I was there and loved it! While Tom Lehman won the overall Allianz Championship presented by Administaff on Sunday afternoon at the Broken Sound Golf Club in Boca Raton, I felt like a true champion just a few days earlier when I played in the Administaff Pro-Am as an invited guest of Administaff.
The weather was a 10, my foursome was great and our pro, Tom Purtzer was a complete delight. He finished tied for 11th in the overall tournament.
As one of two women in the amateur field that afternoon, I was ready to face the challenge of the golf course with greens rolling at a 12 on the stimpmeter. Given that this was year 2 for my Pro Am experience at this tournament, (thank you Administaff!) I was quite comfortable when our foursome met Tom on our starting hole (#17 – a par 4 and one of the harder holes on the golf course).
The day was fantastic. I played much better than my 25 handicap and contributed to the team a great deal – 5 natural pars for me without the pops our team received with our handicaps! I even met several other Champions Tour players at the Draw Party the night before including the 2010 Champion Bernhardt Langer (who’s fitness trainer when he’s in town happens to be an EWGA member), Fuzzy Zoeller and Loren Roberts.
As my Administaff host said “Glad you were able to be there-you helped keep us respectable”.
Oh – what a great day and what great memories!
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