Pebbly Beach

It was a special milestone for our family.  Turning 65 only happens once.  And if you are lucky enough to get there.

It was my brother's birthday recently and so the golfers in the family headed to Pebble Beach.

I was a bit hesitant to go as I didn't think I was good enough to play here.  But I didn't want to regret not going.  There will always be work to do.  But this was a family thing and family comes first.


I'm a bit nervous traveller.  Mostly because I worry about forgetting something or other.  One thing I didn't plan on was sitting beside someone with a stinky breath.  That's my other worry. Catching some bug from an Asian that didn't wash his/her hands.  They should have a detector in security that filters out dirty asians.

Guy was nice enough as I was chatting with Kim Jung there earlier cuz he had a Samsung S9 and he said he had an iPhone 7 and ditched it for the S9.  Then as the flight went on and he fell asleep there was this awful stench.  And it was sort of coming and going.  Next time i'm bringing a surgical mask like the lady with a row to herself beside me.  Or I shoulda sat with her.

I needed at least a full pack to shove in Jung's mouth.
I was in McGiver mode.

Anyways i used my jacket to cover my nose.  It helped.  I was at least getting the poison air filtered by my NorthFace jacket.  I'm gonna have to clean it later.

To top it off, we missed our connection by 5 mins.  Our flight was delayed leaving and when we landed we were delayed docking at the gate.  Because the guys on the tarmac couldn't plug in the plane.

Our clubs wouldn't have made even if we jumped the gap at the gate and onto the plane like MI:5.
But we almost ALL made it
on to the next flight a 3:15pm.  We were booked for certain on the 9:49pm flight.  But our last member made it on the 6:15pm flight.
It's very common for a flight to be booked or OVERbooked and people just don't show.  That's the reason United overbooks by 10%.

It was a short flight though.  just about an hour.
Picked up by the PB resort driver and we were here.
We got to see the sun set on the Pacific.
And wineCentric was online to select our wines! They were terrific!



This was just after #6.  Somsak from Thailand helped us navigate that wall of a hole.


Golfers go to a Pebbly Beach





When in doubt of what to hit, use the Swiss-Army club.  Works every time.

I overheard some other people saying how if you are going to play one course, make sure it's Pebble Beach.  (Seems to me some American bias there.)  Because I played St Andrews in Scotland, the HOME of golf.  (And cheaper too.)  Which to me is special, but this place comes pretty darn close.  And although i don't really have a bucket list.  I feel pretty fortunate to be able to check this of the list.

If i'm gonna play only 3 rounds of golf.  It'd be with my brothers.