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Ten
Things I Know I Think |
Some
thoughts, wishes and predictions for 2006 |
By
John Egnot
Managing Editor, AJGA Link
With
the new year comes a host of new wishes, new resolutions and
bold predictions. Everybody does it.
Some of us in the burbs of Atlanta “wish” the Braves
will finally win the World Series (not me).
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| Trump
National Golf Club will host its first AJGA event in 2006
with the Fidelity Investments Junior at Trump National. |
Some
of us have the “resolution” that we will work out
more. After all, your neighborhood health club will most likely
be packed until, oh, say, the third week of January (you won’t
see me there).
Some of us “predict” that it will be a long time
before anyone has a year like Morgan Pressel did in 2005. Then
again, who would have predicted that she would have had that
type of year (I’m proud to admit that I nailed that one).
So, with the dawning of a new year comes the wishes, resolutions
and predictions that go with the territory.
Here are some things on my mind going into 2006. Ten to be exact.
• Considering we are already more than a month into 2006,
this article seems a little outdated, right?
• Seriously now. The March issue of the AJGA Link will
feature a new look that will emphasize photography and statistics
to better serve the purpose of capturing the happenings and
history of the AJGA.
• The AJGA schedule grows more impressive by the year.
With the addition of two more TPC courses, Trump National, Pine
Needles and Conway Farms, the AJGA continues to secure more
and more top-notch facilities to stage its championships every
year.
• After staging a number of tournaments in Canada, the
AJGA will pay a visit to our neighbors in Mexico, bringing a
playing opportunies and a great vehicle for exposure to college
golf scholarships to another nation.
• Can’t wait to get back on the West Coast! It hit
me not too long ago that I truly miss eating two or three meals
a day at Jack In The Box.
• I’m anxious to see if Tournament Director Thomas
“Don’t call me Tommy” Tangtiphaiboontana can
top his AJGA-record and possibly world-record consumption of
A&W root beer floats in one week. Last year at the Medicus
Preseason Junior at Diablo Grande, Thomas downed upwards of
200 ounces. Now, he refuses to book a host hotel unless it’s
within a quarter-mile radius of an A&W.
• I will no doubt continue to use packing the AJGA trailers
and setting up tournament headquarters as an excuse not to work
out.
• The AJGA staff’s spring “play-day”
is coming up soon, when the multitude of phenomenal athletes
that is the AJGA staff takes to the parking lot around National
Headquarters for basketball, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee and
a host of other activities that puts the Olympics to shame.
Who will be the next Andrew “The Underhander” Greenfield?
More importantly, who will be the first to begin dry heaving
after months of athletic inactivity?
• To the dismay of those in the Pacific Northwest, the
Pittsburgh Steelers will repeat as Super Bowl champions. Sorry,
had to throw that in here somewhere!
And finally (although that last one will be hard to top)…
• Here’s to another fantastic year of fairway-splitting
drives and heart-stopping putts that only the best junior golfers
in the world can provide. Good luck and have a great 2006! |
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