Gary won "The Babe" tournament (16th annual) for the third year in a row. He shot 100 for 27 holes (32, 68 five under par) with nine holes canceled for stormy weather on the first day. The most memorable shot was driving the green on hole number 1 and sinking the putt for an eagle "2." Here is the link: http://www.babezahariasgc.com/course/default.asp?HID=628&ACT=5&INO=698082&IPN=
This was Gary's first tournament under par.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
FSGA Disney Parent Junior
Two years ago Gary III and Gary Junior won the age group in the FSGA Disney Parent Junior. The event is over two days and is an alternate shot tournament. Each player hits a drive and a second shot, then the best shot is selected and the players hit alternately until holed out. My Dad has been playing great and I have been winning Junior tournaments, but we shot around par and finished sixth in the "Mickey First Flight!" It was a good thing grandpa wasn't here, since we had no hardware to take home. Here is the link: http://www.fsga.org/championships/infoArchive/fsgaResults/1840.html
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Hardware Tour Summary
Well this is Grandpa writing. We have finished the hardware tour with success beyond my dreams.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Don McNab Junior at Palatka
My grandpa and grandma took me to the 34th annual Don McNab Junior Tournament in Palatka, Florida, some 150 miles north of Tampa. This was a two day event over July 24-25, 2008, with Junior players in three age groups--12-13; 15-16; and 17-18. On Wednesday we played a practice round. I took notes.
The course is the Palatka City Golf Course, par 36-34, and measures about 6200 yards--another short course with Bermuda fairways and greens and a 1925 Donald Ross design.
The big news at the course was that Greg Norman flew his helicopter in to bring his son to the Azalea Golf Tournament (an adult tournament) last month landing on the course. Everyone said Greg was a nice guy and his son finished in the middle of the pack. After that, all of Palatka rooted for Greg in the British Open. You can read more about the course at the following link: http://www.palatkagolfclub.com/upcoming%20events.htm
I shot 74 the first day and was in second place in my age group behind Alex Perkins who shot 73. I played with Roman Cenizal, & Kelly Allen (78) from Jacksonville, and Matt King from St. Augustine.
It was a good group of guys who hit some great shots. It was hot and we drank a lot of stuff.
We stayed at the Quality Inn on the St. John's River which is about a half mile wide and flows north to Jacksonville. Grandpa says only five rivers flow north and then wants the names! (St. Johns, New, Amazon, Nile, and another one.) There were supposed to be Manatees and alligators, but we didn't see any. We ate at a great restaurant on the river and then had a good nights sleep.
The second day it was blazing hot at over 90 with high humidity and bright sunshine. My kind of weather (with sunscreen). We were allowed a caddy so grandpa hauled the bag in a cart. The pro Mr. Spanky Aaron said the caddy rules were the same as the PGA. He said, "The caddy could do anything but hit the shot!" Grandpa told Mr. Aaron I didn't want him hitting any of my shots--which I didn't say, but was true!
On Friday we were regrouped and I went off in the final group with Kelly Allen (78), Emmanuel (Nico) Pagkanlungan (76) from Naples, FL, & Alex Perkins (from Jacksonville) the leader with 73.
I shot the lowest score on the second day (75) and won over Nico by three shots. Alex got third. I shot 39 (three over) on the front and 36 (two over) on the back. At the turn Alex and Niko were only one shot back. I was even par on the back through 15 but then realizing I had a four shot lead I played conservatively and boggied the 16th and the 18th. There was no need for any chance at big numbers on those troublesome holes. I got another nice trophy.
Tomorrow grandpa and grandma go home to Pensacola and my Mom and Dad and I go to Disney World for the state Father-Child team championships. Two years ago Dad and I won our age group in the Father-Child and were state champs. We lost last year.
Many of these tournaments are nationally ranked by The National Junior Golf Scoreboard. You can check rankings at the following URL:http://www.njgs.com/
The course is the Palatka City Golf Course, par 36-34, and measures about 6200 yards--another short course with Bermuda fairways and greens and a 1925 Donald Ross design.
The big news at the course was that Greg Norman flew his helicopter in to bring his son to the Azalea Golf Tournament (an adult tournament) last month landing on the course. Everyone said Greg was a nice guy and his son finished in the middle of the pack. After that, all of Palatka rooted for Greg in the British Open. You can read more about the course at the following link: http://www.palatkagolfclub.com/upcoming%20events.htm
I shot 74 the first day and was in second place in my age group behind Alex Perkins who shot 73. I played with Roman Cenizal, & Kelly Allen (78) from Jacksonville, and Matt King from St. Augustine.
It was a good group of guys who hit some great shots. It was hot and we drank a lot of stuff.
We stayed at the Quality Inn on the St. John's River which is about a half mile wide and flows north to Jacksonville. Grandpa says only five rivers flow north and then wants the names! (St. Johns, New, Amazon, Nile, and another one.) There were supposed to be Manatees and alligators, but we didn't see any. We ate at a great restaurant on the river and then had a good nights sleep.
The second day it was blazing hot at over 90 with high humidity and bright sunshine. My kind of weather (with sunscreen). We were allowed a caddy so grandpa hauled the bag in a cart. The pro Mr. Spanky Aaron said the caddy rules were the same as the PGA. He said, "The caddy could do anything but hit the shot!" Grandpa told Mr. Aaron I didn't want him hitting any of my shots--which I didn't say, but was true!
On Friday we were regrouped and I went off in the final group with Kelly Allen (78), Emmanuel (Nico) Pagkanlungan (76) from Naples, FL, & Alex Perkins (from Jacksonville) the leader with 73.
I shot the lowest score on the second day (75) and won over Nico by three shots. Alex got third. I shot 39 (three over) on the front and 36 (two over) on the back. At the turn Alex and Niko were only one shot back. I was even par on the back through 15 but then realizing I had a four shot lead I played conservatively and boggied the 16th and the 18th. There was no need for any chance at big numbers on those troublesome holes. I got another nice trophy.
Tomorrow grandpa and grandma go home to Pensacola and my Mom and Dad and I go to Disney World for the state Father-Child team championships. Two years ago Dad and I won our age group in the Father-Child and were state champs. We lost last year.
Many of these tournaments are nationally ranked by The National Junior Golf Scoreboard. You can check rankings at the following URL:http://www.njgs.com/
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Lakeland Junior Citrus Open
Lakeland Junior Citrus Open On July 21 and 22 we commuted daily to the Lakeland, Florida, Cleaveland Municipal Golf Course. You can read more about it at their homepage. It was a nice course. I won my age division with scores of 78-77 and got another nice trophy. http://www.lakelandgov.net/chgolf/home.html
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
HJGT TPC JUNIOR CLASSIC
THE Hurricane Tour came to my backyard in Tampa to play the Junior classic at the TPC Tampa Bay, home of the Senior PGA Tour's Outback Steakhouse Pro-am. The course was fairly short at 6300 yards but it had stormed the previous day, so it was wet. I opened on day 1 with 7 straight pars but faltered with bogeys on 8 and 10. But, on the par 5 12th I stuck a 215 yard 5-wood to 8 inches for an eagle and went on to an opening 74 and a 2 shot lead. Day two was still wet, and I opened the round with a tough bogey on two, but birdied 4. I then missed two 5 foot putts and hit two bad chips and as I headed to hole 10 my lead was evaporated to zero. But then on twelve, the par 5 I hit 236 yard 3-wood to 30 feet and made another eagle for the dagger to the heart. I parred in for a two-under par back nine and a 72, giving me a win at 4 over for the tourney.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
NSJGA at Southern Hills Plantation Club
The World Woods Golf Club sponsored NSJGA held a one day tournament at the beautiful Southern Hills Plantation in brooksville, FL. It was a shotgun start to try to beat the afternoon thunderstorm, but it failed. We were stopped after 13 holes with lightning and severe rain. Although the rule book says nothing about rain, it allows us to stop with any fear of lightning. A warning horn blew as we could see the storm coming. My fellow competitors ran further down the course to mark their ball since we had just hit our drives on the par four, but I headed for cover at the clubhouse. It rained buckets and they canceled further play. At the time me and two others were three over par, but we had not played the same holes because of the shotgun. So they figured out what holes we all played and I had to count all three boggies and they didn't, so I got third place.
This was the first tournament of what Grandpa calls our "Hardware Tour." He wants to take me to some tournaments and he says when I win he'll carry out the hardware. So he got to carry away a small medal at this our first stop of four tournaments.
This was the first tournament of what Grandpa calls our "Hardware Tour." He wants to take me to some tournaments and he says when I win he'll carry out the hardware. So he got to carry away a small medal at this our first stop of four tournaments.
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