After warming up Saturday morning Bryson hit the first tee, first tee for us was the 10th hole with a 1:09 tee time.
He was paired with Nathan Han from New York, and once again with Jaden Schapel form the Republic of South Africa.
Both are great players so we were excited about the round.
Bryson came to the Tee with a more noticeable bounce in his step than the other 2 days, I suppose it came to his mind that he can actually play golf at any level and no need to feel inferior to anyone.
The back had proven to be a harder 9 all week than the front, so with us starting on the back he could tell pretty quickly how his day would go.
He came out strong and continued to play strong right on through the back 9 hitting every fairway, and every green, so he had birdie opportunities on every hole, unfortunately he did not convert any of those birdie putts so consequently he finished the back at even par, a very good effort by anyone's standard.
After a ride by the Marshalls over to the 1st tee I guess he had a mental let down so when he hit his drive on number 1, he left it hanging out to the left, barely missing a fairway bunker, which may have been better, anyway it trickled off into the woods.
After reassuring his Dad he could hit through a gap of tree's to the green he proceeded to center punch a Pine tree with his next well struck shot, so he is now in the woods deeper but at least with a clear shot to the front of the green, which he executed with no problem, then he hit his approach shot pin high but it jumped off the back of the green, but he chipped on and drained a nice putt for a double bogey which can be a round killer since it could have easily been a triple.
He came right back with a par on the next hole, followed by a another tough bogey.
He went on the Par out the remaing holes including the very tough 9th hole.
He hit 15 greens in regulation and had 35 putts, so if he had only converted a third of those birdie putts he could have been at 70, but finished with a 75, still a very nice round even though the leader was at an unbelievable 5 under for the day.
He was disappointed since his goal was to finish in the top 25 but he only missed that by a hair.
He came in all alone in 32nd place out of 144 players from around the world, and 18th among players from the US, so we were more than happy with his finish and we can look back and realize Oh! what could have been had he showed up with his "A" game everyday.
We are looking forward to the rest of the local tour season and then a Regional Championship in Galloway NJ Labor Day weekend.
Picture of the final day threesome
L-R Bryson, Nathan Han from NY, Jaden Schapel from RSA
L-R Bryson, Nathan Han from NY, Jaden Schapel from RSA
