Nick Ends BICK Junior Golf Tour Season

On Tuesday August 10, the last stop of the BICK Junior Golf Tour ended on the old and venerable Dundas Valley Golf Course.  Nick arrived early to warm up on the range; unfortunately, the results were not what he had hoped for as he ended with a 90 ... good for a very disappointing 38th for the day and 27th for the tour (452.5 points).  Ben got his start time mixed up and arrived late.  He was accommodated but the mix up likely affected his game as he ended with a 92 which was good for 41st for the day and 26th for the tour (452.83 points).  Ben finished as the top 6th rookie followed by Nick in 7th.  Unfortunately, both Nick and Ben missed the exempt cut for the 2012 tour ... the cut line was the 23rd tour position at 495 points.  It was a good learning experience and one of the goal will be to work on consistency and focus.  In summary, his season as compared to brother Matt is as follows:
Nick's 2010 Season                   Brother Matt's 2007 Season  
Qualifier  Chedoke           84        Qualifier  Chedoke            78
Stop 1     Southbrook      98        Stop 1     Chippewa         84
Stop 2     Copetown        90        Stop 2     Sotuhern Pine   70
Stop 3     Chippewa         76        Stop 3     Renton            74
Stop 4     Flamborough     82        Stop 4     Burlington        84
Stop 5     Lowville           82        Stop 5     Tyandaga  cancelled
Stop 6     Deerfield          81        Stop 6     Copetown        80
Stop 7     Dundas Valley   90        Stop 7     Hamilton          86
Tour Total                    599        Tour Total                    478
Tour Average                85.6       Tour Average                79.7
SDev                            7.4        SDev                            5.8


67% of the time, Nick would shoot between 78 and 93 while Matt would shoot 74 and 86

In 2007, Matt finished around 22-23 for the tour and his dream year 2008 to do well was scrapped because of a broken shoulder clavicle.

Nick and Cousin David at Uplands Golf Course

While Patrick was doing his thing on "Think Big", Nick had a chance to catch up with cousin David.  They spent an afternoon hitting the links at David's "home" course, Uplands which is situated just north of Toronto.  Grandmother was there also to greet them on the finishing hole.

More pics are on the MVP photo site

Patrick A Film Star????

From Thursday August 5th to Friday August 6th, Patrick was in Toronto at the York University's Centre of Film Arts Studios to film a TVO's Think Big series.  He was there with a selection of young students to do a series on Young Inventors.  Pat's recent success at the CWSF made him a consideration for casting a month ago. He made the cut so we hope to see him soon on the small screen. The series is due to be on air sometimes in Spring 2011.  More on this when we hear about the schedule.

Stage Mom Julie was there to deliver Patrick to the set.

Ben and Nick Update on the BICK Junior Golf Tour

Hoping to carry their good play from Stop 3 back on July 19 at Chippewa Creek, both Ben and Nick were optimistic of moving up the rankings given that Stop 4 was being held on their home course of Flamborough Golf Course on Thursday July 29. Weather was phenomenal but below average putting countered Nick's home course advantage as he shot a very disappointing 82, good for 24th and dropping him 3 spots to 25th for the tour to date. Ben shot an 81 which was good for 20th and maintaining him at 24th for the the tour.

Stop 5 of the tour moved to the Burlington area at Lowville Golf Club on Tuesday August 3.  The scenery with the backdrop of  the Niagara escarpment was spectacular  ... unfortunately that was not the case with Nick's game.  A promising +4 for the first nine withered away in the heat and humidity to a final 87.  The score ranked 31st for the round; Nick falls to 27th for the tour with 335 points.  Perhaps the previous 3 days of the Club Championships had their deterioating effects.  On the other hand, Ben shot a fantastic 79, good for 14th for the round which moved him to 22nd for the tour with 400 points.

Based on prior years' average of 640 points to make the Top 15 Exempt list, both Nick and Ben would need a tournament win at one of the remaining two stops or a couple of top 7 finishes in order to make the Exempt list for 2011.