Web.com Playoffs I just returned from a one month road trip that took me from Ft. Wayne, IN to San Diego, CA and back in nineteen days and after two days to regroup, another eight days away from home to Orange Beach, AL and back (with a quick stop in St. Francisville, LA). This was preceded by three days of volunteering at the Hotel Fitness Championship, the Web.com Tour's first 2014 playoff tournament, at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Ft. Wayne.
I'm whooped! I think I know how Odysseus felt, though his trip was a bit longer and with more peril.
I played twenty-four rounds of golf in the first fourteen days, attended a four day Travel Writer's/Blogger's Conference in San Diego, drove back to Ft. Wayne in forty-six hours (with overnight stops in Phoenix and Oklahoma City), recovered for two days, traveled to St. Francisville, LA for another round of golf before resting on the beautiful beaches of the Alabama Gulf Coast for seven days followed by another fourteen hour drive back home.
This was the most complex trip I've ever planned. But I love when a plan comes together!
Here's a brief recap.
Beginning on Monday, August 25, I volunteered for three days at the Web.com Tour's Hotel Fitness Championship. This was the tour's first 2014 playoff/elimination tournament to determine which golfers earn status on the PGA Tour for 2015. I was a part of the Shuttles Team and my job was to shuttle the golfers and caddies from the Sycamore Hills clubhouse to the driving range and back. I had the early morning shift each day.
I left Ft. Wayne at 4:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 28. My first stop was in Broken Arrow, OK where I played Forest Ridges Golf Club. It just so happened Broken Arrow was about twelve hours from Ft. Wayne and a good point to stop driving a car and start driving a golf ball.
After a night in Oklahoma, I ventured south to Texas where I played in Nocona, TX and Runaway Bay, TX before making Horseshoe Bay Resort, just west of Austin, TX my playground for two days. Two of the courses at this resort are a part of my Quest.
I'm whooped! I think I know how Odysseus felt, though his trip was a bit longer and with more peril.
I played twenty-four rounds of golf in the first fourteen days, attended a four day Travel Writer's/Blogger's Conference in San Diego, drove back to Ft. Wayne in forty-six hours (with overnight stops in Phoenix and Oklahoma City), recovered for two days, traveled to St. Francisville, LA for another round of golf before resting on the beautiful beaches of the Alabama Gulf Coast for seven days followed by another fourteen hour drive back home.
This was the most complex trip I've ever planned. But I love when a plan comes together!
Here's a brief recap.
Beginning on Monday, August 25, I volunteered for three days at the Web.com Tour's Hotel Fitness Championship. This was the tour's first 2014 playoff/elimination tournament to determine which golfers earn status on the PGA Tour for 2015. I was a part of the Shuttles Team and my job was to shuttle the golfers and caddies from the Sycamore Hills clubhouse to the driving range and back. I had the early morning shift each day.
I left Ft. Wayne at 4:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 28. My first stop was in Broken Arrow, OK where I played Forest Ridges Golf Club. It just so happened Broken Arrow was about twelve hours from Ft. Wayne and a good point to stop driving a car and start driving a golf ball.
After a night in Oklahoma, I ventured south to Texas where I played in Nocona, TX and Runaway Bay, TX before making Horseshoe Bay Resort, just west of Austin, TX my playground for two days. Two of the courses at this resort are a part of my Quest.
Horseshoe Bay Resort in Texas - Downhill 10th Hole at Apple Rock Course Overlooking Lake LBJ
After a Sunday morning round at the resort, I drove ten hours to Albuquerque, NM where I spent the night. The University of New Mexico Golf Course, which I played Labor Day morning, is another course that's a part of my Quest. Playing early morning, I was surprised to see a pack of Mexican Gray wolves. The wolf is commonly referred to as "El lobo" and is the mascot of the University of New Mexico.
A Pack of Lobos on the 3rd Tee of the University of New Mexico Golf Course
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