Dual Player of the Year

The kids have been very busy this summer playing both U.S. Kids Golf Tournaments and USJGAA (U.S. Jr Golf Association of Arizona) Tournaments.

Alisa captured Player of the Year for the US Kids Golf last year and Jack has been eyeing her trophy since. Scott and Ben Weir (the kids coach) have been working with both the kids and especially Jack so he can earn that trophy. Well, the work paid off.

U.S. Kids Golf is based on points earned at every tournament (20 pts for 1st place, 15 points for 2nd, 10 pts for 3rd). Then the last tournament of the summer, the Championship, is double points for each place. This year's Championship tournament was held at Orange Tree in Scottsdale. Scott had to work so we had Alex, a friend from Las Sendas Golf Club, caddy for Jack. Alex plays on the Red Mountain HS golf league and is currently looking at colleges in San Diego for golf.

The two did well and Jack came in first, adding 40 points to his current total of points, giving him first place overall.

Alisa took 1st place at all the U.S. Kids Golf tournaments this summer and didn't need to play the Championship to give her Player of the Year....it was already in the bag. Instead, Alisa played at the USJGAA Ping Masters Jr. Tournament. It was a two day tournament, with 3 girls in Alisa's age group. The first day all three girls tied. The second day it was a little tougher and Alisa lost by one stroke. After the tournament, we drove quickly to Orange Tree so Alisa could receive her trophy for Player of the Year for U.S. Kids Golf. So, it wasn't too bad of a day for her either.

In a few hours, we fly out to North Carolina for the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship in Pinehurst. The tournament doesn't start until August 5th, but we're leaving early to get a little vacation in at Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

I'll keep everyone updated on the kids status.

A Visitor from the Preserve

For the first time since we moved to Arizona, we had a wild animal in our back yard, other than birds and rabbits. A bobcat made him/her self comfortable in on our lawn for about 20 minutes. Needless to say, the Brittany and Cabo were safe inside the house until our guest left.

The Game & Wildlife people assure us that bobcats are not interested in pets or people, they're favorite food is quail. However, not to take chances, we stayed inside.

Although, while taking morning jogs, I have seen a couple and they show no interest in me at all. In fact, the one I saw was trying to "pounce" on a bird. If you didn't consider the size, you'd think it was a cute little kitty.