Le Reve in Las Vegas followed by Spicy Louisiana - Life on Tour: it's tough but someone's got to do it...
I kicked off my trip by celebrating with some friends Friday night at Malia, my favorite restaurant in Santa Monica. After a few hours of sleep, I caught my 8am flight to Las Vegas to have some fun for a few days and to participate in a Corporate Invitational for my Tour Sponsor. You can see my picture on the left where I was signing autographs during the awards ceremony for the players in the tournament. 70 autographed pics in 1 hour, wow! I couldn't believe how long that line was...During those four days, I saw two spectacular shows, Cirque du Soleil's Le Reve (The Dream) at the Wynn and the new Bluetopia by Blue Man Group at the Venetian. Wow! Breathtaking. The acrobat dancers of Cirque du Soleil were beyond amazing. And the three Blue Men from Bluetopia had such a great energy and music going throughout the show, you can hardly stay still in your seat.
Oh, and I forgot the food. Since my hosts knew I love Thai food, they took me to the hot and trendy Tao restaurant at the Venetian. Delicioso! During the weekend and during the invitational, I played Reflection Bay and The Falls at Lake Las Vegas. Great courses. High elevations, lots of water hazards, and 10-30mph winds from 1pm on. You can see Celine Dion's mansion off the 18th green at Reflection Bay.
After sleeping through the entire red eye flight on Tuesday from Las Vegas to Lafayette, Louisiana, I checked into my hotel and headed for the golf course for my first practice round. I played great that day and really liked how the course was set up. It fit my eye very well. I started to get a little more excited to play on Friday.
I played in the Pro-Am scramble Thursday morning where I was paired with a great group of players, one of them the CEO of a large safety engineering company in Louisiana and the sponsor of the Pro-Am. We wound up tying for first place scoring 15 under par! "Way to go guys!" I was very proud of my team. They were not only my team but quickly becoming friends.
Before I knew it, it was Friday morning and I'm standing on the tee box getting ready for my 9:12am tee time. It had been awhile since I felt so nervous. I just made sure that I stuck with my routine and took lots of deep breaths to try to calm myself down. I blocked my first drive way to the right and watched it head for the out of bounds fence.
I got the best kick of my life off that fence, back into the fairway and almost made birdie on the hole, so I took advantage of my break and shot 72 for the day, placed tied for 13th. Sometimes you just have to believe that those great breaks are deserved.
The wind picked up a little more for the next two days making the course a little more challenging. The secret to playing in the wind is to make every swing the same. Short and sweet.
Sometimes when I am hitting into the wind I tend to over swing and get quick, thinking that I will hit it farther. It's simply the opposite. That was my goal for the weekend. And, I can proudly say that I achieved it all three days. I really felt like I played well and I am still focusing on all the great shots.
Overall, I had a blast in Louisiana. I met some wonderful people who welcomed me into their loving families, which I will always appreciate. They also introduced me to some true authentic Cajun food which I surprisingly enjoyed! It was my first time eating crawfish...and I will admit, I finished 3 pounds. I learned how to peel them and everything. Wow! Were they ever spicy too!
I feel myself getting into a groove and I am ready for my 3 weeks in Texas followed by 3 weeks on The Ladies European Tour for the Deutsche Bank in Switzerland, The Vediorbis in France and the KLM in The Netherlands. I learned a lot about the importance of consistency from playing in the wind and will keep that with me for the future. I did make a couple of mistakes over the weekend but I remember a friend once told me, "Life has no rearview mirror, so don't bother looking back."
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Hey, megan. cool site. great tunes on your iPod.
I played The Falls too. That's not a golf course. It's a rollercoaster ride in 30 mph winds. I couldn't stand upright at the tee to hit the ball. btw I left a dozen balls out there. They just bounced off those open tenches and disappeared.
I did not enjoy that course, at all.
But again you make up a bad round with Vegas partying...
wow Ben, that was quick.
you must have been visiting my site as I was uploading this post!
Yep I agree the Falls is a tough course with big elevation changes; I was lucky when I played it: 2-under first time; Even par second time:)
Thanks for visitin & commentin
Meg
Hello miss megan - i discover your site from the player registered for play in the competition in france. very nice photographs. i hope you win in france.
jean-paul in paris
Autograph request
Dear Megan,I'm a 16 years old girl from Germany and I'm a great admirer of you ! I would therefore be very happy if you could send me two handwrittenpictures of you.I would be very pleased if you could fullfill my wishes. Many thanksin advance for your kindness.Success may always be at your side.Yours sincerely,Wiebke------------------------------------My postal address is: Ms.Wiebke Cramer(address masked by blog moderator) - 26835 HESEL Germany
Wiebke,
I just got up to go catch my flight to Texas for the next 3 weeks' tournaments, and I found your nice email.
Thank you for your words of encouragement.
Are you a young golfer too?
Do you want to pursue a professional golf career?
I will be back in Los Angeles in early May and will autograph 2 pictures for you and mail them to your address in Germany.
You have to promise me to take a picture of yourself holding my autographed picture and email it to me on my contact page. I will post it in my fan area here (http://www.megangolf.com/19.asp). That would be so cool.
Cheers,
Megan
what a co-inky-dink. i love thai food too!!!! hope things are going well.
sorry...i couldn't pass up the opportunity to write. and for christs sake, get that girl from germany an autograph. Netarts misses the only thing good to come out of here.......
send me an autograph too damn it!
miss ya. lates.
Hey Meg Kool website. Nice having you here in Louisiana. Oh by the way I am one of the managers that work for Greg. We met after the pro-am under the tent. We mentioned that you could have been my daughter's twin. Well anyway, I guess we will see you next year. Take care stay in touch.
Hey Darrell, thanks for coming by the site to say hello. How could I forget that I could've been your twin daughter...
I had fun in Louisiana as you can tell by the details in this post. Although I would love to come back to Louisiana next year, if my plans work out this year to make it to the LPGA next year, then you, Greg, Kevin, the families and the entire safetyms team will have to pile up in Greg's luxury RV and drive up to Oklahoma to root for me at the John Q. Hammons Tournament in September 2007...We can try to win the pro-am again! and please bring a load of that crawfish I liked so much at Greg's BBQ in Louisiana. Keep coming by to say hello from time to time.
Cheers from Texas this week,
Meg
Megan that was a great run this morning in Frisco, three under through the first 11 holes is not bad and I like the way you are attacking the par 3s. I'm sure that final hole was painful but I thought your round looked solid. Keep squaring the face and rolling them true.
Kidd - from "thegolfblog.com"
Greetings Ms. Meg - thanks again for all the kind words. Also thanks for the link to my web-site. That was too COOL. Your welcomed to our place anytime. Question? - is it HOT in Texas yet? Hope you brought lots of sun screen. Keep in touch - play hard - we hope to see you soon. We're checking our schedule to see what tournament we can visit you in the BUS!. Congradulation on this weeks play.....
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