Zoë is moving away from the shorter USKids yardages and playing more and more no-caddy tournaments from front-rated tees.
USKids Desert Shootout 2018
Gone are the days where Zoë could easily win this event by 16 strokes. This year we played a serious competitor from Oklahoma, Evyn Cannon. We had good ball-striking and good putting. Zoë made a 15+ downhill putt on a par 3 for birdie, then Evyn made a similar putt for birdie. Even when Evyn was in trouble with a water shot on the next par 3, she was incredibly composed as she chipped close and putted once. Zoë hit the front of the green, but disrespected the speed and ended up 3-putting. Evyn ended up beating us by a putt on the last hole.
This was the first time, I clearly could the downside to my “hands-off” approach to caddying. Evyn’s dad, Clendon, clearly knows a lot of golf and was able to calmly guide his player out of trouble — they were a great team and I was definitely out-caddied. The silver lining is that Zoë had so much respect for Evyn that she asked to partner with her for team play at the USKids World Championship in August.
Breaking into the 90’s
After losing in the Desert Shootout, we turned our focus to playing 5000+ yard tournaments in the Girls 14-U division. It definitely takes some pressure off to just play in a tournament where you are not expected to win. On the other hand, success in the longer yardage requires course management and learning to hit a proper 3-wood
Zoë ended up scoring 93-95 in the 2-day FCG National at Carlton Oaks. This is the first time that both days have been in double-digits for this length of course. It’s a bit curious to see what decisions your player will make… meaning she made good decisions on things I didn’t even think she was ready for, i.e. bump & run with a 9-iron from the fringe to a back pin location. Other decision-making still work-in-progress. Definitely some proud papa moments!
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