Golf Anyone?

For the past few years the Robert Trent Jones Course in Prattville, AL has been the host of the Navistar LPGA Classic. Jason went last year and took Hugh & Grant and this year he wanted us all to go. (Well, what I mean by that is he wanted me to get a babysitter for the babies so I could join them!)
Thanks to a good friend of ours that works for the City of Montgomery, we got free tickets to the Sunday round along with VIP passes for the skybox located on the 18th green. We had a wonderful time, it was an overcast day but the rain that was predicted held off until literally minutes after the tournament ended. When we arrived we walked several holes and checked out the golfers, then we went to the 18th hole and sat in the skybox for a while. There we were able to enjoy a complimentary meal and sit and watch some of the golfers finish up the day. After that we headed back out to watch the leaders on a few holes then we finished the day up back on the 18th. We saw several friends and enjoyed mingling with the crowd (estimated at 11,000). Lorena Ochoa won the tournament. A native of Mexico, Ochoa also won this event last year. We followed Honolulu's own Michelle Wie for a few holes and enjoyed watching her intensity on the course. We were glad to be able to see an up and coming star in ladies golf, Alexis Thompson. Alexis is a 14 year old phenom who played the tournament as an amateur, she was very accessible and even took time to take a picture with Jason and the boys! Fan favorite and reality show star Natalie Gulbis didn't make the cut for the tourney. Too much time spent working on her star status and too little time working on her game, perhaps.
We were thrilled to hear that Prattville had their contract extended to host the Navistar for another year. We cannot wait to go back.
CORRECTION: Natalie Gulbis did in fact make the cut for the Navistar tournament. Her tee time was so early Sunday morning she was finished by the time we arrived and I made the erroneous assumption that she hadn't made the final cut.

This was our view of the 18th green from the skybox:
Looking back on the skybox area:
The tournament was filmed for the Golf Channel:
Hugh & Grant looking for golf balls:
Tournament winner Lorena Ochoa:
Honolulu, Hawaii's Michelle Wie:
Ochoa approaching the 18th green:
My guys with 14 year old golfer Alexis Thompson: