Missed opportunity

So, last week would have been the LPGA event in Orlando. Only problem was that Ginn Resorts, due to their continued financial woes, cancelled all of their golf tournaments including the Ginn Open at Reunion in January. That left the LPGA unable to find a sponsor to replace Ginn (and the fact that the event was played on Ginn's resort in Reunion located just outside of Orlando) so that meant no LPGA golf for us Central Florida fans.

We were pretty lucky to have a great tournament that attracted the likes of Lorena, Paula, Natalie, Karrie, Morgan, Christie and even Nancy Lopez made an appearance at one of the events. Of course Annika made her appearances since her academy was located a hop, skip, and jump away from the Reunion's clubhouse. And, the autographs were being signed in bunches on those days. If you knew who the golfers were, they were more than happy to sign. Well, except for Lorena who wouldn't sign my photo or magazines. I'll leave that rant for another day.

Communities can live without a real bonafide professional golf tournament in their area. I understand that all too well living in Orlando where the opportunities for entertainment are endless thanks to Disney, Universal, Seaworld, beaches nearby, tons of shopping and restaurants. But, for us golf fans, it still leaves a little empty spot in our hearts...kind of like the empty spot on the LPGA golfers calendars.

So, my buddy Dave is trying to talk me into driving up to Alabama in October for the LPGA event up there. That is a long 7 hour plus drive just to see the ladies tee off. It was so much easier to drive 25 minutes to Reunion.