Not sure if anyone cares, but I posted a bit about myself below. I enjoyed reading this thread the last couple days. Impressive group!
Name: Jeff Schley
Age: 44
Marital Status: Never married, no kids (haven't been blessed)
Live: Saudi Arabia
Profession: Run University Relations for Saudi Aramco
Hdcp: 12
Home Courses: Rolling Hills GC, Dhahran - Saudi Arabia
Favourite courses: Chicago GC, Baltursol, Pacific Dunes, Winged Foot, Innwood in Joliet, Ill. only course I ever played growing up as my dad worked there part time..
From Chicago area and go back to see my family there a couple times a year. Love being Uncle Jeff and I'm the Godfather to 4 of my 6 nieces/nephews . Big Chicago Bears / Cubs fan.
I played football and baseball in college graduating from the University of Iowa. My dad was a coach so I always wanted to follow him so I coached college football for 4 years, one at Midwestern State Univ. in Texas, then 3 at UCLA. Got my masters from UCLA as well and that was a great school. Thought coaching was what I wanted to do until I realized I didn't want a profession where you get fired through no fault of your own. )
Left to become a teacher and coach in So Cal teaching special education for 7 years then took a mission trip with my church and decided I wanted to teach overseas. Almost went to the Philippines, but stumbled onto this oil company in the middle east and I ended up here in 2008. After 2 years teaching, been running their University Collaboration Office ever since. Got an MBA a couple years ago from the Hong Kong University of S&T and almost made another career change, but here for now.
Love to travel, gamble-poker & blackjack, euchre, scuba dive, snow ski, strat-o-matic NFL football (ANYONE PLAY? We play here in KSA), active in Catholic Church and charities when I am able over here, NFL, MLB, college football, classical music, and of course golf. I really love to travel and play golf and being here in the middle east makes it so close to places so far from the states. My lowest handicap I have ever been was an 8 and that was like 25 lbs. ago.
I have always observed golf course topography and architecture while playing and as we all do, critique the course as I go. Often making excuses for my poor shots.
I found this website numerous times over the years in my google searches and glad to finally join and learn from the various threads. Looking forward to being part of the social get together s when able and even perhaps put a few on myself if I can figure it out here in the Middle East.