From Dubai to St-Moritz

I just ended my 2 months Dubai lifestyle with a flight to St-Moritz, Switzerland where I have been appointed by a CaddiePlayer.

I could write a book about all the peoples, the stories I was involve with in Dubai. I never saw Dubai so busy! Expo2020...? Not sure as many decided to make it their permanent home. From celebreties Tour Pros to Cyber Billionaires, Dubai has become the place to be, to live as we say in French "Le monde attire le monde" and Dubai is the King of marketing.

And then there was Covid... the last thing you want to meet!

"Mid-December it was like Dubai was Covid free then by New year eve it's like every one I knew caught it!"

Despite spending Christmas and New Year festive avoiding crowed, Covid did not care, found me and with it my "home alone" 10 days quarantine journey began. It was a interesting challenge that I had to wait 58 years to experiment. Not stepping out for 10 days with no TV limited internet access and YOU AND ONLY YOU to face with. Welcome to Tom Hanks "Kast Away" in 70 square meters flat. 

My Covid good news was the timing, early January its always the best time to reflect.

For me it was about CaddiePlayer & PuttZones, revising lots of data and thanks to the "New Era" of the DPWorld Tour, data have never been so accessible! 

Once I was Covid release, I was ready for the Desert Swing: 4 events > Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic, Ras al Khaimah Championship and Ras al Khaimah Classic.

"To make the experience even more live, I went on to follow two players I believe belongs to the "New Era" of Golf: Ryan Fox and Matti Schmid."

I was not disappointed as they both play to another league. Should we name it the "Power League"? Meaning massive drives, most Pars5 in two and wedges into Pars4. Statistically this leads to more times putting from Zone3 = The Birdie Zone.

Ryan Fox went on to win the Rak al Khaimah Classic (See below PuttZones breakdown, Ryan was the Desert Swing Most Zone3 versus Zone4 (25-21) attempts winners), Matti shall win pretty soon. THE MASTERS is not far away. 

Cheers from St-Moritz - Switzerland, skiing is like putting (Slope, Speed, Control) until next time #IamCaddiePlayer Stephane PuttZones Founder.

1. https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/abu-dhabi-hsbc-championship-2022/
2. https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/slync-io-dubai-desert-classic-2022/
3. https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/ras-al-khaimah-championship-presented-by-phoenix-capital-2022/
4. https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/the-ras-al-khaimah-classic-2022/
5. https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/the-desert-swing-by-the-numbers/

 Thanks to Matt @sgtee2green, we gather all the PuttZones breakdown from the field and the winners 

CaddiePlayer up and down here we come for “More”….. 2021 was to be the first “CaddiePlayer Invitational Festival” in France, instead Covid19 restriction bust it slaloming's Stéphane journey through England two Opens apparence (Royal Saint Georges & Sunningdale) promoting JackWhite’s legacy and CaddiePlayer Foxy & Bossy.   

CaddiePlayer founder’s Stephane is over New Year in Dubai also visiting the Swiss pavilion WorldExpo2020 reflecting about 2021’s golf booming with announcements: DPWorld Tour, Asian Tour, LET, LPGA all throwing big money to attract big attention with Tiger Woods comes back and the Ladies Open at Muirfield why not!

Quote from Stephane:

"2021 has been unbelievable golf positive showing  big interest from the audience taking up #TheBestGameEverPlayed thousands of new golfers are on “Smacking” the ball.

Surely social media had a big impact on it: Bryson “The Brute” DeChambeau PGA TOUR US Open winner driving average 323.7 yard, Bri Teresi “Making Sports Sexy Again” 1,2 Millions followers and Golf Instructor Manolo Vega “Waggle  dat shit…Smack dat shit!” are some we must thanks and #Dassit!"

From CaddiePlayer’s Family Office, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  

 Stephane Barras at the Dubai WorldExpo2020 Swiss Pavilion

 Caddie and Player success stories. 

We are pleased to announce that #Caddie Sebastien Clement from France and #Player Georgia Oboh from Nigeria had both outstanding performances finishing second at TourSchools. 

Sebastien Clement Caddying for Pauline Roussin-Bouchard on the LPGA Tschool and Giorgia Oboh being Caddied by her Mother Evelyn on the LET Tschool. In both results Caddie and Player are coming from the same country as respectively from France (Sebastien and Pauline) and from Nigeria (Evelyn and Giorgia). 

Full stories:

• https://www.lpga.com/news/2021/roussin-bouchard-a-new-star-on-the-horizon
• https://ladieseuropeantour.com/reports-page/?tourn=1823&tclass=rnk&report=tmresult~season=2021~result=PF~

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