Illinois Junior Golf Association’s Event #9 “Arlington Lakes GC”
Illinois Junior Golf Association held its seventh event today at “Arlington Lakes Golf Course” in Arlington Heights Illinois, 40 miles (53 minutes) from home. Due to an 11:00 a.m. tee time, we had to leave the house at 8:00 to fight Chicago’s rush hour traffic. The weather was a perfect 80 degrees with bright sunshine.
BirdieSister Erica Jackson played well but not as well as yesterday. Spectators were allowed at this tournament so I saw the whole thing. From hole one I noticed that Erica’s approach shot was falling short, therefore adding a whole new element to her round that she did not have yesterday – the chip shot. Driving and putting were adequate. During the ride home I asked Erica what she thought the difference was between the two rounds yesterday and today. She said “I only had one good chip shot today and I just couldn’t get my chipping game going like yesterday.” However, I pointed out that she only had one chip all day yesterday. Her approach shots put her within 12 feet of the pin the entire round.
The BirdieSisters learned a lot of valuable lessons this week so the heavy week of tournament play paid off. Erica played in four consecutive tournaments and managed to continue her winning streak. For results, stats and photo see : http://ijga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/ijga9/event/ijga913/contest/13/leaderboard.htm
