My daughter has watched disc golf videos with me on Youtube for several years and Nikko Locastro is her favorite player. I was planning on going to Worlds alone. But she asked me if he would be there. When I said yes, she said that she wanted to go. So she and I followed the lead MPO card through all 18 holes of round 5 on Friday.
Nikko was having a bit of a rough round, mainly with missing some (for him) make-able putts. But after he made a sweet birdie on #17, he saw her standing beside the green, holding up her NIKKO sign. He gave her a big smile and a thumbs up. Then he said to her "That makes my day. Thank you."
After the round, he signed her disc and was also nice enough to let us take this pic. He made sure that they had the sign and disc in the picture with them!
After a long round of golf, even after playing less than his best, he was still very kind to us. Way to go, Nikko!
You made our great day even better! Thank you.
You can also look for our cameo in the CCDG coverage of round 5. Ian mentions my daughter after Nikko's drive on #3 in the part 1 coverage. Then on part 2 they show her (us) with her sign during the hole #16 coverage!
Finally, a big thank you to Ian and Stu from CCDG. We met them in the parking lot right as we got to Moraine. They didn't freak out at all when I addressed them by saying "Hey, Central Coast Disc Golf guys." They were awesome in humoring my DG Nerd/Fan Boy addiction. They even gave us some viewing tips.
My daughter and I had a great time. Nikko and CCDG both played a big part in it.
Thanks, again, guys.
Jim