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Season 6 Tournament 6 : Mom On The Bag
Up 5 AM on a Saturday. An hours drive in the bone-numbing dark. Max and Bear are at a tournament out of town. It must be Mom On The Bag today. The performance was not stellar, but it was stoic. I have not really watched Rob much these past few weeks – the tournaments he has…
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Between Season Hustle
Logistically there need never be a “between season” for junior golfers. There are so many tours that if you have the time and money you could play a tournament every weekend. Practically this doesn’t, or at least shouldn’t, happen – it is a sure one way ticket to player burn-out and parent heart-attack. We do…
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Season 6, Tournament 5 : Dad on the Bag
Yesterday Me: We are all available. Who do you want to caddy for you tomorrow? Rob: Daddy. Me: Are you sure? Rob: Mom, you would be my third choice! Today Dad on the bag. His focus was on keeping it lighthearted and fun. The result was that Rob kept very calm, had lots of up-and-downs (as opposed to ups and…
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Season 6, Tournament 4 : Bear on the Bag
It was rough. Literally. He struggled to find the fairway on his drives. It turns out – later, when I fretted about his driving to Max, who was playing in his own club championship – that he played with the wrong driver the whole round ! One new but too long for him still, but…
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I was Rob’s Entertainment This Afternoon
Saturday I played with Rob today. People always ask me – do you play? Probably because I look the part. My standard response is : I can but I don’t. I was brought up on tennis and field hockey. I can drive the ball well – that swing motion is flat and somewhat consistent to that of…
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Season 6, Tournament 3 : So You Think You Can Count?
Max was on the bag today and the conversation after every hole with the Daddy Caddy who was keeping Rob’s score was along the lines of : Daddy Caddy : You get a birdie on that hole? Rob : No, I got a double. Daddy Caddy : You get a 4 there? Rob : No, I got a 7. He just…
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Season 6, Tournament 2 : Light and Bright
A dad carefully lined his boy up on the first tee then pulled him back and made him recite the three things he had to remember before taking his shot. He then rechecked the line and the child flew his drive into the rough beside a fairway bunker. You must have broken your laser, boy!…
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Season 6, Tournament 1 : Cop out, Constructive criticism and Letting go
Both boys played today. Different tours, different times and different directions. Seeing the tee times two days ago – Rob early morning and Bear early afternoon I realized: perfect timing! For Max to do both! Rob would be happy. Also I’m a little intimidated by the dad of one of the boys Rob was lined up to play…
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PGA Junior Team Match Play Competition : On Any Given Day
This blogsite is essentially about Rob and my journey in Junior Golf together, however, the inspiration and questions arising from a PGA junior All-Star team match play competition played by Bear and his partner, JMJ, last night are worth an entry. I don’t really know how it all works. I suspect none of us do. Except…
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Season 5, Season Championship : Solid
I tried to find him a caddy but it didn’t work out and I am SO grateful it didn’t ! Rob took 11 shots off last week’s score and his ball striking was beautiful. He said afterwards that his Coach had made a few changes to his grip that had made the world of difference. Instead…
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Season 5, Tournament 7 : Ebb and Flow and Ebb
Oh Lorde ! I’m kinda over getting told that I bring bad luck everywhere ……… So there. And I’m tired of 5am wake ups, traveling through morning traffic for ages, for the same attitude and slipping scores in the same brutal and unrelenting Summer heat. The days are long. With the timing of the age…
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Season 5, Tournament 6 : Round of Tears
Rob hit a magnificent 38 for 9 holes off the green tees at a Club tournament last night. I was nowhere near the bag although I did ride around watching the action from the cart path. He could do no wrong …… found every fairway, drained the putts ……. and I felt confident going into today,…
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Season 5, Tournament 5 : Same Old Same Old
Same old, same old. Same old score. Same old complaints. When negativity seeps in its a slippery slope. Fortunately I do believe he will grow out of this tendency to let a little rain cloud settle on top of his head. Bear did. So there is hope. The problem is that the trigger to summon…
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Regional Tournament Day 2 : Same Mistakes
Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same one a second time. George Bernard Shaw. This was the only source of my frustration today. I’ve been listening for the last few rounds now to comments along the lines of : I’m just not hitting the ball the distance I should.…
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Regional Tournament Day 1 : Out Of Our League?
Dad to Rob: You work on your game, Robbie and you’ll get better. As long as you are having fun on the golf course. Oh I am. Dad to Me: What about you? You have fun? Me: What? Hell no ! Do caddies ever have fun? Hot as Hades. Way too many putts, 3 wood woes, and a…