It was off to Palma for my first tournament of the year, also my first time in Mallorca. I was really excited and up for it, my game seemed in good shape in the build up and the Senior Golf Tour Europe events are always good.
I flew BA Edinburgh to London City and then on to Palma. I still vividly remember confirming with the check in desk that my clubs were checked in through to Palma – “yes” came the confident answer ! You guessed it, I made it to Palma but my clubs didn’t – a real strange moment thinking “they must be here!” But after 30 minutes – definitely not. The Iberia Airlines baggage desk were as helpful as a chocolate fire guard. So no clubs.
I managed to rent clubs and bought the essentials such as shoes, glove etc and remember being so happy and relieved just to get on the golf course for the practice round. Started with a par and immediately decided that these hire clubs were the ones for me ! However it didn’t really last and went down hill a bit. I can’t blame the clubs – it was me on the end of them that was the problem. So no fairytale of a high finish with borrowed clubs. A couple of my fellow competitors loaned me a set of TW Nike blades, a blast from the past and a solid Taylormade driver. So it was a great week on two great courses trying different clubs, but not from a results point of view finishing 18th. The full results are here.
A real helpful lady from BA restored my faith when she called to say she had tracked down my clubs and got them out to me on the Friday. Too late for Mallorca but in time for the next tournament in Lisbon……it was an emotional moment meeting my clubs again !
More to follow on my Portuguese experience…..
All the best
Calum