Futures Tour, Leawood, KS 05/15/2009
Today I volunteered at the Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City Championship in Leawood, KS. I had never volunteered for a tournament before and didn’t know what to expect. I was assigned to the scorers tent and took the scores from the players. This ended up being a pretty cool job as all of the players had to stop by when they were done with their round. The first group to finished around 11:00 and Caroline Larsson from the current of season of the Big Break sat across the table from me. Over the next two hours I got to see players like Jill Frantz (from my old stomping ground, Iowa City), Ashley Prange, Susan Choi, Amber Prange, Dana Bates, Rachel Bailey, and Charlotte Campbell. Very cool. I have to say my favorites were Susan Choi, Charlotte Campbell (though I didn’t recognize her at first) and Stacey Bieber. They seemed the friendliest, though all of them were surprisingly friendly. There was one, Stacey Bieber, who I swear I know from somewhere, but I could never figure it.
After the first wave was done, I wandered and saw Kim Welch, Bri Vega and Brenda McLarnon playing. Unfortunately the Kansas weather got the best of them and they suspended play before the second wave finished. And I got to see Lori Atsedes call for a ruling. How ironic. Ashely Prange had the lead of the players who finished with a 72.
I really enjoyed watching the women play. They all seem to have such smooth and easy swings. They make my swing look like I am chopping wood and missing the tree.
If you are a fan of the Big Break, you’d be a fool to miss a Futures Tour event in your area.
It was a lot of fun and I will volunteer again next year. I might even try to get into the pro-am, but I’d have to see how much humiliation I could take.
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