Turning Stone

Well, as many of you may have seen, last week was a pretty good week for "team parker." For the first two days I was a bit rusty after the 3 week layoff. I made a lot of birdies... and a lot of bogeys, but on Saturday I found something in my swing and it sparked me to make 7 birdies and no bogeys - the low round of the day. Although at the end of the day I was still 6 shots behind the leader, I was only 2 shots behind 2nd and in great position to have my best PGA Tour finish ever. I know that a lot of you sympathized with me when I lost the 7 shot lead in West Virgina in my last competitive outing, but in retrospect that 77 on sunday in the Nationwide Tour event really helped me to keep it together and shoot under par this sunday in contention. It was a great experience to be playing in the second to last group on sunday in a PGA Tour event. It is one of those feelings as a competitor that you wish you could have on a weekly basis and hopefully I will be able to have this feeling a few more times in the next 6 events. I am here in Mississippi now getting ready for the Viking Classic. I am still intending to play the last 6 events...unless I can get a victory before the year is out!
-Parker







Overlooking Lake Oneida, NY




I know that Parker and I will definitely consider New York as one of our favorite tournaments of the year. Not only because of his great finish but the whole week was so special. The Turning Stone Resort was beautiful, the weather couldn't have been better, and everyone was going out of their way to make this inaugural event something that all of the players would remember.

After a solid first 2 days I knew that parker was getting back into his groove. On Saturday he started the round with a few quick birdies which was so much fun to watch. He and his playing partner were hitting solid shots one after another and then the putts just started dropping. To be honest, I didn't even look at the score board. I just knew that he was making birdies.... so that had to be a good thing. It is just so easy to get so caught up in the score ...where that would put him on the money list...etc. So i just decided not to look. That night I knew that he must have been up toward the top of the leaderboard when he said that he was teeing of at 1:45! We ended up watching 3 different movies to get our minds off things. That next day I continued to keep my eyes off the board. Actually I didn't even realize until the 3rd hole that we were the second to last group! He played great, making critical putts for par and keeping his focus the entire round with the growing crowds and tv cameras present. It was so great to watch him birdie the last hole and finally look up at the leaderboard seeing his name in the top 5!
-Kristy

Back on the Road

I just arrived in Syracuse joining Parker at the Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, NY. It is beautiful up here, a nice cool change of temperature too!

Although I am sure that it would have been fun to experience the first year of the fedex playoffs, we had such a great couple weeks off and enjoyed some much needed r&r to get ready for this "Fall Finish." We had a wonderful vacation with my family on the Big Island of Hawaii and had a chance to see Parker's family too! Parker was able to practice out at the Waikoloa courses and kept his competitive edge with some intense matches on the tennis court.

We are looking forward to our upcoming 7 week adventure, especially the Las Vegas and Scottsdale events where we hope to connect with lots of family & friends.

Here are some of our favorite sunset moments from our trip...
-Kristy