This past weekend, Emaline and I took in the BMW Championship with my friend Robyn and my parents. My parents volunteer every time the PGA tour comes through STL. This year in addition to being able to volunteer, my Dad was contacted by a colleague and asked if we wanted tickets to one of the hospitality suites for Thurs-Sunday. Of course free tickets are always appreciated! So I got two tickets for Saturday's round and my sister got tickets to Sunday's round. Well, being that STL weather is in one word, unpredictable, the Thurs. round got rained out and those tickets could be used either Sat. or Sun. So Emaline and I got to for two days! Obviously we don't have any pictures since no camera were allowed in the golf course, but we had a good time all the same.
Emaline was extremely cooperative for the two days and I think she actually liked being outside with all the other people. I asked her on Saturday if she wanted to go the the park and see "the men" golf and she replied, "yes Mom. Emaline plays golf". When I asked her again on Sunday morning she emphatically replied, "yes!", again. So, we walked what seemed like a million miles to and from parking since there was no parking available in the lots near the course due to the mud and water from the all day rain on Thurs. We ended up parking in the volunteer lots because my parents had two passes (one of each of them) and they rode together when they were working. These lots were roughly a 1/4 mile (maybe a little more) down Ladue from the entrance and then had to trudge through the grass another 1/4-1/2 mile and make sure we didn't get hit by the buses shuttling people in from the general parking at Riverport.
It was all worth it though and I enjoyed the players and shots we did get to see. We didn't get a chance to follow with Villegas because there was just too many people for the stroller to handle getting around, but we did see Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, and a few others. On Sunday we set ourselves up between the 17th green and 18th tee to watch a number of groups go by. Thankfully the bad weather stayed away the rest of the tournament, we had fun! Hopefully they'll come back to STL soon. :-)
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