"Rough" Week at the Memorial

I sit here patiently waiting back at the hotel, I am supposed to pick up Parker in about an hour from his US Open Qualifier. We have been in Ohio for over a week now. And the results of today's qualifier, somewhat determine our schedule for the upcoming weeks. This past week was...how shall I say it... quite a "rough" week!

Parker and I managed to sleep through our first tornado warning. There was a storm that came through overnight, with lightning striking down hitting a nearby hotel. The thunder was so loud that it woke us both up, however somehow we fell back asleep as the city sirens went on full blast... (telling everyone of a possible tornado). I have no idea why it didn't occur to us in our half asleep state that we should get out of the room and go to the lobby of the hotel??? Thankfully it was just a warning and the very next morning brought sunny skies and I didn't hear of any major damage or injuries from the storm. It is good to know for the future...next time we hear those sirens, we will get downstairs!

This week was very special to be in the presence of Jack Nicklaus. It seemed like he was deeply involved in every aspect of the tournament. I would often see him around the club house or on a golf cart driving around his course. Oh but his course...as I am sure some of you saw, his course challenged everyone out there. Parker had a nice Thursdays round (looking back that +1 looked awfully nice) but on Friday his allergies got to him and he battled through the entire day sneezing and sniffling as the cottonwood trees blew what looked to be like snow through the air. I am not sure if that is what even got to him, but the site of the little cotton balls blowing around is enough to make you sneeze just by looking at it. The weekend brought more difficulties. Parker managed to find his way through of the rough and out of bunkers but definitely paid a price. It was a long day on the golf course on Sunday and I am starting to think that the excitement of AT&T, the heat in TX and the treachery of the course in Ohio is starting to get to him.

Even though it was a difficult week on the course, we had a great time in Dublin. It was a quaint little town with some fun restaurants. We loved our dinner at Tucci's Italian Restaurant, however after the really long days, Chipolte seemed to be the dinner of choice. We also had the chance to meet up with my cousins that live up in Ohio. We visited them back when Parker played the Nationwide Event in Cleveland, and then this year during the Memorial. Next we hope that we will be back one of these years in the near future for the World Golf Championship in Akron!