The Su family organised a stay at the Wing on Golf Resort. It was a lovely peaceful place in a rural area. We were the only Westerners in the place. The clubhouse was so big it had a 40 room hotel on the top floor. There was a disco room, karaoke bar and pool tables. Two busloads of people came in while we were there.
For the golf fee we got a cart with a male English speaking driver/caddy and a female caddy. We teed off at 7 and a local Taiwanese club member joined us and he had left home at 5am to play at his home club. The caddy selected and cleaned our clubs and balls. It was a strange feeling to treated in such a way!
The driver had previously worked as an aircraft mechanic but left the factory as the work conditions were unhealthy. This job gave him opportunities to fly to Europe and USA and this helped improve his English. Although being a caddy did not pay much he enjoyed the relaxed lifestyle and outdoors and had applied to join the police force. He had never played golf but wanted to.
We had to hire clubs and just used our hiking boots as we didn't have any golf gear with us. It was John's first game for over 7 months and he thoroughly enjoyed it although by the time we finished it was 33 degrees and about 90% humidity.
For the golf fee we got a cart with a male English speaking driver/caddy and a female caddy. We teed off at 7 and a local Taiwanese club member joined us and he had left home at 5am to play at his home club. The caddy selected and cleaned our clubs and balls. It was a strange feeling to treated in such a way!
The driver had previously worked as an aircraft mechanic but left the factory as the work conditions were unhealthy. This job gave him opportunities to fly to Europe and USA and this helped improve his English. Although being a caddy did not pay much he enjoyed the relaxed lifestyle and outdoors and had applied to join the police force. He had never played golf but wanted to.
We had to hire clubs and just used our hiking boots as we didn't have any golf gear with us. It was John's first game for over 7 months and he thoroughly enjoyed it although by the time we finished it was 33 degrees and about 90% humidity.
