Grandma, Grandpa, Cameron and I left at 7 this morning for Cam's tournament at Zollner Golf Course in Angola for his 8:45 a.m. tee time. Cameron was excited for this tourney as Zollner has always been one of his favorite courses. As an added bonus he was paired with someone he knew from Goshen.
The first nine went really well for him. He hit the ball well and although he hoped to score a little better, he was happy with his 41 and didn't fall into the pond on nine like last year. I also witnessed a first on the golf course. On a par three, Cameron's tee shot landed directly on top of another golf ball. Thankfully, his ball just spun backward a few feet. The other player's ball skidded off the green about 100 feet away. Fortunately, I was by the green and was able to tell him where his ball was before Cameron hit it. He was then able to replace it at its original and both boys ended up with pars. It wasn't the first time that we had helped Cameron's group find golf balls. Zollner was known for its tight fairways and mature trees.
The back nine wasn't as forgiving for Cameron as the front, but in the end it didn't really matter. The boys were called in after 16 holes because of lightening in the area. Nothing really developed that time, but once they allowed them back out, the skies became threatening on 18 fairway. Fortunately, Cameron's group was just putting out when the horn was blown one last time signaling everyone off of the course. Since they had finished the hole, his group was free to leave once their scores were verified. We found out when we got home that after an hour and a half of waiting, the tournament was reduced to a nine hole event. Thus, Cameron's score on the first nine was good for fourteenth place. We were pretty excited to hear that as there were 30 players in his age group.
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