2011 Begins

The year started well for the kids. In February, they played in the Desert Junior Tour at Club West (in Phoenix, so fairly close) where Jack placed 1st. Alisa did great too, taking 4th place, playing with the 15-18 year old girls. Her tee's were set farther back than Jack's.

In March they played in the JGAA (Jr. Golf Association of Arizona) at Encanto. It seems the kids like to alternate their first place standings. This time Alisa took 1st, leading the pack by 12 strokes. Jack took 5th place with about a one stroke difference between each place.

In April we traveled to the Las Vegas area playing the Future Champions Junior World Qualifier at Primm Valley Golf Course. Primm Valley had two 18-hole courses: Lake Course and the Desert Course. It was a two day tournament (as usual) and played one course each day. The first day they played the Lake course with Alisa in the lead by one stroke. Jack was only 4 strokes behind the leader. On the second day they played the Desert course, a bit tougher and the wind really picked up. Jack finished 10th out of 32 boys. Alisa finished 2nd, losing by 1 stroke. That's golf. On the good side, with Alisa's finish, she qualified for the 2011 Callaway Junior World Championship in July, held in San Diego. Now, we need to get Jack qualified.

The End of 2010

The kids have had a great year. They started playing the Future Champions (FC) Tour, which is based out of California, so, of course, most of their tournaments are in California. This has given the kids a lot more competition to challenge their skills

With that in mind, Alisa was very excited about being named the FC Player of the Year for the Fall Series in the Girls 11-14 year old group.

In September, the kids played another FC Tournament at the Sandpiper Golf Course in Santa Barbara, California. The golf course is known as being the mini-Torrey Pines. It was beautiful. Alisa placed 1st in the 13-15 year old age category. Plus, she was the 2nd lowest score in the entire tournament. We had an added bonus while we were there; Jackie's nephew, Jeffrey, goes to school at University of Santa Barbara so we were able to spend some time with him. The kids really appreciated that Jeffrey watched the them play. Later that night we all went out to dinner. A very enjoyable weekend.

In early December we went to Sycuan for another tournament on the FC tour. Unfortunately, it poured down rain and the 2nd day was cancelled.

And, to finish the year off right, we spent 10 days in the Dominican Republic for a family vacation. We had a beautiful room (after 3 moves) on the ocean. The room also looked over the sand volleyball court, which was a great benefit since the kids lived there the entire vacation. What, "golf" you ask; well of course we golfed. The kids played 3 times while in Dom Rep at some gorgeous courses on the ocean. Jack missed a hole-in-one by an inch. We also did something called Scuba Doo'ing; it's like scuba diving with a motorized vehicle. Pretty cool. You don't have to be certified and it only goes about 15 feet deep; which is plenty. The kids loved it and, I have to admit, it was fun.