Golf and Soccer Update

Okay, today I became an official member of the Bhearna Golf and CC. I played the first nine holes as well today. Also my first 9 holes in Ireland.

Why only nine holes you ask? Well, it had something to do with the sideways rain and the 25 mph wind that came along with it. Plus it has rained all night the last couple nights and the course was really wet. I played pretty well and only shot a 47, par 36 for the front.

Brutal conditions, if it is always like this one of two things is going to happen.
a) My 400 Euros is going to turn out to be a bad investment
or
b) I am going to get a lot better at golf to survive because this course is tough when dry. And impossible when your ball has zero roll on every hole. Makes it play really LONG.

The soccer last night went well. We forgot the camera, so no pictures. Not much to take pictures of though. Basically over here it seems like they train during the week and then have matches on weekend. What that means to us Americans is that they practice during the week and only play games on the weekends. The Irish really need to hear about the adult Tuesday night league.

So as far as practice goes, I did well. The fields are kind of weird. It is indoor size fields with smaller goals. The goals are a little wider than what we would think of indoor, but only about waist high. And it is 5 v 5 on the pitch as opposed to 6 v 6. The fields have boards, but are perfectly square as opposed to rounded edges. They are all new field turf and the complex has 8 fields! The only thing is they are outdoors. So basically what we would think of indoor soccer, but outside. Kind of strange.

I did get an invite to another team that trains on Tuesday and Thursday and has matches on Saturday's. But I am reluctant to commit to weekend games as the concept of having every Saturday spoken for is going to fly like a lead balloon with Paty. So I might just train with the other team and see how it goes.