Today I shot 72 for my first event on this trip. Normally I would be fine with this considering a bunch of little factors:

1. First event of this trip

2. Had never seen the course before

3. Winds were a constant 15 mph with stronger gusts

But on the tenth hole I had to call a penalty on myself for moving my ball. There was a long twig of some sort near my ball and when I moved it the ball happen to roll over. I proceeded to play the ball as it lied and got up and down. What would have been a birdie was really a bogey. Had I slowed down and thought about what I did I could have moved it back and only recieved a one shot penalty. After all that I birdied 11, followed by an eagle on the par five 15th and a birdie on 16. So I made a pretty good run to make up some ground.

 Part of the reason I am down here is to train. So when I am faced with a situation like today I can only tell myself that crap happens and to look at everything as a learning experience.

My brother in law will appreciate this link more than most, but I thought of this when it was all said and done.

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