Deutsche Bank

Its now been a few weeks since we left Boston, but it took us both a bit to recover from the disappointing outcome. Coming into this tournament we had high hopes, with Parker hitting the ball more consistently then he had in a long time. He had a solid first round and his second round was looking very positive as well. I was walking the golf course with a close friend of mine from high school (who now lives in Boston) and after a string of birdies we found ourselves planning to watch a weekend full of golf.

Parker made a bogey on one hole coming in (I think it was #6) and after that we realized that he he might have to make another birdie, but most likely he was fine just were he was (right at the cut line). Then we got to the last hole. He hit his drive into the right rough and hit a beautiful shot onto the green. He had two putts for par.

Right behind the green they had one of the large electronic scoreboards, with the "projected" fed ex point numbers. Ironically as Parker got up to the ball to make his putt for par, I saw behind him, a picture of him with the number 69th right next to him... this meant that if he just made the cut, that would be good enough to qualify him into the BWM (Top 70 Qualified)which would have then given him a chance at the Tour Championship. As soon as that thought came into my head, I realized...I shouldn't have even looked.

As the 6ft putt lipped out, it was heartbreaking. In a matter of seconds, he went from playing on the weekend and playing the following week in St. Louis, to packing the bags to go home. We couldn't believe it. Sure you miss cuts here and there throughout the year, but I have to say this one was the hardest to swallow.

The car ride back to the hotel was a difficult one. After we had a moment to try to digest what had just happened we made the decision to get out and get our minds off a golf for a bit. We had tickets to Fenway Park that we just couldn't pass up. It was our first time to this historic site and we loved every minute of it... It was the perfect remedy. :-)

Parker with Friends from Hawaii... can you see Dean Wilson in the background!