08/18/2021 NFJG TPC And Banquet

Wednesday afternoon and evening had AA playing six holes before the 6:30 p.m. air horn blew (the foursome seemed to be moving SLOW). They played Holes 16, 17 (AA's ball rolled off the back), 18 then 10, 11 and 12.

After a quick change the banquet and awards began. Jack began speaking about his first years with NFJG and meeting "a girl adopted from China" (as AA said, now everyone knows!). He was very gracious about watching these young player grow into adults and seeing many off to college. He introduced his staff, announced the scholarships and the speaker for the evening.

From Jack's Facebook: The journey began in October of 2020 and ended at the "Tournament of Champions" on August 9th, 2021 followed by the Annual Awards Banquet at TPC at Sawgrass recognizing our season's award and scholarship recipients. Guest speaker Adam Oerther blessed us with his golf and life experiences leaving us with  a great message of "golf is a journey". The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Dr. Bob Winters closed our banquet with a few words to ponder.

Loading up the cart to start on Hole 16:

Hole 16:

Hole 17:

Hole 16:

The food was very good, lots of salad (two kinds), breads, two pasta dishes, two chicken (grilled and fried) plus the ice cream station. I enjoyed two very expensive glasses of wine (Ford was nursing a headache). We sat at the same table as Jenna's family and Coach Bryan. Guest speaker Adam Oerther:

You can see me near far wall with light blue mask on. We were one of only two other families who wore masks. So much for our "friends" protecting friends.

Fall 2020 Champions:

Jenna and AA (AA's FIHS Golf team Captain):

Lynn Kirkpatrick assisting with presenting the trophies:

Five trophies:

Jack and Lynn:

Director Jack - He works very hard with the NE FL Golfing Youth!

PGA Jody and Lynn:

From Jack's posts:

A wonderful, well deserved achievement and recognition for the youth champions!