Not much to say here. Shot 72. Sure it is more respectable then my 79, but doesn’t feel much better. I kinda stumbled coming in. I was two under on the front side and just ran out of steam on the back and shot 38. Even in poor tournaments I learn a lot though. It actually gives me more to look at when evaluating my play. It allows me to see bigger things to work on that otherwise may be subtle when I am playing well. I can’t wait for this summer and to play more consistently and really see what I can do.

For the first round of the Forest Lake 2 day event I shot a 79. I was putting pretty poorly and made 4 bogeys from the fairway. It was a long day with an excruciating round that lasted all of 5 hours. Brutal. I had an early start the next day and birdied one and seven and eagled 8 to go two under through nine holes. Unable to continue the progress, I shot 38 on the back and finished at level par.

For those of you who keep up with current happenings with my game you should know that I dropped the “claw” for the remainder of my time down here. The stroke is too smooth for these greens which are thick and roll an 8 at best. I putted with a conventional grip my second round and I think it makes for a better marriage on these greens.

The 79 was bad, but my games feels generally good and I should stay positive through these next events. I will have four events over the next five days.

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.

Well I am back to 80 degree days and all the golf I can handle. This trip will last from now until the 18th of March. In that time I will play in 6 tournaments, go to Busch Gardens with my wife and watch a great friend of mine get married. This is going to be a great couple of weeks.  I will be updating this site after every round and give a breif recap of how it went. 

Checkout my “Calendar” page to see what I am playing in for March. Soon the whole summer will be done. I am waiting on some final scheduling before I can go too far into the future. Remember you can use the tabs at the top RH corner to change the view from “Agenda” to “Month” and “Week”.

Shot 76 and finished somewhere down the list. The front side was horrendous. I was 5 over par for 3 holes. I hit my tee shots on those three holes either on or slightly off the intended line and they either ended up  OB or in a hazard. I didn’t know the course very well and should have played a practice round. It was hard to keep it together and honestly I just wanted quit. After I got over the triple on #8 I struggled to shoot even on the back in an attempt to save a little face.

Conditions were the same  as yesterday with a lot of wind and on and off rain. I managed to shoot 70 today for a 142 total. That was good enough for tied for third place. My putting was still a little stale, but my attitude was good. Over all I finished well and made my first check in ‘08 for $750.00. I have another tournament tomorrow. Hopefully it will go as well or better.

Today was the first round of a 2 day tournament at Forrest Lake. I shot 72 and when I left I was four shots off the lead. It was a tough day. The wind gusted up to 20 mph. and had a little bit of rain. I was striking the ball nicely just not converting when I hit the ball close. I had 3 biridies and two 3 putt bogeys. With one unconverted up/down I remained at level par. I worked my short putts after the round and I am hoping for a better putting day tomorrow.

This post is really just practice. I know no one is reading this yet, but for some reason I am putting myself through hell trying to get it up to speed. My eyes will start pulsating and my vision becomes blured. I guess if I knew anything about code before this would have helped.

Well… this is the first post that people (golfers) hate to write. So I will make it quick and painless (for me not you).

 Shot 80 at Bridgewater. Not one up and down. Not one birdie…. end of post.