Isn’t it amazing how we race thru
time? In 1989 Back to the Future II was being released
into theaters, and the plot centered around Michael J. Fox jumping 26 years
into the future that would place him right in 2015. And here we are.
Today I am not going to tell you
how your Royal Mougins team will work hard to provide you with a great golf
course in 2015. Neither am I going to tell you about some of the plans we have.
We will inform you all throughout the New Year about happenings, events, new
menus, etc, etc. But don’t worry, the team is highly motivated and there will
be excitement enough!
I am however in the mood to
congratulate you because we are living in a funny world.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL BORN IN 1930's,
1940's, 50's, 60's, 70's and even Early 80’s!!!
First, you survived being born to mothers
who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue
cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, your baby cots were
covered with bright colored lead-based paints. You had no childproof lids on
medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when you rode your bikes, you had no
helmets, not to mention, the risks you took hitchhiking ..
As children, you would ride in cars with no
seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great
fun. You drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a bottle. You shared
one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from
this.
You ate cakes, white bread and real butter
and drank pop with sugar in it, but you weren't overweight because...... YOU
WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
You would leave home in the morning and
play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was
able to reach you all day.
And you were OK.
You would spend hours building your
go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out you forgot
the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, you learned to solve the
problem.
You did not have Playstations, Nintendo's,
X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies,
no surround sound, no mobile phones, no text messaging, no personal computers,
no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........
YOU HAD FRIENDS and you went outside and
found them! You fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there
were no lawsuits from these accidents.
You played with worms (well most boys did)
and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
You made up games with sticks and tennis
balls and although you were told it would happen, you did not poke out any
eyes. You rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or
rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Local teams had tryouts and not everyone
made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing you out if you
broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the
best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of
innovation and new ideas. You had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and you learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!
So in 2015 Please keep on playing outside.
That’s what golf is all about.
Cheers to a New Year and another change for
us to get it right!
Jurgen Wondergem
Jurgen Wondergem
