Cool and fresh this morning but clear ,blue sky. Jack's Point just outside Queenstown is wide open and windswipt - a links course surrounded by - you guessed it - mountains. All day long a light plane takes off and lands from the tiny grass strip near the course spilling sky divers to spiral earthwards red, blue, white and yellow shutes billowing. Walkers traverse
The course is not an easy one - rough is long and bordered by matagouri - a needle sharp prickly schrub - as well as granite tors and really beautiful dry stone walling capped with vertical granite slabs. Bunkers tempt on every hole strategically placed to catch a high % of the unwary. Many t-boxes are elevated giving wonderful views over the fairway - until you get down there! Maggie had a cracking first 9 for 18 points.
Afterwards we retire to the elegant clubhouse to relax and replay the game - properly!
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