LPGA event - Prattsville Alabama

Went on a long road trip up to Alabama with a friend who is a big LPGA fan. Somehow he talked me into driving up with him. We did extremely well on autographs - any time you can get two Michelle Wies in one day is a good day. Got to see Alexis Thompson do really well to make the cut and at times during the day she was either in the lead or tied for the lead. She did fade over the weekend but a 14 year old competing with the big girls shows that she's pretty darn close to making a wave on the tour. Let's see if she can handle the "teen sensation" title that made some other teens like Vicky Hurst buckle under pressure. You could even put Morgan Pressel or Michelle Wie in that category who took some time to get their feet wet on tour.

Some notes: Ochoa still is not signing photos or magazines. I didn't even bother to ask her. I dislike her very strongly. Let's just say that I had some unfavorable experiences with her at the Merch Show so now I just don't like her. Was rooting for her to lose all weekend. Oh well.

Wie was signing items with her likeness on it. We had heard stories that she wouldn't sign photos or magazines but after I got my scorecard signed, I saw her signing anything, besides golf balls, including photos. So, I put out my Solheim Cup photo and she signed it no problem. My buddies both got her on magazines. Was a huge shock to us. Not sure if that trend will continue on other tour stops though. As I have to say in my industry: Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Highlight of the day #1: my buddy Mitch got into it with some idiot guy who said really loud next to Michelle Wie that me and my buddy Dave were dealers. Yeah, my pages out of Golfword of Joo Mi Kim and Sarah Lee are going to fetch me top dollar. eBay here I come! Mitch told the guy to come more prepared next time with photos for Wie instead of a stupid tournament flag and that we drove 7 hours just to be at the event and to basically shut the heck up.

Highlight of the day #2: My buddy who loves Erica Blasberg watched her for few holes and watched her botch a few shots to take her off of the cut line. So, when she signed her card, she was visably pissed and tried to make a bee line to the cart to take her back to the clubhouse. But my buddy wanted her autograph on some photos. She destroyed his pen as she was signing the photos as she was taking out her frustration on the pen and photo. This was a "had to be there" moment but I could not stop laughing for like 5 minutes.

Here's my haul:

Finished up my LPGA poster from Merch show: Natalie Gulbis, Stacy P, Nicole Castrale, Christi Kerr, Morgan Pressel

On my team Solheim Cup photo: Christina Kim, Natalie Gulbis, Nicole Castrale, Brittany Lang, Morgan Pressel, Michelle Wie

Magazines: Anna Rawson X2, Yani Tseng, Inbee Park, Katherine Hull

Ads or pages out of magazines: Dorothy Delasin, Lorie Kane, Alexis Thompson, Vicky Hurst X2, Heather Bowie X2, Na Yeon Choi, Sandra Gal, MJ Hur, Song-Hee kim (looks like a man, baby), Candie Kung X2, Meena Lee, Seon Hwa Lee X2, Stacy Lewis, Leta Lindley, Ji Young Oh, Sung Ah Yim, Anna Grzebien, Sarah Lee, Joo Mi Kim

Custom cards (unless otherwise noted): Jimin Kang, Brittany Lang, Amy Hung, Shi Hyun Ahn, Karine Icher, Young Kim, Jessica Shepley, Samantha Richdale, Mikaela Parmlid, H.J. Choi, Hee Young Park, Karin Sjodin, Kris Tschetter, Sophie Gustafson, Amy Yang, Pornanong Phatlum, Kris Tamulis, Eunjung Yi, Allison Fouch, Mindy Kim, Taylor Leon, Sophia Sheridan, Kim Welch, Paige MacKenzie, Sophie Giquel, Na Ri Kim, Danielle Downey, Lisa Strom, Wendy Doolan, Sarah Jane Smith, Angela Buzminski, Chella Choi, Louise Friberg, Na Yeon Choi, Karen Stupples, Wendy Ward, Jennifer Rosales (UD card)

Other items: Michelle Wie (scorecard), Alexis Thompson (newspaper), photos of Steve with Stacy Lewis, Morgan Pressel & Anna Rawson

We thought about staying up Friday and Saturday but after spending 10 hours on the golf course, there was no need to be there more than 1 day. LPGA - these girls rock about signing autographs!