God Designed the world like a golf course...

We finished up our first tournament this past weekend. The first day was definitely a little rough...as expected. But we recovered pretty well. There are a lot of kids on the tour and a lot of parents with a lot of money. I spent the day talking with many of the kids and there parents finding out things that we can do to make things better and stuff that they saw was going well.

One thing that I found amazing was the concentration that all of these kids have. Golf, if you are not aware of it, is a very frustrating game. It requires a lot of patience and a player can have an off day at any tournament. I was able to see the ups and downs of many of the kids and how they coped with the challenges they faced during the day. These kids are some of the best junior golfers in the nation. They practice almost everyday and many of them attend special academies to make them better golfers.

A golf course is a work of art. Amelia National was designed by Gary Player and he designed it to make it appealing and look beautiful. He made sure that there were enough obstacles to challenge the players and he made sure that the fairways were well fair. God did the same thing with this. He designed it with plenty of "bunkers" to challenge us, but he also made sure their was plenty of fairways so that we could make it to the green. Our goal is to put the ball in the cup. We all have goals and we all have obstacles that stand in our way. If we can avoid those obstacles it makes life a lot easier, but when we find ourselves in the sand, we just have to make the best shot possible to get it out and in the cup! Now go play some golf ladies and gentlemen.

With Love,

CHRIS