Capricorn – a good sign for golfers
SPLOSH! You wonder where it’s all coming from. Surely the clouds are empty by now! It’s been an incredibly wet winter. If it wasn’t so warm, we’d probably be buried under a few metres of snow by now. Over the last few weeks, it has been nothing but rain, rain, rain here in Holland. The North of England and Scotland have had it even worse with severe flooding. Homes and businesses swept away as rivers burst their banks. Golf courses sodden and closed. Christmas and New Year celebrations blighted.
On a happier note, it has also been raining birthdays. Surprisingly, every other day since the end of December, there has been a well-known golfer celebrating his birthday. Here are just a few that caught our eye:
Birthdays
December 2015
28th Martin Kaymer (Ger) – 31
30th Tiger Woods (USA) – 40
January 2016
1st Paul Lawrie (Sco) – 47
3rd Robert-Jan Derksen (NL) – 42
5th Miguel-Angel Jimenez (Spa) – 52
7th Joost Luiten (NL) – 30
9th Sergio Garcia (Spa) – 36
9th Ken Brown (Eng) – 59
Looks like it’s written in the stars that if you’re born under the Capricorn zodiac sign (“Steenbok” in Dutch) then you’re destined to become a great golfer. Or at least earn yourself a good living while playing this wonderful game!
Here’s to a happy and inspirational year ahead – for all golfers, great and small …