Here I am sitting in the Charlotte International Airport waiting to get home.  As the picture above illustrates, my flight is delayed coming home to add a nice final touch to a week that saw both good and bad.  I played my first Tarheel Tour event this week in Greenwood, SC and ended up finishing in 47th place, finishing 5 under par for the 4 rounds of competition.  We played an easy golf course this week that unfortunately had aerated greens that made putting more luck than skill.  A bad putt could go in the hole just as easily as a good putt could miss.  There just was no consistency in the roll of the ball off the putter face.  What did I do well this week?  For the most part I drove the ball real well and hit great mid and long irons.  My sand wedge play from the fairway is what really limited me this week.  The course was very short, so I saw many looks at the green with a wedge.  My distance control was completely off and instead of having putts inside 10 feet for birdie I was dealing with 30 foot looks all week.  This problem was compounded by the poor greens, which more or less completely ruled out a birdie from long range on the greens due to the inconsistency of the grass.  Unfortunately due to a mixup, I will not be entered in the Nationwide Monday Qualifier this upcoming week because I forgot to sign up.  So I am sitting here at the airport trying to get home with hours of delays giving me ample opportunity to think about my next couple weeks.  I have all of next in Saint Louis to get ready for US Open sectionals in New Jersey at Canoe Brook.  My game is extremely close, and I am hoping this will be the venue where I break out.  There will be 62 individuals playing for tentatively 3/4 spots into the US Open at Pebble Beach.  These opportunities are why I play golf.  I am extremely excited to earn my spot next week and will report back as soon as I can.  Look at http://www.usopen.com/ for scoring.