Here come da judge!
We are in Baltimore, Maryland. Conveniently, my daughter has a hookup in her driveway since the previous owners were RVers who sold their house to go full-time.
Saturday George and I were judges. A brother-in-law of my son-in-law has a Harris-designed miniature golf course, ParTee Golf on Joppa Road and was holding his first annual tournament, "Festival of the Tees." The two top scorers would go to the National Harris Cup Miniature Golf Finals to be held in October in Clarks Summit, PA. Athan needed judges at each hole so we were sort of volunteered.
We arrived that morning, put on yellow ParTee Golf t-shirts, loaded up on donuts and coffee and were sent to our respective holes — George at #4, me at #5. Our jobs were pretty simple. Our main task was to make sure each golfer recorded his/her score correctly. We also made sure they followed the rules.
Saturday George and I were judges. A brother-in-law of my son-in-law has a Harris-designed miniature golf course, ParTee Golf on Joppa Road and was holding his first annual tournament, "Festival of the Tees." The two top scorers would go to the National Harris Cup Miniature Golf Finals to be held in October in Clarks Summit, PA. Athan needed judges at each hole so we were sort of volunteered.
We arrived that morning, put on yellow ParTee Golf t-shirts, loaded up on donuts and coffee and were sent to our respective holes — George at #4, me at #5. Our jobs were pretty simple. Our main task was to make sure each golfer recorded his/her score correctly. We also made sure they followed the rules.
Forty-one contestants vied for trophies and the two trips. One of the contestants was quite serious about the whole tournament. We found out later he had called Harris to find out all the other qualifying tournaments in the adjoining 3 states: he was bound and determined to go to the finals. Some were families. The Outback Steakhouse fielded four players (at Hole #4 - see photo below). A young teenager with spina bifida played from his wheelchair. The benefactor of Athan's "Festival of the Tees" was the Kennedy Krieger Institutefor children with cerebral palsey and spina bifida so it was fitting he played. A doctor from the insitutute was judge at Hole 3.
A number of businesses had donated nice door prizes so besides 4 trophy winners (a tie for first, plus 2nd and 3rd), many were winners. Our serious contestant qualified as did a 16 year old young man with scores of 44.
All and all the tournament was a great success. Athan shamelessly promoted the tournament and it made the local news! And even better, he was able to donate about $3,000 to the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
You never know what connections in an area will bring to your travels. It was fun to be part of this event and we each have a new t-shirt. Of course, an RVer has to be careful about how much "stuff" is in the rig, so a new t-shirt means we each find an old one to get rid of. Maybe George will get rid of two..... Jaimie
A number of businesses had donated nice door prizes so besides 4 trophy winners (a tie for first, plus 2nd and 3rd), many were winners. Our serious contestant qualified as did a 16 year old young man with scores of 44.
All and all the tournament was a great success. Athan shamelessly promoted the tournament and it made the local news! And even better, he was able to donate about $3,000 to the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
You never know what connections in an area will bring to your travels. It was fun to be part of this event and we each have a new t-shirt. Of course, an RVer has to be careful about how much "stuff" is in the rig, so a new t-shirt means we each find an old one to get rid of. Maybe George will get rid of two..... Jaimie
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