Living in the Golf Capital of the World can definitely have its benefits even for (gasp) a non-golfer, such as myself! The Dunhill Links Championship is currently going and today since I didn't have any class, me and a few friends decided that we were going to go watch some rounds:
Here's a few things I learned in the first 30 minutes we were at the Old Course:
1) There isn't a lot of cheering that goes on in golf--not even after they hit the ball--just some polite clapping.
2) Girls giggling because they hear Hugh Grant may be around will get you a hand in the air, which means be quiet.
So with that new found knowledge, mostly that Hugh Grant might be around, we left the Old Course to embark on Operation hunt Hugh Grant!
Well this led us to a course a course in Kingsbarn, which is about 6 miles away. Fortunately a friend had a car so we were off on an adventure! So after driving to Kingsbarn, walking through a cow pasture, walking up hills, mucking through mud and sand, and stopping at countless holes to see if one would be the lucky hole with Hugh--we finally broke down and asked someone, who very kindly pointed the direction without laughing; however, when we went back to him and said "Oh by the way I heard Samuel L. Jackson may be here as well?" Then he started laughing, but very kindly (which seems to be the Scottish way) pointed us to his direction as well.
Finally as we are running up a hill (didn't want him to get away!) we have to stop abruptly because there he was right before our eyes so naturally we all pull out our cameras and start feverishly taking pictures, his caddy gave him a club, he waved to the crowd and started practices. On his turn, he took a shot, walked down the hill (we had to stay on the outskirts) but when he came out we ran up to him and asked if he would take a picture with us. He very graciously agreed and even stayed around afterward to look at the picture and make sure it turned out. I can now quite confidently say that it is no wonder that Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, and Emma Thompson have all fallen in love with him--He is quite charming, both on screen and off.
Here's a few things I learned in the first 30 minutes we were at the Old Course:
1) There isn't a lot of cheering that goes on in golf--not even after they hit the ball--just some polite clapping.
2) Girls giggling because they hear Hugh Grant may be around will get you a hand in the air, which means be quiet.
So with that new found knowledge, mostly that Hugh Grant might be around, we left the Old Course to embark on Operation hunt Hugh Grant!
Well this led us to a course a course in Kingsbarn, which is about 6 miles away. Fortunately a friend had a car so we were off on an adventure! So after driving to Kingsbarn, walking through a cow pasture, walking up hills, mucking through mud and sand, and stopping at countless holes to see if one would be the lucky hole with Hugh--we finally broke down and asked someone, who very kindly pointed the direction without laughing; however, when we went back to him and said "Oh by the way I heard Samuel L. Jackson may be here as well?" Then he started laughing, but very kindly (which seems to be the Scottish way) pointed us to his direction as well.
Finally as we are running up a hill (didn't want him to get away!) we have to stop abruptly because there he was right before our eyes so naturally we all pull out our cameras and start feverishly taking pictures, his caddy gave him a club, he waved to the crowd and started practices. On his turn, he took a shot, walked down the hill (we had to stay on the outskirts) but when he came out we ran up to him and asked if he would take a picture with us. He very graciously agreed and even stayed around afterward to look at the picture and make sure it turned out. I can now quite confidently say that it is no wonder that Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, and Emma Thompson have all fallen in love with him--He is quite charming, both on screen and off.
Sounds like you are getting off to a good start. I would recommend that if you get time that you try and travel with your new friends. You will see Europe in a much different perspective if you travel with people that know there way around. Lots of Luck.
ReplyDeleteAl Schulz