Friday, June 26, 2009

Tee It Up With Tiger!

So here is my husband's claim to fame and dream come true! Last October Brandon won the contest of a lifetime called "Tee it up with Tiger". There were 2 ways to enter the contest. One was to get a special platinum golf ball in a sleeve of Nike balls. Brandon tried that but after buying a few sleeves he had no luck. The other way to enter was buy buying "virtual" golf balls online and hoping to get a platinum one that way. Brandon kept trying to do that online and I was teasing him that it wasn't going to happen. Well he got lucky and got the platinum ball that entered him into the contest. There were 2000 platinum balls and out of those, 24 were drawn.
Brandon was one of the lucky 24! (He got "the golden ticket") They flew him to California where he was picked up in a limo and taken to an amazing hotel in the marina. He was treated to a nice dinner and given goodies from Nike and Golf Digest. The next day was what he'd been waiting for. He went to the new Trump National golf course and got to play 18 holes of golf. Tiger was waiting for his foursome at the 10th hole. He watched them play, gave them tips and just spent time talking with them. After that, Tiger and Anthony Kim (another golf pro) put on a golf clinic for them and gave them tips, answered questions about anything and just hung out with them for awhile. The Golf Channel filmed the whole thing and they interviewed Brandon as one of the featured winners. It was fun to watch him on t.v. and get to see part of his amazing day. Anyone who knows Brandon knows how much he LOVES golf and also Tiger Woods. If he could meet anyone famous, Tiger would be the one. He called me that night after golfing and meeting Tiger and said "After our wedding day, birth of our children and some other wonderful days in between, this day was one of the best!" As you can tell, he obviously thought about it before and made sure he put those other events in their first! Good move on his part. Anyway, I was so happy he had the opportunity and he came away an even bigger Tiger fan than before. How cool is that?!?

11 comments:

Stacey said...

Nate was so jealous....

Erika said...

How exciting! I bet Parker was so jealous!

The Mecham Family said...

That's so cool!

Katie said...

Are you back to the blogging world? I've missed your fun updates!

So, I'm not showing this post to my husband, dad or brothers--they would be so jealous! That is so great that he got to meet Tiger!

Amy said...

How awesome is that!! I also was impressed with the fact that he mentioned your wedding and children before Tiger Woods. ha ha!

Erin said...

I just came across your blog, I think that is awesome about your husband!

It is such a small world, that we are both from the same home town and didn't even know it until the other day.

So my blog is private but e-mail me and I will add you on! langston_girl@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Not to mention how awesome it was for his dad (me) to watch him have such a great experience. As always I am proud to have him for a son and you as a wonderful daughter-n-law. I love you both!! bob

Leslie said...

That is just dang cool!

Anne said...

That is so cool Steph! Brandon is a true fan of the sport and deserved every minute of it. What a great story~

Nelson said...

That is amazing! So happy for him.

The Mecham Family said...

Did you ever ask Brandon just what kind of tips Tiger was giving him?? hahahahahaha
By the way- You need to post again!