Solheim Cup

When Jon gave Sharen 2 tickets to the Solheim Cup golf tourney at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove for Mother's Day it took her about 15 seconds to decide who was going with her.

That would be me!
Besides I look better in the matching shirts I bought. Sorry Dup.


Usually Sugar grove is a 40 minute drive down Rt. 47. It did take us 45 minutes to get home, but the trip there was a tad bit longer.
This fellow gave up on the traffic and started to walk. He soon realized that we were still several miles out.

When we DID get there it was well worth the effort - granted Sharen was driving and all I had to do is point out all the different license plates and comment about the a** holes who thought they needed to get 3 CARS AHEAD.

Parking was supposed to cost $5, but they were waving everybody through just to get us moving. Sweet..

It was a shame that cameras were not allowed on the grounds. It was beautiful.

We wanted to see all of this very private course so we just started walking.

We stopped at #10 to watch the morning group putt. We met some nice girls from Albany NY who were staying in St. Charles. We gave them the directions on taking the back roads. (they had 3 day passes and it took them over 2 1/2 hours to get there).

The morning round was taking FOREVER so we head on over to the Ping Pavilion (Jon got us passes for that too - Love you, Jon) and grab some lunch and watch the many big screens inside an air condition tent and discuss our afternoon game plan.

We decided to sit at the 2nd green to watch the afternoon 2 man alternate shot. The green was right outside the Pavilion and it was a par 5. All we had to do is stand up and turn around to watch the action on the par 3 - #3.

We sat and sat, but we met and visited with some really nice people.

We saw things you won't see on TV - Before the rounds the grounds workers rake all the traps and manicure the greens - the rules judge came through and paced off the green - tested the roll of the slope and then marked the green for tomorrows pin placements.

While the girls were putting, the caddies were scoping out the green and writing down in the little books where the holes will be tomorrow.

We had 3 out 4 groups chipping 10 to 15 feet in front of us and saw USA win 1 point with a birdie and Europe win a point with an eagle.

If you were a female looking to find a date. This was NOT the place to find a fella if you know what I mean.

We both were very disappointed in the wardrobe of the USA team - blue shorts that looked purple with lt blue tops Huh? Did they see our shirts? Now that's patriotic.

These girls were really supporting each other. It was special to watch this individual "all about me" sport turn into a "I got your back" team effort. Goosbumps!!

We chanted U-S-A and waved our little flags and had another great day on a beautiful golf course watching some amazing golfers.
You can bet that I will be waving that flag and cheering for the next 2 days - only sitting in my family room in front of the TV.