Forgot I ordered this for my birthday!

#1 GPS RANGEFINDER ON GOLF DIGEST’S 2009 HOT LIST! The SG5 automatically calculates the distance to up to 40 targets per hole, simultaneously, in less than a second.

Digital Scorecard - Keep track of your round and the SkyCaddie’s Digital Scorecard adjusts to your handicap.

IntelliGreen® - Gives you an eagle’s view of each hole from anywhere on the course.

Mark Your Ball - The SkyCaddie can tell you with a simple touch of a button. Knowing how far you hit with every club in your bag will speed up club selection and let you manage your game better.

Up to 40 targets per hole - In combination with our high-quality professional course maps, available with one of our annual membership plans, the SkyCaddie can display up to 40 targets per hole. These ground-mapped SkyCourses include distances to hazards, fairway targets and layups that would not be visible with a laser or from satellite maps.

 

The question is – Will this make me a better golfer? Probably not, but I´ll have a lot more fun though!

Golf Marathon….

….is not recommended! On a dare Jacky and I played 4 rounds of golf tee-ing off at 0430 AM, 0830 AM, 0130 PM & 0540 PM. I was knackered and in pain from the third round until I was in bed! I was hoping for Chris to make my day and go into labour, but no! Go in to labour already!!!!!

Golf trip part 2 – the summary

Weather

First 2 days was windy and rainy. The last 3 was actually quite sunny and at some moments T-shirt weather. Can’t complain about that.

 

 

The golf

 5 days of golfing is over. With the “Air Berlin Winter golf 2009” package we managed to play 135 holes between 4 different courses. And that’s all we did; play golf, eat and play cards. I took a hard beating the first couple of days but came back strong on the second half of the stay. All I do know is that I need more practice to get down from my 27 handicap. The best course we played was 100% “Golf de Club Alcanada” in Alcudia. The club was founded in 2002 and is owned by the great grandson of the founder of Porsche. Yes his name is also Mr. Porsche. Not only was the course beautiful but the service was imminent and I just read on their website that the German magazine “Golf Journal” made a survey in Germany putting the course in it’s top ten courses in Europe for the past 3 years. For 2008 it came in 2^ndin front of the likes of the K club, Valderrama and St. Andrews.

 

Coffee

Bar Bosch at Placa Rei Joan Carles every time in the middle of Palma. First time I was there was with Christina in 2003 and it’s still the same. Good coffee and same old grumpy waiters. It is said to be the oldest coffee house on the island. It has the best location and the definitely has it’s fair share of grumpy old waiters which has its charm.

 

The Food – “La Poule Toquee” we love

Food was good. The first couple of days we made our own food with the help of Carrefour (I love going to the supermarket outside Denmark). James and Jacky made shrimps and pasta and the next day we had a beef stew. Day 3 we went for dinner in Palma for tapas, can’t remember the name of the place but it was good, especially the sardines. Day 4 we had dinner at Port d’Andratx. We all ordered the Paella, it was ok but not my favorite dish I must admit!

 

 

Our last evening was at “La Poule Toquee”in Palma (La Rambla). French cook and name, Mediterranean kitchen. Euge and Mik recommended from their stay back in September 2008 the place. And a fine recommendation it was. The food was absolutely amazing, the service was excellent and the cook and owner Jerome was KING. When he heard about us knowing the Torres’ and the Medinas he was so happy came that he put his favorite bottle of Armagnac from 1982 on the table for us to drink. The place was great!

 

Starters:       

•  Fish soup X 1
•  Salmon smoked X 1
•  Home made duck foie gras X 2

Main courses:

•  Fillet Mignon X 1
•  Lamb X 2
•  Pigs cheek and jaw X 1

Dessert:

•  House chocolate cake X 2
•  Strawberry and sorbets X 1

If you ever go to Mallorca “La Poule Toquee” at La Rambla is the place to eat!

 

All in all it was a super golf trip with good food. Thank you Jacky, John & James for the good company and to Nick and Anne for letting us stay at their Spanish home – Start planning next years trip guys!

Port Andratx – Golf trip part 1

 

 We made it to Mallorca! 2,5 hours flight and rain! We are staying at Port Andratx and will start our first round of golf tomorrow. We are staying at Nick & Anne Halls beautiful appartment with a view of the sea. That’s right it is sweet. But right now we have thunder and lightning so lets see what the golf weather is like tomorrow. Stay tuned for more and pictures if the bandwith wil allow it!

But hey, at least I get to go to Mallorca!

This Friday (6th of February) I’m going for 6 days of golf in Mallorca, coming home 10 hours before my ankle surgery. So it’s not all that bad!

 

Here are some of the courses that we will be playing:

• Golf Puntiro
• Son Antem
• Son Quint
• Golf de Andratx