USA 1999

I arrived in late January 1999 and as you might know the weather at that time of the year in Denmark is miserable with snow, rain and low temperatures. Florida had about 72 degrees Fahrenheit as I got there and it was never below 65.

I worked at a telemarketing company in Palm Harbor called The Winn Technology Group. I had different tasks during my time there, but most of the time I worked as Project Manager for various outbound projects. I had to make sure that the employees calling on my projects were informed and trained for the project. I also sent reports to the clients on a daily basis to inform them how their projects were doing.

As I like to play a lot of golf Florida was a very good place to be as they have a zillion golf courses. As I was going back to Denmark in the beginning of May this was an excellent opportunity for me to prepare for the season back home. I did practice a lot and also played a lot of rounds when there was time for it. Most of the courses in Florida are very beautiful and in very good condition. At the end of my stay I started to play very well and I had 10 consecutive sub-par rounds. Though, it has to be said that the courses I played all were easier than the course I usually play in Denmark.

Once again, as in 1998, I went to Atlanta - this time on two occasions - to visit the Nielsen family. When you are as far away from home as I was it was a great relief to visit Danish friends knowing you can speak Danish, act Danish and best of all have Danish food - and once again Vibse did not disappoint me. We played a couple of rounds in the Atlanta area and two of favorite courses are located in this area. First we played Fields Ferry, which is a former PGA Tour venue. The course is fairly long with almost no rough but with a lot of water hazards. The other course, which is really good is Cobble Stone. From the back-tee it is a fairly long course and with a lot of trees and a fair amount of water hazards you really have to play your very best to get around there.