~~I love Balcik, I love my two cities Brisbane and Constanta. I feel golf is part of the economy in Cape Kaliakra,Bulgaria.I feel that the people of this place in “The Balkans’” deserved a special tournament. I’m doing something for this place.This is my sixth year now that I promote Demis Papillon Golf Academy Cup, and these are difficult times to get money from the companies,however this year Lenovo Romania came to my rescue, I am proud to be associated with such big brand and company.This year I had become an instructor of Gary Edwin Golf “The rightsidedswing” bringing some credibility of a golf school world renowned to help the golf players in Eastern Bloc. I am very loyal to what I am doing.I would like to thank personally Aurel Netin,Mihai Tecu,Luminita Tzakis, Andreea Marin, Ionut Sisu and Madalina Serban for their sponsorship in 2014. I would like to congratulate my 6th Edition winner with this occasion Nicolae Kovacs for winning my tournament. I am proud that a Romanian has won the Cup. My son Nicholas who in 2012 finished 4th in my tournament last year won the junior division by 2 shots. In 2014 he finished in second place and promised me that next year he will win my tournament by 10 shots. I love his motivation, this is what makes great golf champions from a very young age, they understand what it takes to be a winner, at his tender age of 9, and he has the “killer instinct”. I would like to thank Andreea Marin and Catalina Jigman for the 2014 junior’s prizes and golf cups.
I will always call Brisbane home where my son Nicholas was born. I don’t know if my son will take up golf seriously.He plays golf now for 4 years, at 9 years of age he plays the golf game very well. Still, I want him to determine his own destiny, as I determined mine.
Sitting on the terrace of the 19th Hole restaurant, a demitasse of espresso in one hand, a cigarette in the other, with the laptop in front of me, thinking of a story for my blog, I could have been another member of Lighthouse Golf Course, with my little pot belly, my air of ethereal calm accentuated by the faint haze of smoke,I am thinking of a trip to Tibet and to meet with Dalai Lama.However I struck a pose that belied the fire within—a fire that burns for golf, a fire that burns for Life.
In the era of flat bellies(Henrik Stenson,Nicolas Colsarts, Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott) and distant personalities, in the era defined by Tiger Woods, fitness trailers and prize money fit for a king.In my days as a professional player in the early 80’s and mid ‘90’s,Sure, I will hit balls before I played, but I might also had a glass of wine. Sure, I will putt and chip, but I will certainly have a cup or two of espresso. Sure, I was determined to have a great score when I played “tournament golf”,however I will also make sure I take my time to savor my life. Mr. Hogan used to say;” You are the sole judge of your standards”.
I am a man of my own; I am courteous and I stay aloof from the bickering. I lived my life and I played the game the way I wanted.I never rush anything, I savor everything. I just inhale life and I am comfortable in my own skin.I give all my life to golf, and golf gives me all my life.I am a man who stops to smell the flowers. It is relaxing to enjoy a good wine, a cigar, good food, a whisky with a friend. You have to take the time to enjoy them. You cannot enjoy them if you rush them. You cannot enjoy life if you rush.
It is important, to love what you are doing.It is important to enjoy the things that life brings you. I always knew that when I started to play golf, that this is what I would like to do.
You must know, too, that I am connoisseur of good shoes,whisky and cigars. As for my golf shoes and my street shoes they are custom made by Stefan Burdea, a small, family-owned business in Bucharest. There is nothing that quite stimulates my comfort hormones more than slipping on a pair of my hand-made Stefan Burdea shoes.I have many pairs of shoes, and they stand out as classics .A little advertising for my shoe-maker from Bucharest it can go a long way. Australia is waiting for you Stefan Burdea.
These are pure leather, very soft,I always liked very good shoes and very good golf shoes. You take them from the box and they feel so good right away. I don’t like tennis shoes, rubber shoes. I always liked proper shoes, leather shoes of course the principal contributor on this, was my mother which from a very young age told me; “women will evaluate and make a judgment on a man simply by looking at his shoes, and if his shoes are cheap the woman will come to the conclusion that he is a cheap person, not frugal, but cheap”.
And now on the more serious note, I am passionate about golf, I live the game of golf, I don’t just play golf. I live my life and don’t merely walk through it. And the words come from a man who knows how lucky he is to be doing what he loves.
When it comes to golf and to life, I will stay thirsty, my friends;now that the story is finished( I kept it under 1,000 words which is compulsory), it would be nice to have a little whisky and a cigar with my friend who is waiting in the Whisky Bar.
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