Fun in the Sun

It's been a fun week having David and the girls here. On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning they played the Haig course, followed by Wednesday afternoon at Juno Beach. They had a great time playing in the waves and getting tossed around in the ocean. Friday they took the day off from golf to have some sun time.

This morning we played the Champ course and had a family first...we all scored in the 80s--the weather was perfect for golf. David won the birdie contest--having one on the front side and one on the back side to help him shoot 39 on the back. Everyone played well and had a good time.

We finished golfing by noon, grabbed some lunch and headed to Juno Beach for the afternoon. David and the girls were in the water for an hour and a half, playing in the waves. The girls, of course, enjoyed the beach scenery, gawking at the boys there!

I'm headed to Port St. Lucie in the morning for our Women's Play Golf America Day from 1-4 p.m. where we have 20 PGA Professionals scheduled to provide 10-minute free lessons. We had hoped to get 200 people in attendance and have nearly 300 women pre-registered. It will be a great event!

~Le Ann

Happy Easter

Okay I'm a day late with the Happy Easter wishes, but wanted to quickly update the Blog before I head to the airport. David and the girls are en-route to West Palm for spring break. They left MSP at 5 p.m. and made it in and out of Detroit and are scheduled to land in West Palm at 11:30 p.m. I've been tracking their flight on the internet--so it's time for me to get to the airport. It will be a fun week to have the family here with me...we have five rounds of golf scheduled so they can play the various courses at PGA National.

More as the week unfolds...Spring Break 2008!

~Le Ann

A Day at the Beach

It was a great weekend in the Palm Beaches. Saturday I packed a good book, my iPod, sunscreen and a cooler and headed to Juno Beach for a few hours. It was a perfect sunny day with temps in the 80s with a nice breeze. Saturday night I had dinner with two colleagues--we watched some golf, ate dinner, then watched a movie.

Sunday I played golf at PGA National--the Haig course again. We fought a few rain sprinkles but had a good time on the course. After our round, I played nine holes across the street from PGA National, at Mirasol with Karen Wukich, another colleague from work. I had the thrill of meeting LPGA Tour player Patricia Meunier-Lebouc who I watched win the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, California, when I was in Palm Springs with the golf team in 2003. Patricia said she'd like to play golf together sometime in April when she returns to Florida from the LPGA Tour west coast swing. (Of course it helps that Patricia is Karen's neighbor!!)

Busy at work getting ready for our first ever Women's Golf School on March 30th...thanks again for reading!

~Le Ann

Back in West Palm...

Well it was a quick weekend home again. Less than 48 hours at home this time. Still managed to cram in three days worth of stuff in less than two--including dinner out at the Porterhouse Restaurant with Paul and Cindy on Saturday night.

Things are crazy at work--busy getting spring national promotions ready. Things kickoff in April with PGA Free Fitting & Trade-Up Month, followed by PGA Free Lesson Month in May and American Express Women's Golf Month in June. Before that, we are hosting our first ever Women's Golf School at the PGA Learning Center then end of the month...before we know it, the golf season for 2008 will be in full swing (everywhere except Florida--where they greet the summer as the "slow" season.)

Golf all next weekend, followed by Easter weekend and a visit from the family for a week...

More later,

~Le Ann

Why am I in Cleveland??!

When I booked my airfare to Minnesota, it seemed like no big deal to change planes in Cleveland. That was three weeks ago. This afternoon as I stood in the security line in West Palm, the guy behind me said, "Glad I'm not going to Cleveland--they're getting 10" to 20" of snow." I'm thinking this guy is pulling my leg, until I checked the Weather Channel monitor in the concourse. Great. Not only did I stand in a 20-minute security line with 100+ spring breakers, I'm headed to the only airport in the U.S. that isn't going to be open.

The flight to Cleveland was pretty uneventful, until we were supposed to land and the captain announced we were going to hold, since the airport was closed to plow the runways. Good news was three flights ahead of us had to go to Detroit for fuel, so we were first to land when the airport re-opened.

Most of the flights going east were canceled, so I was thankful my three hour layover ended with me getting out of Cleveland. Our taxi out to the runway was like four-wheeling in a jet as the plane cut through all kinds of snow on the tarmac. Definitely a new traveling experience! And I'm glad my return trip is through Detroit on Sunday.

Have a good weekend--

~Le Ann

Congratulations, Ernie!

Greetings from the Honda Classic and congratulations to Ernie Els, the winner of the 2008 Honda Classic. (For you non-golfers, Ernie Els is the #3 ranked golfer in the world, not a character on Sesame Street!)

It was a great time working the Laser ShotLink the past four days. We used a laser to measure the distance from the golf ball to the hole, which is used by TV announcers and for PGA Tour stats. Our hole saw a few birdies over the four days, but mostly pars and some bogies. We especially liked those bogie fives--feeling that we can play just as well ourselves. Nice to see the big guns three-putt, too.

Thursday started out with 55 degree temps--I can't believe I had to wear an Under Armor mock turtleneck and a polar fleece to keep warm. People back in Minnesota were calling me a "whimp" and playing their violin's as they felt sorry for me. By Friday and the weekend, temps were back to "Chamber of Commerce weather"--80 degrees, slight breeze and sunny. It was fun to see all the players up close and in person.

This week continues to be a busy week at work--getting some ads done for Golf Digest and Golf For Women magazines, in addition to working on the details for our Women's Golf School the end of the month. Our friends Jane and Don Peterson are in Florida on vacation this week and are coming to see me on Wednesday--so I'm looking forward to showing them the sights in West Palm.

Back to Minnesota on Friday--more later.

~Le Ann