Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
State Team Pictures
The Sycamore Hills clubhouse
The locker room
#5 tee box. Tough dog-leg right par-4. There is water before the green as well.
#8 green. One of the best shots of the course. This was the toughest hole on the course.
#18 green from the fairway. An challenging finishing hole. It was where my 2-under round was turned into an even round. Ha.
#9 green late in the day. Tough hole with that blaring sun in your eyes!
Scoreboard after the 3rd day.Thursday, September 3, 2009
Final Day
Played great today! Had it at even par making the turn, missed a 10', and lipped a 45' on #10 and #11. Made birdie on #12, 13 and 17. I was heading into #18 at two under and my drive clipped a tree and fell into the hazard. Almost made my 12' for bogey in front of a big crowd but it skimmed the edge. Had a blast though. Finished at even par, 72, for the day and T6th in the tournament. Colorado finished a first ever top-10 at T6th! We were really excited about that!! There were about double the fans out there today which made it really fun.
I played with a girl from Maryland, who I will spare her name, but she said, "How did you guys get in this group?" I said, "Excuse me, what?!" and she replied with, "well you just don't expect Colorado to be up there. I mean, it's not like you guys are Florida (which we beat) or Georgia or Alabama or something". All I could do was laugh at the high school senior and think, wow, get out more! We have two CO Golf Hall of Famers on our team! I told our captain that at dinner and she said too bad you didn't tell me earlier because I would have gave her a piece of my mind. Ha. I wish I would have told her earlier because I would have loved to watch her rip into the 17-year-old. Haha. Priceless.
It was sad to say goodbye to the Sycamore Hills staff and their beautiful layout, as it always is. They were great to us and couldn't have done a better job. When I arrive at a golf course, it's like meeting someone for the first time. You are trying to get a feel of what they are like, how they respond to you, and get a feel of their personality. As the days go by, you learn new things about your new friend and have things you like and things you don't like, but by the time you leave, you are old friends. It is sad to leave but the memory will always be there. That is the thing about USGA Championships, they grow on you like friends.
Fort Wayne continued to hand out surprises this week and it will be a place I hold in high esteem. I throughly enjoyed myself and will reccomend it to whoever will be passing through!
I played with a girl from Maryland, who I will spare her name, but she said, "How did you guys get in this group?" I said, "Excuse me, what?!" and she replied with, "well you just don't expect Colorado to be up there. I mean, it's not like you guys are Florida (which we beat) or Georgia or Alabama or something". All I could do was laugh at the high school senior and think, wow, get out more! We have two CO Golf Hall of Famers on our team! I told our captain that at dinner and she said too bad you didn't tell me earlier because I would have gave her a piece of my mind. Ha. I wish I would have told her earlier because I would have loved to watch her rip into the 17-year-old. Haha. Priceless.
It was sad to say goodbye to the Sycamore Hills staff and their beautiful layout, as it always is. They were great to us and couldn't have done a better job. When I arrive at a golf course, it's like meeting someone for the first time. You are trying to get a feel of what they are like, how they respond to you, and get a feel of their personality. As the days go by, you learn new things about your new friend and have things you like and things you don't like, but by the time you leave, you are old friends. It is sad to leave but the memory will always be there. That is the thing about USGA Championships, they grow on you like friends.
Fort Wayne continued to hand out surprises this week and it will be a place I hold in high esteem. I throughly enjoyed myself and will reccomend it to whoever will be passing through!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Day 2
What a grind! I played decent except for that "snow bastard" as my playing partner from Montana calls "snowmen" (8). Other than that quadruple bogey and a double, I was even par for the day. One of my teammates from CO was disqualified because she signed a wrong scorecard but my other teammate shot only one more than her so the impact wasn't bad. We had some fans out on the course which was nice! People seemed to be excited that we were in Fort Wayne and happy to see us play. Gotta go get 'em tomorrow and make a move up the leader board! We are in T8th with Maryland, and Cali and I'm in 9th all alone again.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Day 1
Mornings at Sycamore Hills must come from heaven. It is the most beautiful place. On the first hole, I could not hear a thing except our group rustling around the greens. It is just incredible. Played very steady today missing some 10-15' putts, I hit all but two fairways and thirteen greens. Made three birdies, three bogeys en route to a even-par 72. No complaints there. Comfortably sitting in 4th all by my lonesome. CO is tied for third. Colorado has never finished in the top-10. We hope to bring home a trophy this week.
Spent the afternoon at the pool and had a brilliant dinner at O'Charlies.
Gotta go, the tv awaits.
Spent the afternoon at the pool and had a brilliant dinner at O'Charlies.
Gotta go, the tv awaits.
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