2014 Drive, Chip & Putt Wrap-Up And Photos
/Here's my take on the day at GolfDigest.com, a pretty spectacular success for Augusta National Golf Club, the USGA and the PGA of America if you're about the game and not feel good ad campaigns. Frankly, I know I should expect the folks at Augusta to put on a great event, but they exceeded expectations. And kudos to the PGA and USGA for getting a great group of kids here in the first place through the qualifiers.
Ryan Herrington covered the parental angle, wondering if they were more nervous than their kids (it looked that way based on the many clutch shots!).
Jason Sobel goes the Willy Wonka route and raves about the day.
Girls 7-9 winner Kelly Xu first female champ at Augusta and is positively adorable. She's also from Santa Monica! Here's her post round interview.
Here's a super photo gallery from the day.
There are also several good stories on the Drive, Chip and Putt website with checking out. And registration has started for next year, so chop chop!
And some images too:
**Ian Poulter watched, checked in with his son Luke who watched, and couldn't imagine what the parents were going through.
''I remember my mum and dad watching me play here for the first time,'' he said. ''For the parents of these kids, they've got to be a complete bag of nerves. This is brilliant. It's cool for the kids.''
Poulter was inspired for other reason. While watching coverage, he noticed one young boy wearing his clothing line.
''I've got to go find him,'' Poulter said, and off he went.
