Nationwide Childrens Hospital Columbus, OH

This past week I was in Columbus, OH playing in the Nationwide's Children's Hospital Invitational. I got into this tournament as it was an invitational and the entries were ordered by the money list. The tournament was held at Ohio State's Scarlet Course. I had played the course my senior year of college for NCAA Regionals. It is a very demanding golf course but was really looking forward to playing it again!
I arrived Monday morning as usual and got in some practice and played 9 holes. Then Tuesday I went out early and played 18. Wednesday is a practice day as I am not in the Pro-Ams right now based on the money list.
The tournament started for me Thursday afternoon at 1:30. It was going to be a hot day!! The weather wasn't giving us any breaks... Thursday I played some decent golf just didn't have a low score in me as I wasn't hitting it all that well but definitely not that bad. I was even going into the 14th hole where the week took a turn for the worst. I tried hitting a cut off the tee and the cut ended up more like a slice... the ball ended on the right side of a tree so I had no swing other than a left handed one, I tried that. Needless to say bad things happened and made a triple bogey on the hole. Ended the rest of the round even so shot +3 on the day. Friday was much of the same unfortunately. I didn't have much game and shot +3 again... I missed the cut pretty easily. It hasn't been much fun missing the last two cuts but I have this week off and am going to put in some good work on the game and try and get everything together and make a run at the end of the yr!! Trying to stay positive! Thanks for following!! Next week heading to Omaha, NE for the Nationwide event there. Hoping to get a sponsors invite but at worse case I'm going to Monday Qualify in!

Nationwide Chiquita Classic Cincinnati

This past week I played in the Chiquita Classic in Cincinnati. The week didn't quite turn out as well as I had hope as I missed the cut shooting -3 and the cut was -4! Only missed by one shot so didn't play all that poorly just made too many mistakes... It is crazy looking back every week and noticing how important ONE shot is. This week it was the difference in me making the cut and missing it and the prior week it was the difference in finishing t4 vs t3! The difference there seems small but was worth quite a bit of money as I tied with 3 or 4 other guys for fourth. While it would have been nice to make a little more change the money would really had been helpful on the money list at the end of the yr! As many of you know the top 25 guys on the money list get their PGA Tour card for the following year and then after that number there are several guys that retain full Nationwide status for the following yr. The summary of my ramble is that one shot is very important! In the end everything will work itself out and I am looking forward to good weeks ahead!! One of the better lines I have heard about golf is that when you are struggling with the game don't worry too much it will be over soon, and when you are playing well enjoy it because it will be over soon as well!
On to next week now in Columbus, OH. I have played the course several times in college so I know the course well... it is a great course and very challenging. I will keep you updated as things finish up or maybe throughout the week. Thanks for following my progress!!

Nationwide Mexico Open

Last week I played in the Mexico Open on the Nationwide Tour. It was an exciting week for me as it was my first start of the year on the Nationwide Tour. I got ion the event on Monday afternoon around 1:30 while I was up in Charlotte getting ready to play in an eGolf event. I booked a ticket to get down to Leon, Mexico. I arrived into Leon around 10pm Tuesday night. Wednesday morning I went out to the course to walk the course as there were two Pro Ams so I was unable to get on the course for a practice round. I ended up just walking the front nine and getting some notes on the course from a friend of mine who had played it a couple days.
Thursday morning I woke up to a rainy Mexico, it hadn't rained since October! I teed off a couple hours later than expected but finished the round shooting a -3 69 on the day. I was very pleased with how I played considering I hadn't played the course before. The second round for me began on Friday night at 7:45pm! We had several storm delays and was only able to play one hole on Friday . I made a par and then went to bed for an early long day tomorrow where I would be playing up to 36 holes. We started Saturday morning at 7:45, I resumed my second round where I shot 72. I was still pleases with how I played, I made a few dumb mistakes some course management and a few three putts. I then stated the third round 30 min after finishing the second. I started on the 10th hole and got off to a good start. I was -3 thru 4 and was feeling good. I ended up the day when it got dark on the 17th hole where I hit a shot to an inch on a par 5 for a nice tap in eagle! We would have to wake up again to play the last. Now Sunday morning, I finished the 9th hole. Made a bogey unfortunately. Ended the day shooting -6, 66. It was a good moving day as I moved up the leaderboard nicely. I was sitting in the top 10 going into the final day. My final round tee time was 12:18. It was an exciting final round as I did play with the eventual winner of the event, but I also had my chances to make a good move to the top. It was a fun day for me in that I had some pretty good nerves throughout the round! I ended up shooting a 68 and finishing t4 in the event! Good first start and most importantly the finish will get me into next weeks event in Cincinnati, OH and into the Columbus, OH events! I will also get reshuffled by the money list a couple weeks later and will again get more starts on the tour! Overall the week helped me to get basically no starts on the Nationwide Tour this year to getting at least 10 this year! Looking forward to what is ahead!! Thanks for following and supporting me!