Dad, Mom, Riley, Me, Big Mom Mom, Patsy and Pop Pop all left Saturday morning heading to Willis MA and Glen Elen Country Cub and a US Kids World Qualifier Tournament.
Bryson is already qualified since he was the 2009 Boston Tour Champion, but wanted to get some competition in since he hasn't played much golf this spring.
The competition in these events is usually pretty stiff, this one was no exception.
Bryson is already qualified since he was the 2009 Boston Tour Champion, but wanted to get some competition in since he hasn't played much golf this spring.
The competition in these events is usually pretty stiff, this one was no exception.
We got to the course about 2 hrs early so Bryson got to go to the range and get some time on the practice green.
He got off the tee about 3:45 PM and it was a great day for some golf.
This was a good course with a nice layout not only that, the staff present working the tournament were great also.
He was paired with Mark Muratore from NY, and Xavier Marcoux from MA.
Bryson played a pretty good round of golf for the most part, just the same old thing as the earlier tournaments, his approach shots lacked feel and crispness, and his putts were not tracking well at all, so he shot a very loose 41 and finished in 4th place.
Picture of Medalist's
LR-Mark Muratore, Jack Tobin, Bryson, Adam Xiao, James Imai
This round of golf did not sit very well with him at all, and usually he is not very outward with his golf emotions, but we could see he was not excited about the day.
But he really likes his fellow competitors so win or not he always has fun with the camaraderie at all the events.
Here he is with Big Mom Mom, Patsy, Bryson, Mom, 4 generations at the event.
Pretty unusual I bet.
But he really likes his fellow competitors so win or not he always has fun with the camaraderie at all the events.
Here he is with Big Mom Mom, Patsy, Bryson, Mom, 4 generations at the event.
Pretty unusual I bet.
After the awards presentation we headed on over to his Uncle Steves to spend the night, so shortly after we stopped at Mickey D's and after a couple of Spicy Chicken sandwiches and a M&M McFlurry he was all good.
We arrived at Uncles Steve's late about 9:45 or so, hung out for a while shooting the breeze, then all turned in about 11:00.
We got up pretty early and had some breakfast, then hung around a bit and then about 9:00 AM Dad, Pop Pop, Bryson, Riley, Cousins Micah and Emmy, headed down towards Torrington to Uncle Steve's baseball game.
He plays for a local team "The Rifles", and they were scheduled for a Dbl Header so we thought we could catch a few inning's before we had to leave for Shaker Farms CC in Westfield MA.
We watched and at his first at bat, Uncle Steve, the "Cobra", hit a hard rope into center field but unfortunately the center fielder could have caught it with his feet set in concrete, talk about bad luck.
An inning or so later, he yanked a hard one down the left field line for a single and banged in a run in the process, Ribee's are a good thang..:-)
An inning or so later, he yanked a hard one down the left field line for a single and banged in a run in the process, Ribee's are a good thang..:-)
After about 5 innings we headed back to Simsbury and picked up the rest of the gang, then left for Shaker Farms in Westfield MA. at 11:45 arriving there about 12:00 for his 1:40 tee time.
Hit a small bucket at the range, he seemed to be all business today and really concentrating on his preparation.
We were paired with Alex Keener and Xavier Marcoux, a couple of boys we have played with many times in the past, always a good day because the Caddies (Dads) are not overly involved with the boys game on every shot like so many are, so they always play quickly and without a any extra delay, so it makes for a nice round.
This was a usual round of golf for this bunch, either one, or the other, has a good round when the putts are falling, you golfers know how it is in golf. Anyway this was Bryson's day and his chips were in the hop and stop mode, not very far off target, and he was center punching all his putts, so it's hard to beat somebody when they are playing like that.
He had a big gallery of family (for a junior golf event), Xavier's Mom and baby brother were there, as well as our family, which was an expanded version as well, Rachael's sister Christine, her Mom, Grampy Robert, Uncle Trac, Big Mom Mom, Patsy, Riley and me dragging up the rear, so he had plenty of support.
"I'll insert a picture here as soon as Agnes sends it to me."
He went to play a good round of golf shooting a solid 34 with very little fanfare and we were all pleased that he did so well.
The kids in this tour are all great little golfers, and great kids as well, I wish we could figure out a way that they could all win because they are indeed all winners.
These are the great character building event's that will shape their lives to handle the future with ease, so I suppose that is the way it should be.
These are the great character building event's that will shape their lives to handle the future with ease, so I suppose that is the way it should be.
LR Chris Lee, James Imai, Xavier Marcoux, Bryson, JD Goldstein, Alex Keener, Adam Xiao
We left after hanging a round and stopped at Friendly's to get a decent meal and headed back to VT. Riley crashed before we left the parking lot and I carried him into his house about 9:15 and we drove on to Craftsbury crawling in about 10:00.
We left after hanging a round and stopped at Friendly's to get a decent meal and headed back to VT. Riley crashed before we left the parking lot and I carried him into his house about 9:15 and we drove on to Craftsbury crawling in about 10:00.
All the boy's in this tour are as lucky to have the love and support of family, as we are to have them, so while we can, we all should just,
"Let The Good Times Roll"
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