I left you last night with a standby ticket and no confirmation that I was going to Dubai! Well I am happy to report from the comfort of my 34th floor bedroom, overlooking the Dubai Marina, that I arrived safely, courtesy of a wonderful flight out and more importantly, landing by Sarah this morning. I didn't even know we had touched down.
The flight started off so incredibly well as out of nowhere, I found myself seated at the pointy end of the plane with an extremely nice person making up my flat bed! Oh how I wish that I had a bottomless purse and could travel this way by choice on every occasion.
My host Linda and I met up with Sarah for a couple of hours at lunchtime and had a wander around the Creek area which was effectively the birth place of the sprawling metropolis which is now Dubai. Google it to see and understand the history. It's quite fascinating.
And so we said our goodbyes to Sarah and headed directly to the Earth Course where a meeting for scorers was scheduled - yet again traffic proved to be a real obstacle and we made our meeting with five minutes to spare or so I thought? Then Linda apprised me of "Dubai Time" which in essence means add a further 15 minutes onto the planned time! She was right.
So a run through of various things took place, shirts, hats and all area passes were handed out and questions were asked of those who had done this job before. I feel like a veteran at the event now and approach the tournament with a confidence that I didn't quite have last year. I hope that I don't live to regret that statement!
Tomorrow is an early start of 6am (2am UK time) to the course ready for a 7am Pro-Am shotgun start. The weather is set fair for the week and I am looking forward to a brilliant event.
Photos below from today include the view from my window.
The flight started off so incredibly well as out of nowhere, I found myself seated at the pointy end of the plane with an extremely nice person making up my flat bed! Oh how I wish that I had a bottomless purse and could travel this way by choice on every occasion.
My host Linda and I met up with Sarah for a couple of hours at lunchtime and had a wander around the Creek area which was effectively the birth place of the sprawling metropolis which is now Dubai. Google it to see and understand the history. It's quite fascinating.
And so we said our goodbyes to Sarah and headed directly to the Earth Course where a meeting for scorers was scheduled - yet again traffic proved to be a real obstacle and we made our meeting with five minutes to spare or so I thought? Then Linda apprised me of "Dubai Time" which in essence means add a further 15 minutes onto the planned time! She was right.
So a run through of various things took place, shirts, hats and all area passes were handed out and questions were asked of those who had done this job before. I feel like a veteran at the event now and approach the tournament with a confidence that I didn't quite have last year. I hope that I don't live to regret that statement!
Tomorrow is an early start of 6am (2am UK time) to the course ready for a 7am Pro-Am shotgun start. The weather is set fair for the week and I am looking forward to a brilliant event.
Photos below from today include the view from my window.
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