Welcome to the PGA Tour! First up, Hawaii!
David promised his mom when he got his PGA Tour card he would take her to Hawaii. Needless to say, Janet started packing and planning last summer when it was fairly certain David would finish top 25 on the Nationwide Tour. Mom and Dad hadn't been to Hawaii since they once lived there in the late 60's. Zach, David's brother also joined us. The six of us and all our luggage literally required a shuttle bus to take us to the airport. Too bad I didn't take a picture of that!!
We rented a house less than a mile from the Waialae Country Club. By the way, I highly recommend you tour foks traveling with family to rent a house vs hoteling it! Everyone had there own space. David and I took over the master suite with the super-duper steam shower (I really got spoiled). The house also had a pool and a little pool house Mikee, David's caddie stayed in. Yes, that's 7 people!
While David worked, the rest of us did what tourist do best. Everyday was a day of activities. Sunday we all loaded up in the mini and drove north of Honolulu to the Dole Pineapple Plantation. Monday, Mom, Zach and I hiked 700 feet to the top of Diamond Head. The trail was crowded and when we got to the top of the mountain we witnessed a couple getting engaged. So sweet! Tuesday we went to the Pearl Harbor Memorial (Thanks Tammy for suggesting the $5 audio tour), which was very moving. We also went to Punch Bowl Cemetary and Pali's lookout.
OK- interjecting a neat story here... My parents were high school sweethearts. When dad graduated he joined the army and was stationed in Hawaii. Shortly after, he and mom married and mom flew out to join him. They rented a little studio apartment in Honolulu. We punched their former address in the GPS and found it! Mom and Dad knocked on the Landlord's door, and sure enough the apartment was vacant and she invited Mom and Dad to go look inside. How cool! I went in with them. Nothing appeared to change... same wood paneling, old wash sink and yellow stove. The big difference was the price of rent went from $75 a month to $900!
Wednesday- upon my request we went to Waikiki Beach!
Thursday- was the start of the Sony Open (the REAL reason we all went to Hawaii).
David got off to a great start with 2 under par in spite of the huge bands of rain during his round. Friday was an early tee time and again David shot 2 under par; 4 under for the tournament. He was in a great spot for the weekend... making his first cut of the season!
We celebrated Thursday and Friday's rounds by going to a Luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Unfortunately, it absolutely poured buckets of rain so we were freezing... in Hawaii. None the less, dinner and the show were awesome!
Saturday and Sunday were not the best of David's rounds, but it's the start of the season. He finished tied for 59 and we're happy to go into the next week aiming for a progression!!
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