add to my repertoire. This means that like anything, practice does […]
Friday Afternoon Golf
Started the drinking on the 11th hole this afternoon during a social round.
Invitation to Join the Heritage Committee
Yesterday I was surprised and delighted to be invited to join the Heritage Committee of the Woodlands Golf Club. Ever since I wrote the article about the fascinating story of the Mayfield Estate that used to be on the golf course grounds since the mid-1800s and demolished in 2002, I’ve had members come up to […]