After the headache that was yesterday, I was determined to
have a better day today. I loaded up on coffee, chose my cart carefully—I found
my lucky numbers—and geared up for a long day. I was supposed to have the first
groups off of No. 1, but I ended up starting all of the groups for Bridget
since she is just starting to get her voice back. So Bridget followed my groups
on the front nine while I started and they were just making the turn when the
last group went off, so I just followed them on the back nine. One of the
groups got a red card on No. 5, so they were flying though the round because
they didn’t want to get a penalty stroke. Since Bridget dealt with that red
card, I didn’t have to give out a single red card today! It was like Christmas in
July! I only had to give two rulings as well: cart path relief and relief for a
drain near the green. Both are just nearest point of relief, one club length
and drop, so they were quick and easy rulings.
When I got inside after my groups finished, I got to work
imputing the scores that had already come in. We go through each scorecard and
enter hole-by-hole scores. It’s one of my favorite tasks because it doesn’t
require too much thought and you get into a groove. It was killing me to be
inside though because the Girls Division had a playoff. The girls in the sudden
death playoff were both in the group that I gave a double red card to
yesterday, so it was just crazy to hear the play-by-plays over the radio. One
of my favorite players, Kesaree Rojanapeansatith of Nonthaburi, Thailand, ended
up holing out for birdie and winning the tournament. She has been at our past
three tournaments so I’ve gotten to know her and her family. This was Kesaree’s
first win and she was nearly speechless when I interviewed her for the story.
It was so cute and I was so happy for her!
After the interviews, Michael and I were able to wrap things up fairly quickly and pack up our equipment. For dinner, we went to Superior Steakhouse, which is owned by one of our player’s fathers. He reserved the wine room for us and we ate in there. It was a fully complimentary meal and he insisted that we order any- and everything that we wanted. Just to give you an idea, the average appetizer was $16 and the average entrée was $30+. We ordered one of their lesser (yet still extremely nice) bottles of wine that was $82 for the table. I had the special of the day, which was crabmeat stuffed flounder. I got chocolate cake for dessert and the waiter suggested a 2004 Far Niente Dolce Napa to compliment it. So he brought out this little glass of wine; there was a little less than a ½ cup of wine in it. Out of curiosity and because our waiter was super chill, I asked how much that glass of wine would cost…. $30! The dinner for 10 of us cost over $1200. Just crazy stuff!
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| Said goodbye to Brian Philips, one of the TA's today. Such a goofy kid! |
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