Golf Tournament #2 (Doral)

Levi played in his second golf tournament on Sunday, November 1 at Doral Resort and Golf Club. He was again in the 6 and under age group and this time came in 11th out of 11. He was only a little bit behind the others, but I must say that he's by far, the youngest in this group. All the other kids are either almost 6 or already 6, some even almost 7....and he's just barely 5. So, I think he did pretty darn good. Plus, even some of the other parents commented that they felt it was a difficult course. But, Levi sure had a good time!! :-)

Here he is teeing off for the first hole. It was a beautiful South Florida day, though it was pretty warm. Ugh. Thankfully, I had the good sense to rent a golf cart...which saved me, while making it a much more enjoyable day. Whew!

He aims, just as his Coach Derrick taught him.

Oops, the ball fell off the tee. Let's try this again. (This was another hole.)

The swing.....

Here we had to stop and observe a squirrel (to the right of the tree dead ahead of him). He was very tempted to chase it, but I managed to stop him in time. lol (Trying to keep Levi focused and on task is quite the chore!)

Goofing off on the golf cart. Silly boy!

Levi shows off the ball he got, alongside Coach Derrick. He loves his coach! :-) Coach Derrick was able to be there to cheer on 8 of his students who were competing, including Levi. Levi was thrilled to have Coach see him play.

The final score tally. Levi had 68, with the nearest competitors tied with 65. Not too shabby, eh?

"Yeah, I'm the man! Uh-huh, uh-huh! I won a medal!" Levi shows off his "Never Give Up" medal. He's so proud! :-)

Levi has so much fun at these tournaments that I'm not all together sure he knows he's actually competing. He gets distracted easily by the new environment and all the things to see. He really does love to play and has so much fun when it's actually his turn, but sure hates the waiting. The coach says it's really good that he started so young because now he won't ever really have to deal with nervousness, because he'll be so used to the competing. The other boys we played with seemed more nervous and not as relaxed or comfortable. I think their nervous dads didn't help too much either.

Once he actually hit a ball off the tee and into a sand trap. I sighed and just then he made a fist and said, "Yeah!" I asked him, "Did you do that on purpose??" He said yes. I asked why and he said, "So I can use my sand wedge to get it out." (As if it was the most natural thing in the world.) Apparently, he was bored with hitting it straight onto the green, and since one of the other boys seemed to be living in the sand traps, he thought he'd try it too. He got it right out on the first try and onto the green. I guess he wanted a little more challenge.

He seems to have no problem at all getting the ball from the tee to the green, but then he loses the hole because his putting leaves much to be desired. He'll make it to the green in 2 or 3 shots and then ends up with a score of 8 or 9 because he goes back and forth across the hole. Argh. That is sooo frustrating to me, but not in the least to him. He's having a ball. I'm glad he loves it so much, but I can see that we're going to have to get someone to caddy for him who can coach him along the way....and that's NOT me. I'll be in the golf cart riding on the path beside him, just watching. :-) Anyway, he did have fun and it was a really nice day. :-)