Canada eh!

I’m now in Winnipeg Canada and are waiting for the 2nd round results to be finalized and find out if I made the cut or not. I’m at 5 and right now the projected cut is at 4 so I hope the wind kicks up a notch here in the afternoon

It has been a interesting week starting with a missed connection from Portland/Vancouver that sent me all the way to Montreal (on the east coast of Canada) throughout the night, before getting to Winnipeg. Its tough to get any quality sleep on airplanes and airports. We are playing at St. Charles Country Club and the course is beautiful and in great shape. The greens are firm and rolls extremely fast, making it fun to put but difficult to get the ball close to the pins. It has also been quite windy every day witch takes a lot more energy out of you.

Well keep your fingers crossed
Mikaela

I am now sitting in Portland Oregon just missed the cut at the LPGA event but played some of my best golf in my life. I took some risks that did not pay off, it was the water hazards that did it to me this week although my game is amazing. I changed my grip a bit and that made the biggest difference. I am encouraged and I know I can compete with the best now. I can be aggressive on my putts and still be very calm making 3-4 footers coming back, it is a fun game when u have that much confidence.
I played with Paula Creamer yesterday and of course a bunch of small children followed us in their pink outfits. She is such a great role model for all these little girls that need someone to look up to.

I am heading to Canada tonight to play great golf next week. I am really looking forward to it.

Mikaela

I am now sitting at my summer house outside Stockholm in Sweden. I have had a great time resting up after my 5 weeks road trip in the US. I finished the Jamie Farr on a good note by shooting a 65 my 2nd round. When I got back to Sweden I entered in to a Swedish mini tour event and finished 2nd. I love to compete in Sweden and give back to the junior system that have gotten me to the LPGA tour. I will play 1 more event in Sweden before I return to the US.

Right now I will relax and enjoy the sun and swimming in the warm ocean, today it was 23°C/73°F in the water and about 28°C/82°F in the air.
Summer in Sweden is among my favorite things in the whole world!

Zingo sunrise in Viken

Mikaela & Zingo swimming in Blidö

Calle diving

Söder in Stockholm

Ice Cream and Strawberries

Stenstrand Torö

No doubt he is a retriever!

Dirt road

Sunset

World Cup final on a laptop in Blidö

Calle & Zingo

Engine problems

Zingo loves the ocean

Just got back home to the family summer house in Torö Sweden, it is about 45min south of Stockholm.
Nordea Tour is a Swedish professional tour that just happened to have a tournament round the corner from here and I thought it be fun to play while I was here. It was really fun playing with all the Swedish girls and it brought back memories from when I was a junior.

I had a rough 1st day because of jetlag and the difference in greens from the US, although the last 2 days I started to play better golf again. I ended up in 2nd place and it was really awesome having my family following we around for 3 days.

Nynäshamns GK is a beautiful course by the water and in the woods

Warm up from the carpets, old school!

Last year I shot a 62 here and that brings back good memories.

Nice writeup in the local paper

this is what we call a 3 body trunk

Playing with the kids, making golf a fun game.

First one to hit the football wins!

and the big little kid

Minni making her 1st Hole In One ever during the practice round

Thanks guys! This made my day!

The annual Caddy Tournament
Team Sweden: Calle, Gurra & Andy

Sylvania CC is a beautiful course but after 3 holes the skies opened up and lightning and thunder was everywhere. After an hour in the clubhouse watching the finish of the PGA the weather cleared up and we got to play 9 holes before darkness.

Finally the thunderstorm blew over

Oh dear!

Our midsummer celebration was a big hit and almost all the Swedish girls on tour showed up. We made traditional Swedish food such as meatballs, sausages, boiled potatoes with fresh dill, herring and salmon and for desert some great strawberries.

It was fun to get together and chit chat and we even got to dance around in a circle around the “midsommar stång” to some traditional songs. Mimmi Hjort’s little girl really enjoyed the dancing part. One of the favorite dance and song is “små grodorna” (little frogs) and everybody loves to sing along.

Mikaela


mini midsommar stång


Små Grodorna

Övre raden: Gustaf Rosdahl, Andy Danewid, L. Stahle, Marianne Skarpnord, K. Sjödin, M. Parmlid, Azahara Munoz, P. Lindberg, A. Nordqvist, Calle Mörck, Katarina Vangdal.
Nedre raden: L. Friberg, Cecilia Ekelundh, Emelie & M. Hjorth, S. Gustafson.