But is was a blast walking around Wales with Chasity looking for ways to get to the Celtic Manor without spending an arm and a leg. See, the shuttle does not leave from the hotel for the Celtic Manor until Thursday. So if you want to go early and catch a practice round, you are on your own. We first tried a taxi but the ride is 12 miles from here and would cost 20 pounds there and 20 pounds back! Still dont understand the conversion over here but it is around 30-35 bucks. So we decided to take a taxi to downtown Cardiff and hop the train to Newport (7.80 pounds for round trip). Well we did and found another shuttle waiting to take us to the golf course (20 pounds for round trip). After we got to the golf course we went through security and started to walk down the path to the Celtic Manor. It was about a 1/2 mile walk to the golf course and usually all of this travel would not be an issue but Chasity is 28 weeks pregnant and my legs are killing me from a workout Bubba's trainer Fish gave to me before we left.
Enough of that...the golf course is amazing, the merchandise stand and hospitality tents are great! This place is gonna be rockin this weekend. We managed to catch the american team finishing the last five holes and followed Bubba from 14-18. He was playing with Phil, Dustin and Rickie. To many cool stories to write about but one was really cool. They all hit great drives on 18 (par 5) except for Dustin and all decided to lay up and it was Bubbas turn to hit. He toyed with the crowd as they chanted "Go for It" grabbing an iron then switching to a wood and then an iron and then a wood. Finally listening to the crowd he grabs his driver and is gonna hit it off the fairway. Even Phil gets in on the taunting and says "Even Stewart Cink went for it". Wind in the face he was in between clubs and had to hit the driver low and with a big fade. The crowd went crazy when they saw the pink shafted driver get pulled from the bag. It was great to hear the 95% european crowd cheering and routing on the Americans as they hit every shot. He went for it with a swooping fade swing. What an awesome group to watch. These guys are great and looked like they were having a great time.
I am posting a few pictures from the day below so make sure you check them out. Sorry about the delay of the blog, our adapter blew up and couldnt use the computer last night.
Read Wednesday's adventures below!
GOD IS GOOD!!!
Adam
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