THANKS FOR PLAYING
Growing up in Zimbabwe, all I ever wanted to be was a professional golfer. I longed to follow in the footsteps of my all time idol Seve Ballesteros.
Many youthful years were spent spinning balls round trees, splashing out of hazards and like the great man, practicing off my knees with a trusty old 4-iron.
But life didn’t quite go according to plan. I became the Public Relations Manager for the News of the World.
You could say I did my fair share of spinning, faced somewhat challenging hazards and whichever way you look at it, both dream and career ended up on their knees. On the plus side, I got to play a whole lot of golf, traveled the world and met some incredible people along the way.
This blog aims to take an irreverent look back at that extraordinary journey encompassing some of life’s great joys and some, shall we say, unexpected chapters.
I’m not sure what my hero would have made of it all, but somewhere in the depths of Africa, beneath a Jacaranda tree off the 18th green, lies a goldfish called Seve.
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Will be following your blog. I leant to play at Lusaka Golf Club and had lots of old buds in Zim.
Brilliant thank Carole, great to have you on board. I’m pretty sure we have a lot of Zim friends in common. Feel free to sign up to the Sign Up tab on the home page to get email notifications of new posts. Happy golfing. PS: Are you sign in Lusaka?
Sod the rain. I like your outlook. Life’s too short not to have fun. Look forward to following your blog. Sounds v interesting! I bet you got a lot to tell!!!
Serious face is down to the lashing rain I’m afraid. You won’t be surprised to hear I’ve been doing a whole lot of golfing over the last six months thrown in with some globe trotting and discovering the joys of blogging. The clubs have now been hung up for the winter until the sun next reappears.
You look like a very serious, contemplative golfer there.
What have you been doing since the News of the World closed down?