Jack Sock, 17 year old son of Larry and Pam Sock, is realizing a life-long dream this week. He will be competing against the best tennis players in the world at the U.S. Open. Jack won the USTA Boys 18 National Championship last week to earn his way to Flushing Meadows.

If you would like to follow Jack's adventures, he is blogging about his experiences at Jack's U.S. Open Blog

GOOD LUCK JACK - from all your friends at Firethorn!

Congratulations to Doug Deeter & Kevin McGerr for winning the 2010 Men's Team Championship! On their route to victory, McGerr & Deeter birdied every derby hole (a Firethorn first).

Finishing second was the team of Rex Largen & Tim Conzemius.

Jay Muller & Beau Reid finished in third place.

Thanks to everyone that participated in this year's event!

Congratulations to Andy Sajevic for winning the Nebraska State Amateur event this year. Andy beat his father John by just a few strokes - the torch has passed.

Other Top 10 Finishers from Firethorn included:

- John Sajevic & Mike Coatman tied for 3rd while Dan Huston was 10th.

Firethorn had 13 of its members finish in the top 50.

Nicely done Gents!!

Firethorn has developed 20 single family residential lots on our West course with 3 new lots in the original development. Many have already been sold.

For further information click on the following link Firethorn Terrace Web site

Thanks to Perry Dye we now have the original Pete Dye video of Firethorn available on this Web site. Please go to "History" - "The Early Years" section on the Web site (or just click this link) to download and play the video. It lasts about 20 minutes and requires a high speed Internet connection.

We hope you enjoy this classic!

One of our committee chairs recommended this link to the USGA Web site. There are some good things on this site for all of us who love the game to keep in mind.

When you have a little extra time - it is worth a look. USGA Web Site Link