Yes, opening of the golf season is here but no one told the weather man in Chicago! The temps were in the mid 50′s and rain ( making for a bad hair day). The tournament was held at St.Andrews Country Club in West Chicago, about 34 miles form home.
We think the most important part of any junior golf tournament is that no matter where you finish, the winner is the person who gains knowledge from the lessons the course and tournament have to teach. We will start with BirdieSister Myah Jackson. Myah was in a field of 6 with some very strong competition, featuring some of the Mid-West’s best players in her age group. The conditions were tough and so was the scoring. The girls played from a distance of 4800 yards. After day one Myah found herself down 5 shots to the leader and 2 shots ahead of third place. Myah was not able to overcome the deficit that she put herself in, but did manage to hang on to second place by 4 shots.
Erica Jackson also opened her season with a lot of rust. Her level of focus on day 1 was nowhere near where it should have been. However, with the help of a 4 shot deficit after day one, she regrouped and refocused the second day to pull out a well fought victory. For more info see: http://juniorclassicgolf.net/ .
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April gets our season into swing. We will get off to a slow start and hopefully work our way into success by the end of the year. Here is what we have going on this month:
- April 17-18 Plantations Junior Golf Tour – Junior World Qualifier, Red Tail Run Golf Club – Decatur, Il.
- April 24-25 Illinois Junior Classic – St. Andrews Golf & Country Club – West Chicago, Il.
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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/.
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September is here and golf season is winding down. However, the BirdieSisters are still preparing for a few fall tournaments:
- Sept. 4th – Golf Outing for CSU Woman’s Golf and Rotary Club, New Lenox, IL
- Sept. 5th – Stars & Stripes Golf Classic at St. Andrews Golf and Country Club, West Chicago, IL
- Sept. 8th – School Starts
- Sept. 12-13 — Ted Rhodes Junior Golf Legacy Tour — University Park Golf Course, University Park, IL
- Sept. 17th — Final Taekwando Black Belt Tip Testing
- Sept. 19-20 — MAJGT Mini Tour at Glendale Lake #4 — Glendale Lakes Golf Course, Glendale Heights, IL
The BirdieSisters will also resume their dance classes, piano lessons and Girl Scout meetings this month. They will also participate in their last Black Belt tip testing to gain their second degree status.
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The Birdiesisters played in the Illinois Junior Classic this weekend at St. Andrews Golf and Country Club in West Chicago Illinois. Myah Jackson competed with the 8 and 9 year old girls and finished in 2nd place. The theme here was rain, rain go away. They were only able to play 5 holes in two days due to weather conditions. Myah learned a valuable lesson in getting off to a good start and that’s what we went out for — the learning experience.
BirdieSister Erica Jackson’s field was very strong, girls 10 and 11 years old. She only had a chance to finish 9 holes on the first day of competition and then the rain came, and kept coming, so they went to the score card for the finish. Overall Erica’s play is about two steps ahead of pace, which is a very pleasant surprise.
For more information see, http://www.juniorclassicgolf.net/documents/2009_results.pdf.
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The BirdieSisters will have one tournament in April, The” Illinois Junior Classic” on the 25th and 26th. Myah Jackson’s yardage will be 2231 and Erica Jackson will play from 5115 .
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