The first round of the European Golf Tour, the Abu Dhabi Championship was halted today due to a hail storm. I was listening to BBC Radio 5 Live this morning and the commentator had unpacked his skiing gear(packed for the follow on holiday after this job)to cover the days golf. On the course web site there is a "Weather Today In Abu Dhabi" which one might have sniggered at not so long ago.
The Abu Dhabi course itself is carved out of the desert and it is the most luxurious golf resort in the world. The radio said that a coffee bought during the storm cost £11. It must be just amazing!Then there is the outstretched falcon shaped clubhouse; yes someone has been paid for that idea and design, yet no ones has put their name to it? While I chortled at the falcon shaped clubhouse I do applaud the designers for at least using symbols related to the Gulf as its plans. Its good to see, and if you were to go their you would have something to talk about, and distinguish the visit from any other Gulf Golf Resort. The only distinguishing features there are the names of the golf pro designer courses.A bit like how you know where your room is at the Belfry. Am I in Tony Jacklin or Nick Faldo this time?
I have been browsing to find the weathermans explanation for this strange event, but with no luck. I found that last May Abu Dhabi and some parts of Dubai had unseasonal dark clouds and showers of rain following experiments by scientists in the gulf to create rainfall.Perhaps this was a more succesful test.
WARNING;What I did find in my meteorogical research on the BBC was the latest health risk to golfers; the sonic boom from the new, thin faced titanium drivers can cause permenant damage to hearing.Wear ear plugs or wrap some foam to them before use please.
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