Replies

My husband played golf in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. He HAD to get on the course at 5:30 A.M. because by 9:00 A.M. it was 105 degrees and my mid afternoon it was up to 117 degrees. It was on the coast so the humidity was 95%.
I gave it a try but decided that NO GOLF GAME was worth that heat.

There was no grass. The course was sand mixed with petroleum. Each golfer had a square foot of artificial turf and placed the golf ball on top to hit for each and every shot.
The "putting green" was a darker sand with MORE petroleum. Each putt caused a big path mark in the sand.

At every hole a Pakistani (who was in charge of three holes) would use a HUGE broom and pull it around the "putting green" to smooth out the dirt.

There were only nine holes and one could play the course twice.

The driving range was free. My husband always had a six handicap anyway, a NATURAL, and over there he got down to scratch. The golf club had awards dinners every quarter and the prizes were Waterford crystal. I DID go to those dinners and collected SO much crystal. I remember those lovely RED boxes of crystal.