Moving Day

Winners are grinners!!!

Sadly, we left Cape Town today and the beautiful Table Bay Hotel. On the way to Arabella, our next destination, we played at Pearl Valley Golf Club. It is difficult to describe with words the beauty of this course. Unfortunately, the fairways & greens had been scarified recenty (we had been warned!) and I would love to have played it when in A1 condition. Wherever you look there is a lovely view of the rocky mountains and their silouhetttes. The course is also well manicured and there are a great variety of native flowers decorating every hole. The water comes into play on many of the holes and that proved to be quite a challenge for some...no need to say but it wasn't the female players!

So, that brings us to the next big topic...who was victoriousin the big match between the girls and the boys? Well...we are not going to say who lost but the hints are there and let me just tell you the girls are going to be bragging for a long time...

There is a rematch though later in the tour and we sincerly hope that the men had better luck than St. Kilda!

We left Pearl Valley and our lovely driver , Andrew,  took us on a spectacular drive to the Arabella Western Cape Hotel and Spa - our home for the next 2 nights. We finished the day with a group dinner at the Jamani Restaurant where presentations took place.

After the girls' celebrations, the individual winners were announced. Biv happened to have the best score (43 points) but was  inelegible to win the prize - just because she was one of the Tour Leaders - all she got was 4 strokes off her handicap! OK, so it looks like all the new handicap system is going to keep us honest anyway! The first prize was then allocated  to a deserving winner, Meredith,  who managed 40 points on this very challenging course. She overtook Deidre only by one point. Well done Meredith and well done to the girls!!! But seeing as the  'Golf Operations' team (Fi & Greg) plays to their own drum they decided to take 4 strokes off her too! Not fair!

Tomorrow looks like another promising day golf and weather wise and, with a later start, we are definitely ready for a sleep in!

View of the most difficult hole at Pearl Valley

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