By now some of you know that Bridget finished 10th at the State Meet. That was her goal, so she was happy. She shot an 84 the first day and and 88 the second. On her first nine she was shooting even par until the 9th hole, when she hit one out of bounds, then three putted for a nine. She had been playing with the top 3 girls and then got put with higher scorers for the second day. They were pretty erratic so there were lots of delays for finding lost balls for the other kids. She lost her focus, got mad, lost her confidence and shot mostly bogeys to end with a 45. We were all worried that if she didn't snap out of it, she would do badly on the second nine. We all tried to get her to look at what was happening, but she was pretty unreachable. Colin had joined us by that point and even he couldn't get to her. They had a break in play and she was able to eat some lunch and change her attitude, so she was able to go back out and play confidently. By then the wind had become a huge factor, so all the girls scored higher, but she finished well with a 43. Her goal was to try to shoot under 80 in competition but that didn't happen.

It was really hot on Sunday and Monday which made it harder on everyone. We had a brief period of rain on Monday and then it cooled off for Tuesday. We were all so tired every night from walking all those miles up and down the hills that we hit the hay pretty early. It was pretty exciting, too. The #1 girl that Bridget played with on Monday shot a 69, which is phenomenal. She hit out of a very deep sand trap and the ball went into the cup for a birdie. Fun to watch and a very nice girl.

So, we are back to normal again. Bridget and I got to a yoga class tonight and its been awhile and we were pretty sore from all the walking. I am sure we will be sorer tomorrow. Colin is coming home this weekend which will be fun. We saw him a couple times when he could tear himself away from his classes and he was pretty envious that Bridget got to State and he never did. There were coaches from alot of schools walking around watching the girls play. Several of them talked to us about Bridget, but who knows where that will go.

We heard that Mom and Dad enjoyed the East Coast trip and the chance to see grandchildren. We are glad that everyone is doing so well. Have a few more things to do tonight, but wanted to share all the details. Love to everyone, Susan