Friday 9 January 2009

Golf Premier Event; Fajara Golf Club, Palm Wine Tasting in The Gambia

Forget the Beaujolais run, or the Ryder cup. A trip to the Gambia's premier Golf Club at Fajara will give you stories to dine out on at any golf club event. Excuse the jumpy footage, but it is short and its worth a view and I reckon this footage will do more to sell Fajara Golf Club to the avid golfer than any pro name attached to the design of the course. The course itself is 'testing' but the caddys and club pros are excellent value. My 3 boys all had private lessons and much fun with their partners.

Its a bit like going to a dry slope before going skiing; if you can start stop and stay on your feet on the dry slope you will be doing slalem on your second day on the real snow. Likewise with golf at Fajara; There will be none of this frustration and smashing of expensive clubs against trees with my boys. Golf is great when you hit a ball well and it all comes together for you, but in between we will chat and laugh with Gambian friends and have a good time. Nothing too serious. We can all be who we want-"I'm Tiger Woods" " I'm not going to be Payne Stewart" etc How many people can say they learned how to play golf at West Africas premier Golf course.

After a pleasant morning on the course and before a drink in the club house (or dip in the pool for the boys) you go to the bottom of the course to where the palm wine collectors are. There you can sample the wine, have a go at climbing the palm to collect your own and have a running commentary as you go. I have edited out our go..its not as easy as it looks.

4 comments:

kw Golfkurse said...

Golf Club has recently undergone extensive renovations recently, including an expansion of the existing pavilion now equipped with television monitors and LCD TVs, among many other improvements. This expansion of facilities in the clubhouse reinforced his credentials as a place for banquets, receptions and parties, dishes prepared by chefs from world-class club. The culinary team of the club can easily create menus tailored to each occasion, be it a cocktail party, wedding reception, social gathering, business meeting or a simple family visit.

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SMG said...

Many thanks to KW Golfkurse for the update. I just cant wait to see what they have done to the old place.