So... my week. I had been preparing very well and was really looking forward to the week to begin! I traveled over to MS on Saturday and was able to see a few holes on the back nine. Sunday I went out and played all 18 and really liked the golf course. It was in good shape and a good change from The Hombre which hadn't been all that kind to me in the past. Sunday night a huge storm came thru and dumped about 3 inches on the course. Too much water in too short of time for the course to handle and it was really wet for Tuesday's practice round and played quite a bit different due to the conditions. I played 9 holes and called it a day as even the tee boxes where unplayable. It was going to be interesting to see how the course looked the following day.
First Round. The first day I teed off at 9:20am and had a good day on the course. Hit the ball great and really managed my game well. I made 6 birdies and 2 bogeys (68) in the first round and the bogeys were just tough breaks that I had no control over... Very pleased how the day went and was sitting t3 after round 1. At the end of the week the top 19 and ties would advance to the final stage.
Second Round. The second day didn't go as well as the first as I shot +1 73 and moved back down the field and outside of the all important top 19. I really didn't play all that bad in the second round just didn't hit it as close as the first round and didn't make any putts to speak of. I was a little disappointed in how the day went but knew that I was playing well and had two days left to make some good things happen.
Third Round. In the third round I was able to bounce back from a slow second day by shooting -3 69 and move back to -6 for my three round total. It was a solid round of golf and a great way to lead into the final round.
Fourth Round. So here is my situation. I go to bed sitting on the cut line to final stage of qschool. Making it to final stage doesn't guarantee you anything other than conditional status on the Web.com Tour but even conditional status is WAY better than where I have been the past couple years with no status at all. The day starts off less than stellar making the turn at +2 and -4 for the tournament... I needed to make a run to get thru second stage. I had a little self talk on the 9th tee box and was determined to shoot -4 on the final 10 holes, which would be good enough to move on. Long story short I was able to make 5 birdies on the back nine to shoot 31 and 69 on the day! Good enough to move on and it felt great! I will be headed back to the Final Stage of QSchool again for the second time in the 6 years that I have been playing golf professionally. It is going to be a great week, another tough week, but I will be ready to go and play some great golf! Top 45 at finals will get their Web.com Card for the following year and have to chance to play their way onto the PGA Tour in 2015. Lots of hard work ahead but I am going to get this done!
Thank you all for your support and encouragement!!
