Life on the Road

Friday, June 1, 2012

Memorial Saturday

This is what my day will look like tomorrow.

1:20 tee time with Tiger Woods.

Stallings surges on last four holes

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Scott Stallings made a late move to take the overnight lead at Murifield Village.

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM

DUBLIN, Ohio — So far, the 2012 season has been a "lackluster" one for Scott Stallings. His words, not ours. He even went so far as to say that lackluster "would be an understatement."

Stallings, though, is being a bit hard on himself. After all he tore cartilage in five ribs, as well as an intercostal muscle, after the Sony Open in Hawaii. He tried to play through the pain, entering three more events, before heading home to Tennessee where a doctor suggested an MRI that revealed the damage.

Even after a month’s rest and an ample supply of painkillers, Stallings has been searching for the kind of form that enabled him to win the Greenbrier Classic as a rookie last year. Until Thursday, that is, as he shot a 66, only his third sub-70 round all season, to take the lead at the Memorial Tournament.

"I wasn’t able to work out, wasn’t able to do the things you need to do to play against the best players in the world," Stallings said, alluding to the self-doubt that crept into his mind during the 35-day layoff. "Now I’m cleared and happy to be able to play injury-free.

Stallings, who just got the go-ahead to hit the fitness trailer two weeks ago, birdied three of his last four holes to seize a one-stroke advantage over Erik Compton and Spencer Levin. He hit nine fairways, 13 greens and used just 25 putts on a course he says he "loves" after tying for 20th last year and at a tournament that is his favorite non-major.

"It was a great start," Stallings said. "I definitely haven’t played very good up to this point. … I stayed positive all throughout being injured and stuff like that. I kept telling myself that it was only a matter of time before a round like this was coming around.

"… My caddie and I came in on Sunday, they gave us a golf cart, and played 27 holes and just kind of ran around the golf course. So I became more and more comfortable with it as the week went on."

Stallings played the par 5s particularly well on Thursday, making a chip-in eagle at the seventh hole and three other birdies. The eagle, which moved Stallings to 3 under, seemed to jump-start his round.

"That was kind of the moment that my caddie is like, all right, here we go," Stallings said. "I was kind of starting to build some momentum. I started hitting some really good shots. … Obviously any time you have a little chip that goes in like that, it’s a bonus. But it was kind of the moment — I think that was the most under par I’d been since Kapalua. And that’s a long time ago.

"To be 3 under through 7 and kind of be able to build upon that was something that was pretty big instead of just kind of being there and hanging around. So hopefully we can build on it for the rest of the week."

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

boho 72

Everyone needs to check out this cute boutique if they are coming to the Memorial Tournament this week!!

It's super cute with TONS of stuff. Great people own it and...

they are donating 20% to the PGA Tour Wives Association this week!

It's located at 72 North High Street Dublin, OH

Monday, May 28, 2012

Memorial Day

Thank you to all of the service men and women for giving your life so that we can be free.

Today isn't about the lake or bbq. It's about you...

Thank you.

Especially Big Pete and Jake!

love you both.

PTWA meets the Ronald McDonald House

Last week in Fort Worth, TX the PGA TOUR Wives Association visited the Ronald McDonald House and cooked for the 32 (i think that's right) families, about 70-80 people.

In, 2013 the PTWA will launch a large table top book for our 25th anniversary. It will include recipes from some of your favorite players (yes, even us!).

We decided to cook some of those recipes for these families!

One of the multiple shopping trips to pick up the chow. Meagan did a fabulous job organizing this event!

Pretty cute, huh?

The whole group before lunch

Cooking for that many people was tough! Four of us cooked 7-10pm Tuesday and 8am-1:30 Wednesday to get all of it ready. We had a blast in the process... Guess I learned how to cook for a bunch! Everyone to our house!