Resurrected

I have been negligent over the last nine months as this blog has been silent. My apologies. Let me provide some history. 

In January 2012 the Lux Golf Pilgrimage to Scotland was postponed. It was a sad day but the financial state of the participants made it necessary. But six months later, last summer, discussions revived the concept and we decided to plan a spring 2013 trip.

So on 4 September an application was completed and an email was crafted. These were saved as a draft on the Google Mail site. Forward to 5 September at 5:01 AM. The draft was opened and the send key was struck thus applying to the St Andrews Links Trust for two tee times. If you want to acquire an Old Course tee time this way, you must also apply to play one of the other fine courses they manage. We chose the New Course.

To maximize our chances of success we asked for anytime whatsoever during a two week interval in May. Our only "demand" was that the two tee times be within a day or two of each other. The wait began. September passed. October came and almost went but on Friday October 26 we received word of success! We will tee off on the New Course at 11:12 on Monday 13 May. Then on Tuesday 14 May the Holy Grail. At 3:50 we will begin our journey around the Old Course.

Later today I will forward a credit card number, and probably a security code, to the St Andrews Links Trust to make a £900, non-refundable payment for four rounds of golf on the New Course and four on the Old. As Julius Caesar said when crossed the Rubicon River "alea iacta est", the die has been cast.