John Deere Classic

Last weekend was a weekend of golf in our house! We started out by playing a round Friday afternoon and Taylor was very happy as you can tell :) We got a deal at the course that included a cart so it was nice to not walk in the heat.

I also need to make it known that I almost beat Taylor on the back 9! He shot a 38 and I shot a 39! Now I won't tell you what I shot on the front and I'm sure this will not happen again, so I plan on enjoying my almost victory for a very long time. Ha!

On Saturday our golf weekend continued when we headed over to Silvis, IL to watch the John Deere Classic. It's just about 2.5 hours west of us so it was a great day trip. We had planned on buying student tickets once we got there, but as were riding the shuttle over to the course a woman on the bus said she had extra tickets if anyone wanted them. We ended up paying only $5 for our tickets and as a bonus, these tickets were extra sponsor tickets so we had access to the sponsor tent all day! How cool? They had free snacks and pop/water/Gatorade we could take. It was really great.

Taylor enjoying the free stuff and talking with our fridge technician (post coming soon!)

We got there around 9:30am and followed Camillo Villegas and Nick Watney for a few holes before Steve Stricker teed off around noon. Stricker graduated from UIUC and has a huge following in this area so it was fun to follow him all day. Plus, Saturday was the day he made his big charge on the back 9 which was so exciting to watch. Since this tournament didn't have a lot of the "big players" you could get right next to the pros as they were teeing off or if they hit a bad shot in the rough (which Stricker did a couple times and we got to stand right next to him). After the round we were sweaty and tired so we just stopped by a Subway to grab dinner on the drive home. It was a such a fun day and we plan on attending again in the years to come!

Sunday we went to church and came home to watch the final day of the tournament and do laundry. Sadly, Stricker didn't win but it was fun to watch the playoff and just do nothing at home after a couple hot and tiring days. Hope y'all are having a great week!