Louisville, KY: Dad and I visited Valhalla golf club last weekend in what turned out to be exciting, while, at times, tense, U.S. victory over those crumpet-eating, brightly-clothed Europeans. Boo Weekley, Hunter Mahan, Anthony Kim, and of course, captain Paul Azinger, led an inspired U.S. team to at 16 and 1/2 to 11 and 1/2 victory over Faldo's European team (and if you don't know any of those names, well, you probably don't really care about this that much anyways :) ).
Besides closely advising Paul Azinger on how to best pair his players (oh wait, the was Ray Floyd and Dave Stockton, never mind), Dad and I played a couple rounds of golf at some great local courses and attended an outdoor pep rally in downtown Louisville to liven up the American crowds during the cup.
And the crowds were loud: there were many cheers and chants of: "U.S.A, U.S.A, U.S.A," while joyful chanting of: "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole" were sung whenever a European made a birdie putt. Overall, the venue was great, the competition was great, and we, as the trend suggests, had a great time (Dad even got to meet Michael Jordan, who was in the NBC tent with us.)
Matt
3 comments:
WOW...I wish I was a fly on your golf bag to experience all of the excitement and Michael Jordan for the icing on the cake!!! They showed him several times on TV smoking his cigar.(Bad example for his fans.) The single matches were the best I have ever seen. It was fabulous golf with some shots unbelievable. Mickelson turned out to be quite a DUD. You were very fortunate to be able to have this memorable time with your Dad. Love xxxxxxxx
You are just lucky that I am not a golf fan, or it would have been me at the Ryder Cup and you watching the kids at home! Love, Mom
GREAT stuff, Mathias. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Ryder Cup matches this year. That was certainly a cool father-son bonding trip. I credit you and Uncle Mike as the X-factors for propelling the Americans to victory. To keep the streak alive, you will have to head "across the pond" in 2010. I'm sure you're up for it.
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