Hello everyone, sorry I have been really slow posting about my last event of the year. Unfortunately it didn't go all that well but there were some positives that came from the week!
The week started out for me a few days before the first round. Final Stage of Q School is held on two courses due to the amount of players in the field. I played each of the courses a few time to get used to how they were playing and look at what the rest of the week was going to be like.
Round one was on Wed Dec 1st. I teed off early in the morning and started out pretty good! I was 1 under through 13 and feeling ok as it was a pretty windy day. Then, unfortunately I finished very poorly having some putting issues on the final 5 holes. I had a four putt and two three putts coming home to shoot +2 on the day. Wasn't a good finish as I felt as if I hit the ball really well and unfortunately had nothing to show for it. I really let this finish bother me for some reason day 1, and the rest of the week. Honestly it was a huge mistake to not put this behind me and go on since there were 5 days of competition left. I am going to try my best not let mental mistakes happen like this again.
The rest of the week went very similar to the first. I started out each round fairly well and had chances to shoot some good scores just struggle badly on the greens, didn't make any putts and continues to dig myself in a deeper hole with the putter. To make a long negative blog shorter I will just say that I finished at the back of the field for the week. A very disappointing finish but it WILL be better next time!
So onto something positive about the week. I am a member of the Nationwide Tour now! I'm more than likely not going to get too many starts early in the year unless I happen to get a sponsor exemptions or Monday Qualify into an event. Also, since I am a member of the tour all the money that I make will count on the money list for the tour and makes me eligible to get into the reshuffle early and possibly get better status so that I will get into events as the year goes on!
Next year for me is going to be very interesting as I have a lot of playing opportunities. I will again be a member of the eGolf Tour, Challenge Tour and now the Nationwide Tour. Early on it is looking as if I will start the early part of the eGolf Tour and even get into a European Tour event in Morocco in early April.
Time and some good golf will tell where I am come next year but definitely looking forward to it!
Thanks for following! Happy Holidays everyone!!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
2nd Stage PGA Q School
This past week I was in Panama City Beach, FL playing in the second stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School. The event was held at The Hombre Golf Course, it is an amazing golf course and definitely a true test for all of us players this past week the way the course was set up. 2nd Stage has been held at this venue for at least 15 years and there are many horror stories that come from not only this site but sites all across the country.
This was my third year at the 2nd stage, I had missed out the previous two years by only a few shots and was looking forward to a successful week as I teed it up on Wed. The week started for me three days before the event actually started. I met up with my caddie and we got in a couple days of practice and planning on the course. It was a good to see the course a couple times before I actually had to count my score for the week.
My first round tee time was 8:10 on Wed morning. It was a good first day for me as I shot 70 (-1) on the day. I felt as it was a good start to the week! The second round didn't go as well for me as I didn't play all that well all day, managed to make a couple stupid mistakes on my from nine but hung on to shoot a couple under on the back to finish the day with a 71 (even). The third day wasn't much fun for me, not too much went well as I struggled to get anything going. I felt like I hit the ball pretty good for the most part just wasn't able to make any birdies to cancel out a couple bogeys / doubles on the day. To make matters worse I was +2 with two holes to play when I hit my second on a par 5 into a palm tree. The palm tree decided to eat the ball which meant I had to go back and hit another one from the previous spot essentially meaning it cost me 2 shots. I ended up getting it up and down from 79 yards for a bogey on the 17th to move me to +3 on the day. Now I am really upset as I am just watching my dream of making it to the PGA Tour fade into the distance. The last hole I was a little upset but fortunately used the frustration as motivation to make a huge birdie on the last hole which is one of the more difficult holes on the course in my opinion. It was big for a couple reasons, it kept me within striking distance for the last day and also it kept some momentum going into the final rounds play for me. I was determined to play well on the last day!
The last day began for me at +1 for the tournament. I knew going into the day that I needed to shoot at least 2 under to guarantee a spot into the final stage. The pins were in the toughest locations on the greens so it wasn't going to be an easy task but I knew what I had to do! The last day I played great, hit it well almost all day. If I was to look back on it and say one place I made a mistake it would have been on the 7th hole. I made a mental mistake and let something get in my head and it bothered me for the next couple holes. I played holes 7 - 10 at 2 over and my chances were just about gone as I was standing on the 11th tee box at +4 for the tournament. In my head I was saying to myself that I didn't want the season to end, didn't want to go to Europe for Q School over there, and didn't want my only option for next yr to be the mini tours that I have been on the last couple years. Make a long story short I birdied 11, 12, 15, and 17 to shoot -3 on the back nine and get me to even for the tournament.
Now I had to wait to see if I got in... not much fun. Ended up going to Chick fil A and having a large cookies and cream milk shake and watching the Michigan v Wisconsin football game, something to pass the time. Fortunately for me a couple people faltered and I made it into the top 19 and moved on to the final stage!! Finally have made it, only took me three year but now I'm there and going to make the most of the opportunity! If anyone wants to follow you can go to pgatour.com/qschool and there will be scoring there and I think the Golf channel even covers a couple of the days on tv. Looking forward to a great week and thanks for following!! Long blog for me...
This was my third year at the 2nd stage, I had missed out the previous two years by only a few shots and was looking forward to a successful week as I teed it up on Wed. The week started for me three days before the event actually started. I met up with my caddie and we got in a couple days of practice and planning on the course. It was a good to see the course a couple times before I actually had to count my score for the week.
My first round tee time was 8:10 on Wed morning. It was a good first day for me as I shot 70 (-1) on the day. I felt as it was a good start to the week! The second round didn't go as well for me as I didn't play all that well all day, managed to make a couple stupid mistakes on my from nine but hung on to shoot a couple under on the back to finish the day with a 71 (even). The third day wasn't much fun for me, not too much went well as I struggled to get anything going. I felt like I hit the ball pretty good for the most part just wasn't able to make any birdies to cancel out a couple bogeys / doubles on the day. To make matters worse I was +2 with two holes to play when I hit my second on a par 5 into a palm tree. The palm tree decided to eat the ball which meant I had to go back and hit another one from the previous spot essentially meaning it cost me 2 shots. I ended up getting it up and down from 79 yards for a bogey on the 17th to move me to +3 on the day. Now I am really upset as I am just watching my dream of making it to the PGA Tour fade into the distance. The last hole I was a little upset but fortunately used the frustration as motivation to make a huge birdie on the last hole which is one of the more difficult holes on the course in my opinion. It was big for a couple reasons, it kept me within striking distance for the last day and also it kept some momentum going into the final rounds play for me. I was determined to play well on the last day!
The last day began for me at +1 for the tournament. I knew going into the day that I needed to shoot at least 2 under to guarantee a spot into the final stage. The pins were in the toughest locations on the greens so it wasn't going to be an easy task but I knew what I had to do! The last day I played great, hit it well almost all day. If I was to look back on it and say one place I made a mistake it would have been on the 7th hole. I made a mental mistake and let something get in my head and it bothered me for the next couple holes. I played holes 7 - 10 at 2 over and my chances were just about gone as I was standing on the 11th tee box at +4 for the tournament. In my head I was saying to myself that I didn't want the season to end, didn't want to go to Europe for Q School over there, and didn't want my only option for next yr to be the mini tours that I have been on the last couple years. Make a long story short I birdied 11, 12, 15, and 17 to shoot -3 on the back nine and get me to even for the tournament.
Now I had to wait to see if I got in... not much fun. Ended up going to Chick fil A and having a large cookies and cream milk shake and watching the Michigan v Wisconsin football game, something to pass the time. Fortunately for me a couple people faltered and I made it into the top 19 and moved on to the final stage!! Finally have made it, only took me three year but now I'm there and going to make the most of the opportunity! If anyone wants to follow you can go to pgatour.com/qschool and there will be scoring there and I think the Golf channel even covers a couple of the days on tv. Looking forward to a great week and thanks for following!! Long blog for me...
Friday, November 5, 2010
European Challenge Tour Grand Final
Last week I was in the south east part of Italy (Fasano) where I played in the Euro Challenge Tour's Grand Final. It was an invitation only event with only the top 45 players on the order of merit in the field.
I arrived in Italy on Monday afternoon which allowed me to get in a little practice on Monday and then play a practice round on Tuesday before the event began on Wednesday. It was a big week for everyone as at the conclusion of the event the top 20 on the order of merit would receive European Tour cards for the 2011 season. I was sitting in 37th place on the money list at the beginning of the week so I needed a very good week to sneak into the top 20.
Overall on the week I played very well. We had some interesting weather on the week as the course was right on the ocean and it was very windy a couple days but I managed to shoot 68 73 69 71 to finish -3 on the week and T5 (12,067 euros) for the tournament. I was in the final group the last day so had a good chance to make a move and finish either 1st or 2nd. Ended up struggling the final day but managed to make a couple closing birdies to finish the week off strong.
Up next for me I will be playing 2nd stage of q school in Panama City, FL at the Hombre GC. It starts up Nov 17th. Looking forward to the week! You can follow online at pgatour.com/qschool. Then click on second stage - Hombre (Bad/Ugly). Thanks for following!!
I arrived in Italy on Monday afternoon which allowed me to get in a little practice on Monday and then play a practice round on Tuesday before the event began on Wednesday. It was a big week for everyone as at the conclusion of the event the top 20 on the order of merit would receive European Tour cards for the 2011 season. I was sitting in 37th place on the money list at the beginning of the week so I needed a very good week to sneak into the top 20.
Overall on the week I played very well. We had some interesting weather on the week as the course was right on the ocean and it was very windy a couple days but I managed to shoot 68 73 69 71 to finish -3 on the week and T5 (12,067 euros) for the tournament. I was in the final group the last day so had a good chance to make a move and finish either 1st or 2nd. Ended up struggling the final day but managed to make a couple closing birdies to finish the week off strong.
Up next for me I will be playing 2nd stage of q school in Panama City, FL at the Hombre GC. It starts up Nov 17th. Looking forward to the week! You can follow online at pgatour.com/qschool. Then click on second stage - Hombre (Bad/Ugly). Thanks for following!!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Q School and Italy
Back in the states and playing some better golf! Just finished up last week at the first stage of PGA Qualifying School in Kannapolis, NC where we played at Irish Creek. It is a very nice course that I have played several times before so I was pretty comfortable going into the week. I ended the week shooting rounds of 67-66-68-69 to finish -14 and was the low player at my first stage site. Definitely a confidence booster going forward. I will be playing in Panama City, FL at the Hombre GC for my second stage of Q School which will start the Nov. 17th.
I should probably explain how this whole "Q School" tournament works. It starts our for some at pre-qualifying. There are a few ways to skip this stage but for the most part it is becoming mandatory for most new professionals. I did this stage a couple years ago when I first turned pro. There are 6 of these sites and roughly 40 of 100 make it though here. Then comes first stage, there are 13 of these sites across the country. At each site there are roughly 85 guys, the low 23 and ties move onto second stage. Second stage is next, there are six sites. Each site has somewhere around 85 players and again roughly 20 will advance on to the final stage. Final stage this year is held in Orlando, FL. The tournament is on two courses and there are around 220 players in the field. At finals 25 PGA Tour cards will be awarded! This is what everyone is aiming for! After the top 25 the next fifty players will receive their Nationwide Tour card for the next year. Not a bad card to have either as you have playing status on one of the main tours in the States. After the top seventy five players everyone else is awarded "conditional" status on the Nationwide Tour. This is still not a bad thing to have just you might not get into many events depending on how far down the line you finished at the final stage. Needless to say this is quite the tournament and one that can be very stressful and nerve racking. Everyone plans their year getting ready for this tournament. It is filled with people like me that are trying to work their way onto one of the main tours as well as well established names that have played and even won on the PGA and Nationwide Tours who are trying to get back onto tour after a disappointing year . This will be my third year playing in Q School, I am hoping to use some of my past experiences to make this year go a little smoother.
This week I am in Fasano, Italy playing in the European Challenge Tour's Grand Final. The field is limited to the top 45 players on the order of merit. Starting the week I am sitting in 38th position. At the end of the week the top 20 players on the order of merit will be given European Tour Cards. For me to get one of these I will need to finish in the top 2. Going to need a good week, it can be done though!
I should probably explain how this whole "Q School" tournament works. It starts our for some at pre-qualifying. There are a few ways to skip this stage but for the most part it is becoming mandatory for most new professionals. I did this stage a couple years ago when I first turned pro. There are 6 of these sites and roughly 40 of 100 make it though here. Then comes first stage, there are 13 of these sites across the country. At each site there are roughly 85 guys, the low 23 and ties move onto second stage. Second stage is next, there are six sites. Each site has somewhere around 85 players and again roughly 20 will advance on to the final stage. Final stage this year is held in Orlando, FL. The tournament is on two courses and there are around 220 players in the field. At finals 25 PGA Tour cards will be awarded! This is what everyone is aiming for! After the top 25 the next fifty players will receive their Nationwide Tour card for the next year. Not a bad card to have either as you have playing status on one of the main tours in the States. After the top seventy five players everyone else is awarded "conditional" status on the Nationwide Tour. This is still not a bad thing to have just you might not get into many events depending on how far down the line you finished at the final stage. Needless to say this is quite the tournament and one that can be very stressful and nerve racking. Everyone plans their year getting ready for this tournament. It is filled with people like me that are trying to work their way onto one of the main tours as well as well established names that have played and even won on the PGA and Nationwide Tours who are trying to get back onto tour after a disappointing year . This will be my third year playing in Q School, I am hoping to use some of my past experiences to make this year go a little smoother.
This week I am in Fasano, Italy playing in the European Challenge Tour's Grand Final. The field is limited to the top 45 players on the order of merit. Starting the week I am sitting in 38th position. At the end of the week the top 20 players on the order of merit will be given European Tour Cards. For me to get one of these I will need to finish in the top 2. Going to need a good week, it can be done though!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
1st Stage PGA Q School
Just finished up this week at the 1st stage of Q school for the PGA Tour. My site was in Kannapolis, NC at Irish Creek GC. I had played the course a couple times before for an egolf event a couple years ago so I knew the course well and enjoy playing it.
The week went very well for me, I finished the low man for the week shooting -14. I hit the ball well all week and really only made a few bad swings all week. It was nice to see some good results finally, it had been a while.
On the week I think I made only 3 bogeys and 17 birdies. Q School is a very weird tournament that will make people do some strange things on the course so I was glad to make it through easily and onto the 2nd stage in a few weeks. I will be playing in Panama City, FL at the Hombre. I have heard it is a difficult course so I am hoping it will fit my game well!
Next week I am off to Italy for the Grand Final on the European Challenge Tour. It is the final event of the year for the tour. Only the top 45 players on the money list will be there so a small field and it is a good purse. I am playing well and looking forward to a fun week!
Thanks for following me and check back for an update at the end of the week!
The week went very well for me, I finished the low man for the week shooting -14. I hit the ball well all week and really only made a few bad swings all week. It was nice to see some good results finally, it had been a while.
On the week I think I made only 3 bogeys and 17 birdies. Q School is a very weird tournament that will make people do some strange things on the course so I was glad to make it through easily and onto the 2nd stage in a few weeks. I will be playing in Panama City, FL at the Hombre. I have heard it is a difficult course so I am hoping it will fit my game well!
Next week I am off to Italy for the Grand Final on the European Challenge Tour. It is the final event of the year for the tour. Only the top 45 players on the money list will be there so a small field and it is a good purse. I am playing well and looking forward to a fun week!
Thanks for following me and check back for an update at the end of the week!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Callaway Gardens eGolf Tour
So it has been a long time since my last blog. I am back in the US now and couldn't be happier to be honest! My trip over in Europe/Russia/Asia was a lot of fun and learned a lot but my game wasn't good and nothing was quite as convenient or easy as at home. The last few weeks I have been relaxing from the game a little, I needed a break really bad and it was nice to take some time off. Now I am back at it again. Been practicing quite a bit here lately. I had the chance to work with my coach where I got a few things fixed in my game.
Last week I played an event in GA. It was a fall series event on the eGolf Tour. It was good to get the competitive juices flowing again leading into Q School this coming week. I didn't score very well on the week but took a lot of positives from it. I ended up missing the cut, I shot -3 and the cut was -4. Disappointing but feeling better for next week about the game.
This week I am in NC at Irish Creek for the first stage of Q School. Looking forward to the week and I will have an update when things finish up. If you want to follow there will be online scoring on pga.com/qschool. Thanks for following and check back for an update!
Last week I played an event in GA. It was a fall series event on the eGolf Tour. It was good to get the competitive juices flowing again leading into Q School this coming week. I didn't score very well on the week but took a lot of positives from it. I ended up missing the cut, I shot -3 and the cut was -4. Disappointing but feeling better for next week about the game.
This week I am in NC at Irish Creek for the first stage of Q School. Looking forward to the week and I will have an update when things finish up. If you want to follow there will be online scoring on pga.com/qschool. Thanks for following and check back for an update!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
France, Kazakhstan, and Russia
This was the last week of the journey!!! Finished up the week in Moscow, and it was yet again another memorable week. This week started several weeks ago when I tried to get a visa to get into this country. That was no easy task! They either don't want people to come and visit this country or they just really like to make money off of you any way they can... both answers are correct if you ask me. The visa took me a couple weeks to get and even had to get a second passport to send to the Russian Embassy while I was traveling!
We arrived in Moscow Monday night from Kazakhstan. It was a pretty long trip, didn't fully realize how far away Kazakhstan was! The trip to the hotel from the airport was about 45 min and was not on any major roads! If I was traveling alone I would have been a little nervous along the way. The hotel ended up being nice just was in the middle of nowhere so there was little for us to do. The promoter of the event did arrange a guided trip to the Red Square in Moscow on Wednesday. I went on the trip as it was the first time I had an opportunity to see anything other than a golf course! Red Square was very nice!! Even though I have very little knowledge of the area it was still nice to see. There were some huge building with some amazing architecture in the area! Still can't believe how big the Kremlin Palace was!
The golf course this week was amazing to say the least! One of the best courses I have probably played to be honest. It was a very hard golf course and easily the most difficult course we played all year. I didn't play very well at all for the third straight week but did just make the cut. It was nice to play on the weekend! I ended up the week finishing around 50th. Not a good week for the checkbook but more than anything I was glad to be done with this stretch of tournaments and travel! It has been a tremendous learning experience for me and also a lot of fun to see all different parts of the world! Next time I do this I will be more traveled and it will be easier for me.
I have a couple weeks off now from tournament golf. My next event will be PGA Q School which starts Oct. 19 just north of Charlotte, NC. Looking forward to the next few months as Q School is a professional golfers best way to get a PGA Tour Card for the following year.
A huge thank you to everyone for following my progress and supporting me along the way!! Means more to me than you know!!
I will post blogs from Kazakhstan and France later, my plane is leaving Moscow and don't want to be stuck in Russia!!
We arrived in Moscow Monday night from Kazakhstan. It was a pretty long trip, didn't fully realize how far away Kazakhstan was! The trip to the hotel from the airport was about 45 min and was not on any major roads! If I was traveling alone I would have been a little nervous along the way. The hotel ended up being nice just was in the middle of nowhere so there was little for us to do. The promoter of the event did arrange a guided trip to the Red Square in Moscow on Wednesday. I went on the trip as it was the first time I had an opportunity to see anything other than a golf course! Red Square was very nice!! Even though I have very little knowledge of the area it was still nice to see. There were some huge building with some amazing architecture in the area! Still can't believe how big the Kremlin Palace was!
The golf course this week was amazing to say the least! One of the best courses I have probably played to be honest. It was a very hard golf course and easily the most difficult course we played all year. I didn't play very well at all for the third straight week but did just make the cut. It was nice to play on the weekend! I ended up the week finishing around 50th. Not a good week for the checkbook but more than anything I was glad to be done with this stretch of tournaments and travel! It has been a tremendous learning experience for me and also a lot of fun to see all different parts of the world! Next time I do this I will be more traveled and it will be easier for me.
I have a couple weeks off now from tournament golf. My next event will be PGA Q School which starts Oct. 19 just north of Charlotte, NC. Looking forward to the next few months as Q School is a professional golfers best way to get a PGA Tour Card for the following year.
A huge thank you to everyone for following my progress and supporting me along the way!! Means more to me than you know!!
I will post blogs from Kazakhstan and France later, my plane is leaving Moscow and don't want to be stuck in Russia!!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wales European Challenge Tour
This past week I was in Wales playing in the SWALEC Wales Challenge. The tournament started on Wed, I had drew an afternoon tee time for the first round. I didn't get to start the first days play until Thursday due to heavy rains made the course unplayable. I ended up shooting 70 (-2) the first day. It was a good day on the course, the golf course was playing difficult and there were only a few scores under par on day one. The second round I shot 73 (+1). It was a bit of a frustrating day as I had it going thru 12 holes and then struggled coming in making a double and a bogey. The third and final rounds we played on Saturday. It was a long day as I thought I was done with 36 hole days when I finished up college golf. I shot rounds of 73 71 on Saturday. It was just one of those days where I missed on a lot of opportunities to really play well. I had a couple unlucky breaks but that happens. I ended up finishing the week T11. It was my best finish since the win in Morocco so that was nice! As a golfer you are never satisfied though, looking forward to next week in Strasbourg, France. Heard it is a nice course and my game is starting to come around so we will see what happens!
My trip over here is now halfway complete; remaining events are in France, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Thanks for following me and I will keep updating as the weeks finish up!!
My trip over here is now halfway complete; remaining events are in France, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Thanks for following me and I will keep updating as the weeks finish up!!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
ECCO Championship Germany
This past week I was in Winsen, Germany playing in the ECCO Championship. The week started off on Tuesday morning for me when I arrived to the Hamburg airport. I had rented a car for the week as my hotel and the golf course were about 45 min from the airport. My home for the week was a small bed a breakfast about 5 min from the course. It was a very nice place, only problem was no one really spoke any English! I should have touched up on my German before getting here!
After getting everything settled in I went out Tuesday afternoon for a little practice. The golf course this week was very long!! It played nearly 7800 yards and the greens were very tricky to say the least. I had another practice day Wednesday as well as the Pro-Am Wednesday afternoon. The course was playing very difficult and to make things better I wasn't feeling very good about my game.
Thursday the tournament started. I teed off early Tuesday morning and shot an opening 72 (1 under, par 73), I was pleased with how things went the first day. The second round wasn't as good. I shot 2 over 74 to make the cut on the number! Wasn't all that good of a day, didn't really hit it too well or make many putts but was just able to make it to the weekend. The third round I shot my best round of the week, 70 (-3). The final round was quite disappointing for me as it played very difficult and it was a good day to move up the leaderboard. I shot 76 (+3). I hit it the best of all the days just had several three putts and wasn't able to take advantage of any opportunities for birdies. Good news is that I am starting to feel better with my game and looking forward to next week in Wales.
I didn't really have much of a chance to see much while I was in Germany. One evening I made a trip to Hamburg for dinner and other than that wasn't able to see much other than the small town I was staying in!! It was a nice place though... similar to Btown! I was planning on traveling to see some distant relatives here in Germany but wasn't able to due to a tight schedule. Overall I have really liked Germany! People have been super friendly and the food has been great (usually how I judge places)!
Next week I am off to Wales. I am looking forward to the week and hopefully be able to get the game going and pick up a good finish!!
After getting everything settled in I went out Tuesday afternoon for a little practice. The golf course this week was very long!! It played nearly 7800 yards and the greens were very tricky to say the least. I had another practice day Wednesday as well as the Pro-Am Wednesday afternoon. The course was playing very difficult and to make things better I wasn't feeling very good about my game.
Thursday the tournament started. I teed off early Tuesday morning and shot an opening 72 (1 under, par 73), I was pleased with how things went the first day. The second round wasn't as good. I shot 2 over 74 to make the cut on the number! Wasn't all that good of a day, didn't really hit it too well or make many putts but was just able to make it to the weekend. The third round I shot my best round of the week, 70 (-3). The final round was quite disappointing for me as it played very difficult and it was a good day to move up the leaderboard. I shot 76 (+3). I hit it the best of all the days just had several three putts and wasn't able to take advantage of any opportunities for birdies. Good news is that I am starting to feel better with my game and looking forward to next week in Wales.
I didn't really have much of a chance to see much while I was in Germany. One evening I made a trip to Hamburg for dinner and other than that wasn't able to see much other than the small town I was staying in!! It was a nice place though... similar to Btown! I was planning on traveling to see some distant relatives here in Germany but wasn't able to due to a tight schedule. Overall I have really liked Germany! People have been super friendly and the food has been great (usually how I judge places)!
Next week I am off to Wales. I am looking forward to the week and hopefully be able to get the game going and pick up a good finish!!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Rolex Trophy Switzerland
I just finished up the week in Geneva, Switzerland. It was a very fun week as it was a limited field, only the top 40 on the Order of Merit were invited. I arrived to Geneva Monday morning at 7:30. The event started on Wednesday. I had a couple days to catch up on jet lag and a few days to get some practice on the course. We played at Geneva Country Club, a very nice course built in the middle of the city! To say the least a very expensive club as Geneva is probably one of the top 3 most expensive places in the world!!
On Tuesday I got to walk around the city for a few hours after my practice round tuesday morning. It is a very cool city built around a massive lake. I didn't get to see too much of the city as I had no idea where to go but I did see watches in every shop it seemed! They are known for their watches, hinting the event we played was sponsored by Rolex. Every high end shop you could image was also in this area.
So for the tournament, the event was quite unique as it was a pro-am format all week long. The first day I played with a junior from France. My score obviously counted for the tournament but there was also a tournament for the low team for the day. I played well just putted VERY bad. Shot even 72 and our team wasn't much better! The following three days were played in a foursome with three being amateurs from the club. This is a huge tournament for them so they were looking forward to this week! The second and third days I played similar to the first, hit the ball well just struggled on the greens. I shot rounds of 70 and 71. The final day I shot 68 which was nice it moved me up a little on the leaderboard but maybe just a bit too late. I hit the ball solid tee to green and thankfully unlike the first couple days didn't have the dreaded three putts! Overall it was a good week as everyone in the field made a check which was nice! However, I needed to finish in the top 20 for the money to count on the Money List. I didn't get this done so that wasn't good but I have 5 more weeks to make something good happen! I finished the week in a tie for 23rd on the week.
Every night Rolex set up a huge dinner banquet for us to attend. They had a different country theme to every dinner, pretty cool as they had great food. Something I can't say about all these places over here! Rolex put on a great show for us and this was definitely one of the finer tournaments I have ever been apart of!
Next week I am off to Hamburg, Germany. Looking forward to the week, hopefully good things will happen! I will possibly get to see some relatives over in Germany so looking forward to that as well! I am currently staying at a friends house just south of London. I might be making London my home away from home for the next few weeks.
Thanks for following and I will get another post up at the end of this week in Germany!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
eGolf Tour Championship
Finished up the eGolf Tour Championship last week in Gordonsville, Virgina! It was a good week as we played one of the best courses we play all year and I stayed with the same host family I have stayed with for the past several visits to VA! They are amazing people and they sure know how to cook!
Overall I was pretty satisfied with the week. I shot rounds of 70 71 70 69 to finish at -8 and finish t16 for the week. I wasn't able to make many putts but it was also my first round back in competition in 4 weeks. At the end of the week I was still sitting inside the top 5 on the money list which will conclude after the four fall series events later in the year, however the top 20 after the Tour Championship are getting Q School paid for by the tour! A great bonus as Q School is a quick $5000 expense!
Right now I am in Geneva, Switzerland playing in the Rolex which is an invitational on the Euro Challenge Tour. The top 40 guys on the money list are here so it should be a very good week! The last couple days I have been getting used to the course and the sights. Geneva is a very nice place... and very expensive!! Round one is tomorrow, I tee it at 10:45. Looking forward to the week! I will post something when the week wraps up! Thanks for following!!
Overall I was pretty satisfied with the week. I shot rounds of 70 71 70 69 to finish at -8 and finish t16 for the week. I wasn't able to make many putts but it was also my first round back in competition in 4 weeks. At the end of the week I was still sitting inside the top 5 on the money list which will conclude after the four fall series events later in the year, however the top 20 after the Tour Championship are getting Q School paid for by the tour! A great bonus as Q School is a quick $5000 expense!
Right now I am in Geneva, Switzerland playing in the Rolex which is an invitational on the Euro Challenge Tour. The top 40 guys on the money list are here so it should be a very good week! The last couple days I have been getting used to the course and the sights. Geneva is a very nice place... and very expensive!! Round one is tomorrow, I tee it at 10:45. Looking forward to the week! I will post something when the week wraps up! Thanks for following!!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Sweden and France Challenge Tour
Sorry I am a little late on this post! It has been a busy couple weeks for me on the road. Lets start out in Sweden. Sweden was a fun week for me because I was able to see our exchange student we hosted in 93. She lived with us for an entire year and I had never had the experience to go and visit or see her home. It was also a good week because my mom decided to come and watch me play and stay at Anna's house for the week. It was nice to catch up and see her again! Now the golf... I started out the week shooting -4 and was sitting in the top 5 on the leaderboard. It was a good day on the course as the wind was blowing pretty good, overall I was very pleased with how the day unfolded. The rest of the week wouldn't go quite as well. I never really got anything going and wasn't able to make any putts the remaining 3 days. It was a but frustrating but it was still a great experience and another week under my belt on the Euro Challenge Tour. I am still getting used to traveling and arranging all the necessary things week in and week out. I finished the week towards the bottom of the field but still picked up a small check to help cover some of the weeks cost so overall not too bad of a week.
The next week we were in France, just north of Lyon. I flew into Zurich and drove down to the weeks event. It was a beautiful drive to say the least! The event again didn't go all that well for me as I was starting to get tired and was yet again unable to make any putts! I hit the ball well for the most part of the week but nothing happened... I was basically ready to head back to the states!! I got home yesterday (Monday 13th). Finished the week somewhere around t30.
I am going to be home for a couple weeks now before heading to Virginia to play in the eGolf Tour Championship and then back to Europe where I will play 6 weeks straight. I am going to start planning out the trip now, this way I will have a little more idea on what I am doing. Hopefully it will make the trips a little easier. I will be going to Switzerland, Germany, Wales, France, Kazikstan, and finally Moscow. I am looking forward to it as it will be a good experience and I will leard a lot. Hopefully I can get a couple good finishes and end the year well before Q school!!
Also, for everyone that is interrested I am having my Sponsor party on July 30th now!! Contact me is you need any details! Thanks you all for following and all the best!!
The next week we were in France, just north of Lyon. I flew into Zurich and drove down to the weeks event. It was a beautiful drive to say the least! The event again didn't go all that well for me as I was starting to get tired and was yet again unable to make any putts! I hit the ball well for the most part of the week but nothing happened... I was basically ready to head back to the states!! I got home yesterday (Monday 13th). Finished the week somewhere around t30.
I am going to be home for a couple weeks now before heading to Virginia to play in the eGolf Tour Championship and then back to Europe where I will play 6 weeks straight. I am going to start planning out the trip now, this way I will have a little more idea on what I am doing. Hopefully it will make the trips a little easier. I will be going to Switzerland, Germany, Wales, France, Kazikstan, and finally Moscow. I am looking forward to it as it will be a good experience and I will leard a lot. Hopefully I can get a couple good finishes and end the year well before Q school!!
Also, for everyone that is interrested I am having my Sponsor party on July 30th now!! Contact me is you need any details! Thanks you all for following and all the best!!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Euro Clallenge Tour Canary Islands
So my second week playing on the European Challenge Tour is done. Wasn't the most successful of weeks but I still feel as If I am playing very well. I shot -6 on the week to finish t36 or so. I shot rounds of 68-70-68-72. I felt as if I hit it well almost all week just wasn't able to get everything out of my game to shoot some low scores.
The course we played this week was by far the most bizarre course I have ever seen to be honest and definitely one of the most amazing at the same time. The course sat on the side of a mountain, each hole theoretically going down the mountain. To start the day off you have to take a shuttle/car to the top to the 1st hole. From there you play your way back to the bottom of the mountain to the 18th and the pro shop. It truly was an amazing place, but I sure am ready to go putt on another courses greens because these were not very nice to me! They messed with my head all week.
Tonight I am spending the night in Tenerefe where I will fly out tomorrow to go to Copenhagen, Denmark and then take a train to the next weeks event in Sweden. Should be an interesting trip as it always is I'm finding when traveling oversees! Makes if that much more exciting I guess!
Ill let you know how the week ends up... thanks for following!
The course we played this week was by far the most bizarre course I have ever seen to be honest and definitely one of the most amazing at the same time. The course sat on the side of a mountain, each hole theoretically going down the mountain. To start the day off you have to take a shuttle/car to the top to the 1st hole. From there you play your way back to the bottom of the mountain to the 18th and the pro shop. It truly was an amazing place, but I sure am ready to go putt on another courses greens because these were not very nice to me! They messed with my head all week.
Tonight I am spending the night in Tenerefe where I will fly out tomorrow to go to Copenhagen, Denmark and then take a train to the next weeks event in Sweden. Should be an interesting trip as it always is I'm finding when traveling oversees! Makes if that much more exciting I guess!
Ill let you know how the week ends up... thanks for following!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Moroccan Golf Classic
What a week!!! If being in Morocco with several friends from the eGolf Tour wasn't enough I was able to win the event! It was pretty much a life changing event as I am going to be staying in Europe / Africa for a few more weeks maybe longer? With this win it puts me in good position to possible chase a European Tour Card as the top 20 on the money list will get one!
Lets start from the beginning of the week. We started out leaving from JFK on Sunday the 13th. From there we landed in Casablanca on Monday. We played several practice rounds Monday-Wed. The tournament started on Thurs. I opened the week with a -3 69. I played well, made 4 birdies on the par 5s and one other birdie followed with two bogeys. It was a great start as I played in the final group of the afternoon. The course is right on the ocean so it tends to get windy every afternoon. The second round I shot -6 (66) to end tied for the lead after two rounds. Pretty cool but the week was still just starting. The third round I shot 72 to fall 3 shots off the lead. I didn't play well at all during the third round, I hit the ball the worst of all week but was able to scramble all day and make pars. The third day looking back was probably the most important day as I had the chance to shoot myself right out of the tournament but was able to hold on and only be 3 shots behind the leader.
Then the final round. I played very solid from tee to green all day! It was a lot of fun. I missed only one green and was able to get that up and down for par. I turned at -1, 2 shots back of the leader and sitting in 3rd place. The back nine I shot -3! I made birdies on 11, 13, and 16. The birdie on 11 was a two putt on a par 5. On 13, a par three straight downhill playing around 170 was a tricky hole as the pin was back left just over the water and long of the pin was a nasty bunker. I hit a great 8 iron to about 15ft. Ended up making the put on the last dying roll to move to -12 for the week! Then made two solid pars on 14 and 15. The 16th hole is the signature hole on Royal Golf El Jadida. It opens up to the ocean. Plays 175yds to the front but the pin was 40 yds on to make the shot play 215. I hit the best 3 iron of the week to 6in! I finished with 2 pars to win the event by 2 shots.
I can't say enough how much fun it was. Winning is one thing but being with some guys from our tour back in the states and the atmosphere was really cool. Thank you all for following and I will keep updates as often as I can.
This week I am at La Gomera, Canary Islands just off the Morocco coast. It is a awesome place!
Lets start from the beginning of the week. We started out leaving from JFK on Sunday the 13th. From there we landed in Casablanca on Monday. We played several practice rounds Monday-Wed. The tournament started on Thurs. I opened the week with a -3 69. I played well, made 4 birdies on the par 5s and one other birdie followed with two bogeys. It was a great start as I played in the final group of the afternoon. The course is right on the ocean so it tends to get windy every afternoon. The second round I shot -6 (66) to end tied for the lead after two rounds. Pretty cool but the week was still just starting. The third round I shot 72 to fall 3 shots off the lead. I didn't play well at all during the third round, I hit the ball the worst of all week but was able to scramble all day and make pars. The third day looking back was probably the most important day as I had the chance to shoot myself right out of the tournament but was able to hold on and only be 3 shots behind the leader.
Then the final round. I played very solid from tee to green all day! It was a lot of fun. I missed only one green and was able to get that up and down for par. I turned at -1, 2 shots back of the leader and sitting in 3rd place. The back nine I shot -3! I made birdies on 11, 13, and 16. The birdie on 11 was a two putt on a par 5. On 13, a par three straight downhill playing around 170 was a tricky hole as the pin was back left just over the water and long of the pin was a nasty bunker. I hit a great 8 iron to about 15ft. Ended up making the put on the last dying roll to move to -12 for the week! Then made two solid pars on 14 and 15. The 16th hole is the signature hole on Royal Golf El Jadida. It opens up to the ocean. Plays 175yds to the front but the pin was 40 yds on to make the shot play 215. I hit the best 3 iron of the week to 6in! I finished with 2 pars to win the event by 2 shots.
I can't say enough how much fun it was. Winning is one thing but being with some guys from our tour back in the states and the atmosphere was really cool. Thank you all for following and I will keep updates as often as I can.
This week I am at La Gomera, Canary Islands just off the Morocco coast. It is a awesome place!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
US Open and Morocco
Sorry I am a bit late on the update from my US Open sectional. I wasn't able to qualify for the tournament so won't be seeing me on tv at Pebble this year. It was my first time being at the sectionals for the US Open and it was a good experience. I was 2 rounds away from teeing it up at Pebble which is a pretty cool thought, unfortunately going to have to wait until next year.
I am currently sitting in the Charlotte airport getting ready to head back over to Morocco for the Challenge Tour event over there. I am looking forward to it! It will be a good week of golf! and in a pretty cool place. I will let you all know how it goes as the week wraps up!!
I am currently sitting in the Charlotte airport getting ready to head back over to Morocco for the Challenge Tour event over there. I am looking forward to it! It will be a good week of golf! and in a pretty cool place. I will let you all know how it goes as the week wraps up!!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
HGM Hotels Classic at Rock Barn
Just finished up the week in Hickory, NC for another eGolf event. I finished the week at T6 ($5654). It was a good week for me. I shot rounds of 67-68-69-67. Scores were very low on the week as I was 5 back of the eventual winner. When scores get that low there isn't much opportunity for mistakes, unfortunately I made a few on the week which kept me out of contention. I am still very pleased with the way I played and kept with it all week.
The first round started of playing the host course for the week, the Jones course. I really liked the course a lot. They used to host a Champions Tour event there and not sure if they still do. I shot an opening round of -5, however the guy I played with shot -9 on the day. That is when I knew I was in for a shootout! The second day our group calmed down a bit as we only shot a few under on the easier of the two courses for the week, this was a day that I should have played better but oh well. The cut was made at 4 under, I was at 8 and in good position for a weekend move. I hit the ball very well on the third day just wasn't able to make many birdies and made a costly double mid round. The final day I shot 5 under and made a nice move up the leader board!
I am in Springfield, OH today and tomorrow for the US Open sectional qualifier on Monday. We play 36 holes and the low 3 guys get to move on to the US Open next week at Pebble Beach! Check back Monday or Tuesday and I will have it posted how it goes! Thanks everyone for following and for all your support.
The first round started of playing the host course for the week, the Jones course. I really liked the course a lot. They used to host a Champions Tour event there and not sure if they still do. I shot an opening round of -5, however the guy I played with shot -9 on the day. That is when I knew I was in for a shootout! The second day our group calmed down a bit as we only shot a few under on the easier of the two courses for the week, this was a day that I should have played better but oh well. The cut was made at 4 under, I was at 8 and in good position for a weekend move. I hit the ball very well on the third day just wasn't able to make many birdies and made a costly double mid round. The final day I shot 5 under and made a nice move up the leader board!
I am in Springfield, OH today and tomorrow for the US Open sectional qualifier on Monday. We play 36 holes and the low 3 guys get to move on to the US Open next week at Pebble Beach! Check back Monday or Tuesday and I will have it posted how it goes! Thanks everyone for following and for all your support.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
The Grand Harbour Open
Just finished up last weeks event in Greenwood, SC. I finished the week up T34 on the week. Overall the week for me wasn't anything too special. I made the cut on the number at 3 under and ended the week at 8 under. Early on in the week I made several mistakes on the greens and didn't hit the ball all that well. The weekend for me was better as I hit the ball well, just wasn't able to score in the 3rd round. On the final day I shot -5, I played well and put myself in positions to play even better than the score showed. The final round was good for my confidence going into this weeks event in Hickory. NC.
This week we are in Hickory, NC playing at Rock Barn Golf Course. I have heard they are both nice course and are looking forward to it. Next week I have my US Open sectional in Springfeild, OH. Thanks for following me and I will update after next weeks event.
This week we are in Hickory, NC playing at Rock Barn Golf Course. I have heard they are both nice course and are looking forward to it. Next week I have my US Open sectional in Springfeild, OH. Thanks for following me and I will update after next weeks event.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
US Open and Hooters Tour Georgetown
Last Monday I had my local qualifier for the US Open. I played over in Cincinnati at Maketewa CC. I teed off at 8:20 in the morning. It was a interesting day for me. I made 5 birdies and 5 bogeys to shoot even par 72. Usually 72 won't get a playoff but the weather wasn't the best as it rained and misted on us all day which gave me a small chance for a playoff. Only one problem with a playoff was that it would occur after everyone had finished which would be about 7:30PM. Ended up being a 8 person playoff for 3 spots. I made birdie on the first playoff hole and that was it! I finally made it through US Open locals and will be playing sectionals in Springfield, OH. At sectionals there will be a couple spots for the US Open this year at Pebble Beach. It is a 36 hole qualifier so play hard.
Last week I played in the Hooters event in Georgetown, KY. I ended up finishing T25 shooting 14 under. Scores were very low to say the least. I started the week out with a 66 but a rain delay and several inches of rain took all momentum that I had, ended up shooting 70 70 in rounds 2 and 3 taking me out of contention. The final round I shot 68 but double bogeyed my final hole of the tournament. I still played well the final round which was encouraging. This week I am in Ninety Six, SC playing in a eGolf event. I will update as the week finished. Thanks for following!!
Last week I played in the Hooters event in Georgetown, KY. I ended up finishing T25 shooting 14 under. Scores were very low to say the least. I started the week out with a 66 but a rain delay and several inches of rain took all momentum that I had, ended up shooting 70 70 in rounds 2 and 3 taking me out of contention. The final round I shot 68 but double bogeyed my final hole of the tournament. I still played well the final round which was encouraging. This week I am in Ninety Six, SC playing in a eGolf event. I will update as the week finished. Thanks for following!!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Cowans Ford Open
Well last week was great and this week wasn't all that good... I missed the cut this week at the Cowans Ford Open. I shot -3 for the two days and missed the cut by 1 shot. Not sure what to think about the week. I really didn't play bad just wasn't able to make any birdies. It seemed as if all week I was finding myself with bad distances so I was hitting it to 20 feet both day! Not good if you have to make a lot of birdies, which was needed this week to contend for the win. -23 ended up winning the event, needless to say he wasn't having the problems I was. I'm not going to let the week effect my game or the way I feel about my game. I think I am playing very well just a little inconsistent. This year has been very up and down but at least my ups have been very good!
I have this week off from competition. Next Monday I will be in Cincinnati, OH for my US Open Qualifier and then off to Georgetown, KY for a Hooters event that starts on the 13th.
Looking forward to good things to come! I will keep updates as the weeks go on! Thanks for following!!
I have this week off from competition. Next Monday I will be in Cincinnati, OH for my US Open Qualifier and then off to Georgetown, KY for a Hooters event that starts on the 13th.
Looking forward to good things to come! I will keep updates as the weeks go on! Thanks for following!!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
River Hills Classic
My first win on the eGolf Tour and second of my career! This past week was a great week to say the least! I shot rounds of 69-68-70-66 to win by 3 shots. The winning check was $35,000!
The first round started off Wednesday at River Hills CC. I shot a opening round 69 to get the week started. I hit the ball very solid and putted well. The second and third day were similar to the first as I was able to shoot 68 and 70 in rounds two and three. After the third day I was sitting tied for the lead with three other players. I was really looking forward to the final round as I had given myself another chance to get a win. This was the second final group pairing for me this year and was looking forward to improving on my 2nd place finish in Columbia after falling just short of a win.
The final round started off at 9:50 at River Hills CC. I have a very good pairing and was very excited to get it going! I played the first hole just the way I had it drawn up, hit the fairway and then the green. When I got on the greens I soon realized that I was a little nervous with the putter for some reason. I ended up 3 putting my first hole for bogey. Not the way I wanted to start but I didn't let it bother me as I was able to birdie the following hole to get it back to even. The next couple holes I hit some more putts that weren't all that good but was able to stay at even through 5 holes. On my fifth hole was when I got some confidence back in the putter. I had to make a 8 footer to save par, I made it and the round started going in the right direction. I made the turn at -2 and was tied for the lead with David Robinson at -11.
The entire back nine I hit the ball very well! I don't think I missed a iron shot on the back nine! I made birdies on 10 and 12 to take the lead by one. I played the next 4 holes at even... there wasn't another leaderboard until the 17th tee box so I wasn't sure where I was in relation to the field but knew I was doing ok. As I got onto the 17th tee I was still one up over Derek Oakley. On the 17th I hit a great 5 iron to 15 feet. I made the putt to go up 2 with the short 18th to play. On 18 I hit my hybrid off the tee down the middle of the fairway. I then had 97 yds to the green. It was a perfect lob wedge for me and I nearly flew it into the hole for a 2! I ended up making birdie on the last to finish the day with a 66!! It was a great week in many ways for me; I picked up a win, gained a lot of confidence, and learned a lot about my game under some pressure of a final round.
This week we are up in the Lake Norman area just north of Charlotte, NC. We are playing at Cowans Ford and Northstone CC this week. I am looking forward to the week as I played well here last year and I like both of the courses.
I want to thank everyone for all your support and emails I have received! It means a lot to me! I will let you all know how this week goes when the week is over.
The first round started off Wednesday at River Hills CC. I shot a opening round 69 to get the week started. I hit the ball very solid and putted well. The second and third day were similar to the first as I was able to shoot 68 and 70 in rounds two and three. After the third day I was sitting tied for the lead with three other players. I was really looking forward to the final round as I had given myself another chance to get a win. This was the second final group pairing for me this year and was looking forward to improving on my 2nd place finish in Columbia after falling just short of a win.
The final round started off at 9:50 at River Hills CC. I have a very good pairing and was very excited to get it going! I played the first hole just the way I had it drawn up, hit the fairway and then the green. When I got on the greens I soon realized that I was a little nervous with the putter for some reason. I ended up 3 putting my first hole for bogey. Not the way I wanted to start but I didn't let it bother me as I was able to birdie the following hole to get it back to even. The next couple holes I hit some more putts that weren't all that good but was able to stay at even through 5 holes. On my fifth hole was when I got some confidence back in the putter. I had to make a 8 footer to save par, I made it and the round started going in the right direction. I made the turn at -2 and was tied for the lead with David Robinson at -11.
The entire back nine I hit the ball very well! I don't think I missed a iron shot on the back nine! I made birdies on 10 and 12 to take the lead by one. I played the next 4 holes at even... there wasn't another leaderboard until the 17th tee box so I wasn't sure where I was in relation to the field but knew I was doing ok. As I got onto the 17th tee I was still one up over Derek Oakley. On the 17th I hit a great 5 iron to 15 feet. I made the putt to go up 2 with the short 18th to play. On 18 I hit my hybrid off the tee down the middle of the fairway. I then had 97 yds to the green. It was a perfect lob wedge for me and I nearly flew it into the hole for a 2! I ended up making birdie on the last to finish the day with a 66!! It was a great week in many ways for me; I picked up a win, gained a lot of confidence, and learned a lot about my game under some pressure of a final round.
This week we are up in the Lake Norman area just north of Charlotte, NC. We are playing at Cowans Ford and Northstone CC this week. I am looking forward to the week as I played well here last year and I like both of the courses.
I want to thank everyone for all your support and emails I have received! It means a lot to me! I will let you all know how this week goes when the week is over.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
El Jadida Morocco Challenge Tour Event
Today is the day that I should be returning from Morocco, but our friend mother nature had something else planned. I never thought a volcano in Iceland would ever cause any problems for anyone especially people in Europe and even Morocco! As you all know the volcano caused a lot of problems for the airline industry and cause millions of people to miss or not be able to catch flights.
The Challenge Tour event in Morocco was canceled because many of the players were unable to get to the tournament due to t he volcanic ash.
Our group arrived on the 18th. The first couple days we were there we played Royal Golf El Jadida, the course in our resort. Monday we went down the road to play the Mazagan resort's golf course. The course was one of the best courses I have ever played. It sat directly on the ocean and had some amazing views!
On the Tuesday of the week we played a Pro-Am that was ran by the Challenge Tour. It was a good day and the first time I have ever been apart of a foursome that spoke four different languages! The guys in my group were great and I couldn't have asked for a better Pro-Am.
On Wednesday we went to Casablanca where we did some sightseeing. We went to the third largest Mosque in the world, it was a pretty cool place. For lunch that day we went to Rick's, the restaurant in the movie Casablanca. After all this we went back to play another quick nine at El Jadida.
The event is going to be rescheduled to a future date yet to be determined. I am planning on going back as long as it fits well into my schedule.
This week I am in Charlotte, NC for a couple eGolf events both this week and the following week.
I will update as the week goes on.
The Challenge Tour event in Morocco was canceled because many of the players were unable to get to the tournament due to t he volcanic ash.
Our group arrived on the 18th. The first couple days we were there we played Royal Golf El Jadida, the course in our resort. Monday we went down the road to play the Mazagan resort's golf course. The course was one of the best courses I have ever played. It sat directly on the ocean and had some amazing views!
On the Tuesday of the week we played a Pro-Am that was ran by the Challenge Tour. It was a good day and the first time I have ever been apart of a foursome that spoke four different languages! The guys in my group were great and I couldn't have asked for a better Pro-Am.
On Wednesday we went to Casablanca where we did some sightseeing. We went to the third largest Mosque in the world, it was a pretty cool place. For lunch that day we went to Rick's, the restaurant in the movie Casablanca. After all this we went back to play another quick nine at El Jadida.
The event is going to be rescheduled to a future date yet to be determined. I am planning on going back as long as it fits well into my schedule.
This week I am in Charlotte, NC for a couple eGolf events both this week and the following week.
I will update as the week goes on.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
St James Plantation
I am a little late on last weeks tournament. This past week I was up in Southport, NC for a eGolf event. The week started out poorly for me as I shot 4 over on my front nine, and the rest of the week wasn't really a whole lot better honestly. I ended up finishing around 50th for the week and cashing a check, a small one but it was still a check.
This week I am down in Hilton Head working with my swing coach, Tim Cooke and have got some of my issues straightened out. I am starting to feel better about my game and am trying to get back some positive thoughts!
Next week is going to be a great week! I am leaving for Morocco on Saturday to play in a European Challenge Tour event. I received an exemption into the event from my 2nd in Columbia a few weeks ago. It will be a good trip as I have never been to Africa and never played a European Tour sanctioned event! The other cool thing is the Moroccan Prince is picking up the tab for the trip!
My dad also decided to make the trip over so I will have him carrying the bag which will be a good thing seeing that he caddied for me in Columbia where I finished 2nd! (hopefully his head doesn't get too big! haha!)
I will try and keep up with the blog as I am over in Africa next week! Thanks for following me and thank you all for your support!!
This week I am down in Hilton Head working with my swing coach, Tim Cooke and have got some of my issues straightened out. I am starting to feel better about my game and am trying to get back some positive thoughts!
Next week is going to be a great week! I am leaving for Morocco on Saturday to play in a European Challenge Tour event. I received an exemption into the event from my 2nd in Columbia a few weeks ago. It will be a good trip as I have never been to Africa and never played a European Tour sanctioned event! The other cool thing is the Moroccan Prince is picking up the tab for the trip!
My dad also decided to make the trip over so I will have him carrying the bag which will be a good thing seeing that he caddied for me in Columbia where I finished 2nd! (hopefully his head doesn't get too big! haha!)
I will try and keep up with the blog as I am over in Africa next week! Thanks for following me and thank you all for your support!!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Getting there!
So finally I made a cut! We finished up this week in Blythewood, SC at the Golf in Morocco Classic. I finished the week at -13 for the tournament and took 2nd place cashing $18,109. It was a great week!
The week started off at Cobblestone Park where I shot -5, 66. Sad to say but it was my first round under par for the year but better late than never I guess. Hit it very well and also made some putts which has been my downfall early this year. The second round was at Columbia CC where I shot -4, again another solid day of ball striking and good putting! Third round was again at Columbia CC. Didn't capitalize on many opportunities in the third round but kept it respectable at -1 to sit 3 shots back of Tadd Fujikawa and one behind Frank Adams. I was looking forward to the final round and playing in the final group, it has been a while since I have been there!!
Well the night of the final round was a bit rough as I had a little case of food poisoning! Today was a rough day as I was pretty drained but was able to scrape it around and actually have a chance to get into a playoff but a late bogey on 17 and a par on 18 left me one shot out. It was a good week and hopefully be able to keep some momentum going on into the year.
Along with this event we were playing for 8 exemptions into a European Challenge tour event in Morocco! I am getting to go play in Morocco in a couple weeks! I am looking forward to this awesome opportunity! The prince of Morocco is picking up all costs for us to get there and even play in the event which is even better!
Also for the week I had a amazing putting lesson with Geoff Mangum. He completely changed my whole outlook on the putting greens and offered some very helpful tips! I can't say this putting lesson was the complete reason why I played well this week, but I assure you I wouldn't have played as well as I did without his help! Thanks Geoff!
Thank you all for your support and encouragement! I will keep updating as the weeks go on!
The week started off at Cobblestone Park where I shot -5, 66. Sad to say but it was my first round under par for the year but better late than never I guess. Hit it very well and also made some putts which has been my downfall early this year. The second round was at Columbia CC where I shot -4, again another solid day of ball striking and good putting! Third round was again at Columbia CC. Didn't capitalize on many opportunities in the third round but kept it respectable at -1 to sit 3 shots back of Tadd Fujikawa and one behind Frank Adams. I was looking forward to the final round and playing in the final group, it has been a while since I have been there!!
Well the night of the final round was a bit rough as I had a little case of food poisoning! Today was a rough day as I was pretty drained but was able to scrape it around and actually have a chance to get into a playoff but a late bogey on 17 and a par on 18 left me one shot out. It was a good week and hopefully be able to keep some momentum going on into the year.
Along with this event we were playing for 8 exemptions into a European Challenge tour event in Morocco! I am getting to go play in Morocco in a couple weeks! I am looking forward to this awesome opportunity! The prince of Morocco is picking up all costs for us to get there and even play in the event which is even better!
Also for the week I had a amazing putting lesson with Geoff Mangum. He completely changed my whole outlook on the putting greens and offered some very helpful tips! I can't say this putting lesson was the complete reason why I played well this week, but I assure you I wouldn't have played as well as I did without his help! Thanks Geoff!
Thank you all for your support and encouragement! I will keep updating as the weeks go on!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Cabarrus Classic
Getting ready to start this week in Charlotte, NC at River Run CC tomorrow morning. I have had the last two weeks off since the first events in Hilton Head and Savannah. It has been a good couple weeks for me and something that I definitely needed. I was struggling with my putting and I wasn't in a very good state of mind. I have been working hard and feeling much better about my game and am trying to be more positive with myself and game.
I am really looking forward to this week and whatever happens down the road. Check back to see how the week is going. Thanks for following and all your support!
I am really looking forward to this week and whatever happens down the road. Check back to see how the week is going. Thanks for following and all your support!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Savannah Quarters Championship
Another week in the books and another missed cut unfortunately. The week started off for me at the Savannah Harbor Golf Course where I shot +2 74. I really didn't play as bad as the score which made it very frustrating but I was just a couple shots off the cut line so I felt ok going into the second round. The second rounds was a crazy day. My wave of tee times got the worst side of the draw being that we had to play in gusty winds and the other half of the field sat in their hotels and watched all day. Winds had to reach 40+ on the day. We were pulled off the course at one point due to the high winds and balls were blowing off greens. I was hitting the ball very good for the conditions and had it to -1 thru 13 holes but the wheels came off the final 5 holes and ended with at 77. I have no one to blame but myself for the disaster. It was an unfortunate week but also a very unlucky week with the weather.
All week I feel like I hit the ball well, I just putted very very bad and let my head get in the way of my game. I am going to work on these problems in the next two weeks and will tee it again and have better results in 2 weeks in Charlotte, NC. Thanks everyone for your support!
All week I feel like I hit the ball well, I just putted very very bad and let my head get in the way of my game. I am going to work on these problems in the next two weeks and will tee it again and have better results in 2 weeks in Charlotte, NC. Thanks everyone for your support!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Hilton Head Egolf Tour
So the first week ended sooner than I wanted. It wasn't a very fun week, but there will always be another week to play well, hopefully soon.
I started the week of Wed morning and shot an opening round 75. It wasn't as bad as the score made the rounds seem but I just made some bad mistakes and they ended up costing me. The second round I shot 74. Another disappointing day and ended up missing the cut by a shot. For the first event it wasn't a complete failure, I did feel as if I hit it well just didn't get anything out of my game. I will tee it up again next week in Savannah, GA. Looking forward to the week, going to get some good practice in the next couple days and be good to go. Thanks for following! Check back next week to see how the week ends up.
I started the week of Wed morning and shot an opening round 75. It wasn't as bad as the score made the rounds seem but I just made some bad mistakes and they ended up costing me. The second round I shot 74. Another disappointing day and ended up missing the cut by a shot. For the first event it wasn't a complete failure, I did feel as if I hit it well just didn't get anything out of my game. I will tee it up again next week in Savannah, GA. Looking forward to the week, going to get some good practice in the next couple days and be good to go. Thanks for following! Check back next week to see how the week ends up.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
eGolf Tour First Event
The season gets started tomorrow morning for me at 8:10. We are down in Hilton Head, SC at Palmetto Hall this week.
The way the eGolf tour is going to work this year is they are going to have all four day events hosted on two courses. The first two days you play each course once followed by a cut. Then the field will play the same course the final two days.
I will let everyone know how the event goes this week!
Thanks for your support and check back for updates!
The way the eGolf tour is going to work this year is they are going to have all four day events hosted on two courses. The first two days you play each course once followed by a cut. Then the field will play the same course the final two days.
I will let everyone know how the event goes this week!
Thanks for your support and check back for updates!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Offseason
Hello everyone, hope you all are doing great! It has been a fairly slow off-season for me thus far. I am currently in GA working on my game and hitting the gym.
This winter I signed with Jim Lehman of Medalist Management. Jim will be helping me pursue my dream of being on the PGA Tour. He has set me up with Titleist and I will be playing Titleist equipment this year.
My first event is coming up this coming weekend Feb 5-7 in FL. It is a small event on the Florida Professional Golf Tour but it will be a good way to get the competitive juices flowing again! I will then start the bulk of the season which will be on the eGolf Tour. We start up Feb. 17 on Hilton Head Island, SC.
I will be posting more updates as the year starts off in the coming weeks! Thank your for following me and your continued support!!
This winter I signed with Jim Lehman of Medalist Management. Jim will be helping me pursue my dream of being on the PGA Tour. He has set me up with Titleist and I will be playing Titleist equipment this year.
My first event is coming up this coming weekend Feb 5-7 in FL. It is a small event on the Florida Professional Golf Tour but it will be a good way to get the competitive juices flowing again! I will then start the bulk of the season which will be on the eGolf Tour. We start up Feb. 17 on Hilton Head Island, SC.
I will be posting more updates as the year starts off in the coming weeks! Thank your for following me and your continued support!!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Welcome 2010!!
Happy New Year everyone! Hope the holidays were great for you all! It was a great time for me to get back and see all my family and take a little break from everything.
It has been a while since my last post back in November during 2nd stage of Q school. Since then I have been taking some time away from the golf game. The clubs needed some rest!
I am back at it now though! I started back a few days ago by working with my swing coach, Tim Cooke, in Hilton Head. It was a very productive couple days and I am actually swinging well.
My season starts up in mid February for the first event on the eGolf Tour schedule. It will be in Hilton Head, SC and am definitely ready to get the season going again. I am really looking forward to another year. For now I am just working on the game and hitting the gym up as much as I can trying to get better!
It has been a while since my last post back in November during 2nd stage of Q school. Since then I have been taking some time away from the golf game. The clubs needed some rest!
I am back at it now though! I started back a few days ago by working with my swing coach, Tim Cooke, in Hilton Head. It was a very productive couple days and I am actually swinging well.
My season starts up in mid February for the first event on the eGolf Tour schedule. It will be in Hilton Head, SC and am definitely ready to get the season going again. I am really looking forward to another year. For now I am just working on the game and hitting the gym up as much as I can trying to get better!
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