3rd Annual La Estancia Golf Classic – fun in the sun!

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Last Saturday the 1st of May the La Estancia Golf resort held it’s 3rd Annual La Estancia Golf Classic Tournament and despite the heat – it was a fabulous day! The Tournament involved 2 days of golf, 2 dinners, a brunch and even a party and so for the golfers involved was a fun-packed and tiring 2 days! On Friday the 30th of April the fun started with a ‘pool’ tournament played on the beautiful P.B Dye designed La Estancia golf course, which was followed by a delicious dinner. Unfortunately, due to school commitments (boo) and having to go to the Dominican Republic Fashion Week (yeah!), I was unable to attend this section of the event. For me and my partner (who I had duped into thinking I could play golf) the tournament began on Saturday morning the 1st of May (a little too early for my liking). La Estancia had organised a brunch complete with fruit, toast, croissants, bread, cheese and meats which was served on the La Estancia club house terrace, which was superbly decked out and ready for the party in the evening. The tournament was officially started with a reading of the rules (boo) and then Augusto Avanzini started it all by driving a ball from the Club house backwards down hole #18. As there were so many players involved, the tournament was played in a shotgun format and we had 8 people starting on our tee – which happened to be sponsored by Casa de Campo Living! Woohoo! Here I am posing at  hole #12 / Casa de Campo Living’s hole – and yes I know I must keep my eye on the ball! As this was Casa de Campo Living’s hole, I took photo’s of everyone teeing off – great swing gentlemen!

On our way around the course our jolly 4-some of me, my partner Angela Rosario, Leo Proaño and his partner Junior Quintero had a great time. The La Estancia course is so beautiful (like the Dye Fore) and is (in my humble opinion) not too challenging (like the Links), so it’s always fun to play! Here are a few photos of the 4 of us, playing some very serious golf: [nggallery id=362] By the end of the day I was completely exhausted, and very excited about the prize-giving, a drink and some food! The dinner-dance started around 8pm – I’ll be publishing my photos of that soon! In the meantime here are my photos of some of the other competitors: [nggallery id=361] I’m always having a great time playing in golf tournaments at La Estancia and very much enjoying the parties, click on the links below, to read about my previous experiences! The First Annual Casa Wine Shop Golf Tournament at La Estancia “Torneo de Golf Invitacional Amigos y Clientes DLV” at La Estancia Adventures in the DR: me, a golfista? Torneo entre Amigos @ La Estancia; the results, the dinner and the awards ceremony! Torneo entre Amigos @ La Estancia; a great day for golf! Deco Eventos 2009