Golf and Super Bowl

We attended the FBR golf tournament in Scottsdale this past Thursday and Saturday. Thursday was the first qualifying round with over 120 golfers out on the course. We followed the group with Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Justin Leonard for a little while on Thursday. Then we sort of skipped around trying to get a look at some of the other big name golfers. We saw Anthony Kim, Kenny Perry, Stewart Cink, David Toms, J.B. Holmes, Luke Donald, Rocco Mediate and several others, but still didn't manage to see everyone we'd have liked to. It was a darn good thing we got to watch Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim that first day because neither one of them qualified for the final two rounds on Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday, we again followed Zach Johnson's group - which included Scott Piercy and Lucas Glover - for the first 7 holes, then we made our way to the 18th green and watched all the golfers finish up. Scott Piercy had a great start to his day, getting 4 birdies on his first 7 holes. He got a few more birdies after we stopped watching and was in the lead for a little while, but then he seemed to fall apart the last few holes with 3 bogeys. We watched Kenny Perry make an impossibly long putt to get a birdie on the 18th hole to take the lead on Saturday which was kind of fun because it was Kenny Perry who ultimately won the tournament on Sunday.

Sunday of course was Super Bowl Sunday. Tom's daughter Shannon came with us to our friends Jeff and Karen's house to watch the game. We had a great time snacking on all the food and cheering on the Arizona Cardinals.

On Wednesday we'll be moving to the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix for a dog show this weekend. The entry is big enough for "majors" all four days. So it is possible Gracie could be a champion by Sunday. She just needs to win the points 2 of the four days. But bigger entries means more competion, so keep your fingers crossed for us.