Golfasian and Go Golfing
show us around what may
be the coolest amateur
event that’s open to almost
everybody playing golf
today.
When I first read about the Centara World Masters
Golf Championship, it was this line that jumped off
the page and into my imagination
“Play world class golf courses with all the
trappings of a major professional tournament.”
“Cool” I thought, but then… “I don’t have the game
for that.” I was wrong. With handicapping and
Stableford competition by age, nearly anybody who
plays a little or a lot can experience the thrill and
pampering of this event.
Before I get too far in, I want to make one definitive
statement. Leaving northern climates to golf in
the tropics in June just as the golf season at home
is warming up, may seem counterintuitive, but this
event just may change that thinking.
And what an event it is. My Preview…
Wow, Wow, and Wow.
Ok not great prose but this is all that comes
to mind every time I think of the last four days
previewing this year’s Centara World Masters Golf
Championship. I have attended and participated in
quite a few amateur and professional events over
the last 3 decades, but only last week did I come to
learn about what a bunch of very happy traveling
golfers have known for years.
At the risk of sounding like a gushing newbie
promoting just another commercial event, I will go
out on a limb here and say this event is fun. A lot of
fun. As jaded as I probably am about golf events (I
often find the worst excuses to avoid them) this one
offered some intrigue as it has been around so many
years and is one of the few things actually growing
in numbers in the golf world today.
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