BirdieSisters

2nd Annual Stars And Stripes Junior Classic

The BirdieSisters Played today in the Stars And Stripes Junior Classic at St. Andrews Golf and Country Club in West Chicago, Illinois.  Great day for golf here in Chicago (or should I say West Chicago).  St. Andrews is 46 miles (1 hour 12 minutes) from home.  The golf course was in great shape today, which made for some very good scores.

BirdieSister Myah Jackson played only 9 holes and was very excited to play after the results from her last junior golf tournament.  I think Myah’s excitment and her self-inflicted, high expectations forced her into a lot of missed putts.  Myah played today with Ms. Hallie Kent from Mequon, WI ( Myah played with Hallie at The Callaway World Championship in San Deigo earlier this summer) and it was a great show to see.  Hallie led most of the way and was up 3 shots with 4 holes to go.  There were also several other players in Myah’s group.  Myah ended up shooting 3 over and somehow managed to find away to win.  Myah thanks Hallie for a great round and is looking forward to playing with her in the future.

BirdieSister Erica Jackson found her driver last week, she did not know where it was or how to get it back most of the summer.  The good news is — it’s back and we’re thankful!   Erica opened with 5 straight pars on her way to a front nine 1 over — 36.  The back 9 held her only double bogey of the day on hole 18, which pushed her score up to a 4 over — 41.  That’s right, 77.   I told you she found her driver.  Let’s hope she keeps up with her things from now on.

The BirdieSisters and family would like to thank Mr. Shawn Furrie and his family for the great team effort it took to run a tournament as well as this one.  Thanks also to the staff and management at St. Andrews Golf and Counrty Club.   For more info on this tournament see :   http://juniorclassicgolf.net/.

Callaway Golf Junior World Championships

Callaway Junior World Championships were held in San Diego, California July 14th – 17th. This tournament draws around 1000 junior golfers from around the world. There were 65 girls in the Girls 9-10 division. Myah played with some of the best junior golfers in the world and she played respectable golf. Myah’s 2-day foursome included girls from Japan, Columbia, California and Florida. Myah played in this tournament along with her teammates on the Tiger Woods National Junior Golf Team. For results see: http://jwgc.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/jwgc9/event/jwgc91/contest/28/leaderboard.htm

BirdieSister Myah Jackson Makes The Team!

Congratulations! “Myah Jackson” you have been selected as a member of the 2009 Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team.

This is Myah’s, second year on the team in which she will be given an exemption to play in the “Callaway Junior World Championships”.  She is looking forward to excelling this summer. The team’s motto is ” Great people who happen to be Great Golfers”.  For more information see www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org/junior_golf_team