Winchester Father Son

Yesterday, my Dad and I competed in the Winchester Father Son Tournament for the first time. Its the largest Father-Son tournament in the state with over 300 teams competing. The tournament takes place over three days, with each team competing on one day only. The format is selected drive alternate shot, with awards given to gross and net champions.

I'll tell you I was very excited about the opportunity to compete with my Dad on a championship golf course. What a great way to spend a Tuesday - no work and golf with my Dad!

We shot an 38 - 45 = 83 (+12) (Gross score).

Phew, it was a hot, humid day (90 degress +) and we came out swinging. Both of us hit solid drives off the first tee. We selected my Dad's drive, so I played the second shot from 120ish. My shot fell short and right of the green, about pin high. Then, my Dad chipped it to 10 feet and I missed the putt. An easy looking par became bogeyville. The second hole was a short par-5. I crushed my drive to within 185 of the green and then my Dad hit a nice hybrid shot to 20 feet. We were sitting pretty with an eagle opportunity. I aggressively hit the eagle putt by the hole 3 feet and then my Dad missed the birdie putt. How quickly the eagle became a par? Good ball striking and good opportunity went to waste. Unfortunately, that became the story of our day. We were real close to breaking through in this tournament and posting a great round. We had 6-three putts and 2 penalty strokes, pushing the score well up the charts. We will likely finish in the middle of the pack.

The hole of the day was probably the eighth hole, a daunting 420 yard par-4 with a narrow fairway and steep uphill approach to a blind green. My Dad hit a 280 yard missile down the middle and I hit a 6-iron right over the pin and GREEN (looked perfect until we walked up to the green and noticed nothing there). The chip shot remaining for my Dad had to come up over a hill and land to a pin at the bottom of a slope of a two tier green. My Dad hit a beautiful chip to 4 feet and I sunk the downhiller for par. Can't believe he made that chip. It was 8 level of difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10.

All things considered this tournament was a day to smile back on and good preparation for next week's MGA Father-Son event. Its going to be a lot of fun going out there again with my Dad. Our goal is to avoid big numbers and three putts!

We had a marker (scorer) named Steve (assistant pro at Winchester) that joined us in yesterday round. Steve was formerly an assistant at Meadow Brook CC in Reading, MA.

Enjoy the summer nights while they last
Cheers
KF

p.s.: treated my back with electrodes at 9am yesterday, it was nice, athletes have it made with the amount of physical treatment they get from trainers, physical therapists, etc.