Hard as this may seem, I spent another weekend in Florida on the golf course!
Saturday I played in our PGA HQ staff league at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, playing the Wannamaker course. Our event was a two person net best ball and Kathy Wilkes and I scrapped out a three-under par 69—only to get lapped by a 63 and a 66. I shot a three-over 75 and won four skins, earning myself some gas money for my weekend road trip.
After golf, I headed north on the Turnpike to Orlando to see my cousin Ed and his family at Disney World. I hadn’t seen my cousin for ten years and his mom, my aunt, since about 1981. We had a great time talking and catching up over dinner and sharing stories from years ago. After dinner we watched the third round of the US Open since it was on TV during prime-time! Good thing Ed’s a golf nut like me!
Sunday Ed and I played Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Golf Club. We were told the King was in Pennsylvania for Father’s Day, but we still enjoyed seeing all the memorabilia in the clubhouse. There were tons of signed photographs of Arnold with all kinds of celebrities—Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Michael Jordan, Celon Dion and golfers Tiger Woods, Sam Sneed, Nick Faldo and Nancy Lopez. We also saw the Master Card trophy that Tiger won this year. Lots of history inside and outside the clubhouse.
Before we played I noticed LPGA Tour Player Suzanne Petterson putting on the practice green. She is a member there and was practicing for the upcoming Wegman’s tournament in Rochester, NY, followed by the U.S. Women’s Open in Edina, MN. Being the shy person that I am, I walked up to her and introduced myself and visited with her for a few minutes. We asked her to join us, but she was there to practice and take a lesson. She is ranked #3 ranked player on the LPGA Tour so it was cool to talk to her.
The course was a slight disappointment as it wasn’t in very good shape—but that said, I shot a one-over par 37 on the front side from the men’s tees. The back side wasn’t as nice to me, but I carded a 77, so I was pleased. We basically had the course to ourselves so we cruised around trying to beat an incoming rain storm. (Welcome to Florida summer afternoons!)
Following a quick stop to Downtown Disney for Pizza Uno, I headed south to Palm Beach Gardens to catch the end of the US Open on TV.
~Le Ann
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