Taking the Word of God to the world of golf
Logos Golf Ministries
Logos Golf Ministries, PO Box 1071, St. Albans, Herts AL1 9RE U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)7794-003608
E-mail: office@logosgolfministries.com
Company reg. No: 5016651 Charity reg. No: 1104777
Logos Golf Ministry on Tour 2012
Jan 02-13 [Africa Open in East London & Johannesburg Open]
The 2011 season ended on December 11 and the 2012 took up on January 5, off season for the golfers? No more ….
We had two meetings, the first was held [this is just to get you jealous] outdoors on January 3rd, anytime I felt like complaining about the heat I paused to recall the temperatures back home, always a leveller ….. During that first meeting I had a tinge of godly jealousy in that there are around 15/20 South African believers on the Sunshine tour, and back in Europe there is the 3 or 4 SAs plus me, no Europeans …. I mentioned on my last update from SA that the Sunshine tour were starting up their own tournament get together and this was another step along the way … 10 people were there and the following week there were 9, four of whom were different from the East London event …
I talked on sowing seeds from 1 Cor 3 and it was good to see the appetite of these players, caddies and one official … augers well …
After my tinge of jealousy it was such a joy to see one European come along on the second week, as always with God it was the last person I’d have thought of, a real jack the lad …. he makes no profession and it was marvellous to have him along, and he listened intently …. [Eccles 3:11, is ever true] …
Please add to this year’s prayer list and another player I had good contact with. Both these players I met two years ago on the Challenge tour, so although I felt that time was a little hollow, God always know best ….
(2Ti 1:7) “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
Deliberations in the Desert
Tiger, Rory, Luke and Lee …. They were all out in force in the first tournament of the desert swing …. Not so much for the prize money, as the appearance purse!
I noticed Abu Dhabi advertises itself as a place of “Understated Luxury” … to me the phrase “Flagrant Opulence” would be more appropriate …. All 129 players were given a complementary room for the week at the Emirates Palace [to call it a hotel would be slur] so it’s known as the Palace, I believe you can fit three Buckingham Palace’s into it, it has a seven star rating and breakfast is £50 ….. Understated?
Anyway in room 2121 of the West Wing at the Palace we had our weekly meeting and we state 6-7pm as the timing, well it was way after 8.30pm this time as one of the players a non-believer came along and asked question after question, which was terrific …. It is always good to see one of two unsaved players/caddies coming along, this stems from the familiarity the players have with one another and the openness of the Christians to invite the unsaved …. Do add them to this year’s list along with those from the Sth Africa trip ….
With a few from the US and other world tours playing this week I was able to make contact with KJ Choi [Sth Korean] and one or two others from the world tours whom I don’t see much of as they are able to play where and whenever they like which is one of the perks of being in the world’s top 50 …. KJ is known as a Christian and we’ll make contact again no doubt … The situation with the non believer mentioned above, was such, I first came across him on the Challenge Tour two years ago and then met him personally in Kenya last year, every little step leads somewhere ….
1 Cor 3:5-9 …. Planting …. Watering …. Growing
