Drive, Chip and Putt competition...

[bdcrowe]

Well, Devin did the DC&P competition today. He won the chipping and putting competitions and got some cool Golf Channel medals. He also tied for 3rd overall, but blew up in the plyoff. He is absolutely floatin, he's so proud of himself. And I'm the beaming proud father.

[Strider]

congrats dad!! sounds like you have yourself a future tour player. is he gonna be on T.V. ?

[caddyshackgolf]

Im going to be in that competition this summer. But it will only be on local tv.

[Rockford35]

Outstanding.

He didn't win the drive? Get those other kid's drivers checked for exceeding C.O.R. limits....

Nice work, Pops!

R35

[Youngun5]

wish i could win some tourneys for my dad, i'm trying,

i made him proud in soccer and in boy scouts with pinewood derby but golf would be awesome

[bdcrowe]

Thanks all. It will be on local TV. He would have been on national if he had won the playoff and gotten the invite to the national shindig.

The other drivers are under investigation for both COR and steroids.

[Rockford35]

Steriods, good call.

Total buzzword, ride the wave to first place by default...

Give the kid a high five for me, would ya?

R35

[IrishGolfer]

Cool BD.
Any footage of the Boy Wonder at the top or at impact? What age is he?
Ask him for some tips for my putting. I remember when I was a kid I could putt the socks off anyone. Then my focus switched to trying to hit the ball a distance and I lost my feel. Seemed more important to hit the ball miles than get it in the hole in the fewest number of shots.

Good on him for NOT winning the driving!

[bdcrowe]

T'anks IG. No footage as of yet, but it is coming. He's 8, and he's actually usually pretty decent with the driving, but has this nasty habit of teeing it up too high and hitting off the top of the club/clubface. That's what happened yesterday.

He's now hungrier than ever to get on "the tour". LOL

[Farquod]

Originally Posted by bdcrowe

He won the chipping and putting competitions and tied for 3rd overall

Congrats to both of you! He'll be kickin' your butt in no time.

How does that work, tho? If he won both the chip and putt, how come 3rd overall (I presume in his age group)?

He'll be wantin' the ProV1s now.

[DaveE]

Congrats BD.

My girls never took to golf but I still remember how great it felt when they won a race or qualified for Regionals or State. Enjoy it.

The grandson will be two in July so it won't be long before I can be overbearing and pressure him to enjoy the game. Swing the club damnit!

[bdcrowe]

Originally Posted by Farquod

Congrats to both of you! He'll be kickin' your butt in no time.

How does that work, tho? If he won both the chip and putt, how come 3rd overall (I presume in his age group)?

He'll be wantin' the ProV1s now.

Best I can tell, they get one point for first place in a competition, two for secon, etc... They then add up the points from all 3 competitions and the lower point values place the best. Devin apparently ranked low enough in driving that it dropped him down into 3rd tie in his age group overall.

[Farquod]

Originally Posted by bdcrowe

They then add up the points from all 3 competitions and the lower point values place the best.

Bummer. Stroke play rather than match play. I see him up 2&1.

[Silver]

That's awesome BD.

[bdcrowe]

The funny thing is that while kicking off the whole shindig, they felt the need to lecture us parents on the integrity of the game, being good role models for the kids and showing true sportsmanship. My internal translater heard this as: "We've had too many a##hole parents make too big of scenes to not make this speech right now, so no a##hole parents."