First off, whoever you are that keeps posting spam under my comments, shame on you.  You are a waste of space that gets off on ruining my site that I put my heart and soul into.  As you can probably tell I am running a little hot under the collar.  The reason being is I just got off the course in my US Open Qualifier and posted 79, 81 for a stellar 36 holes of golf.  I was on the course today for 9 hours searching for all that time for some semblance of a golf game.  It was soooo frustrating to know that I was on the brink of playing at Pebble Beach in my 2nd US Open and I walked away today feeling like I got run over by a truck.  Lets get the facts straight.  This was a hard course.  The greens were very fast and very firm.  The rough was high, so it put an absolute premium on driving the ball in the fairway to be able to impart some spin on the ball coming into the greens.  I didn't drive the ball worth a darn and from there everything else spiraled out of control.  I made 5 double bogeys in 36 holes.  I keep harping on eliminating these huge numbers off the card and it keeps biting me in the butt.  I fly out of Philadelphia tomorrow morning to St. Louis to regroup for a 1/2 day before continuing on to a Hooters event in Bentonville, Arkansas which starts in 3 days.  One week from today I will be playing in the Fort Smith Nationwide Monday Qualifier trying to get back on track.  Today was just one day.  The good news is I still have a pulse and a warm body.  I am going to have to move along from this and pick myself up.  This is definitely the worst I have felt in a while, and it is perfectly human for me to feel that way.  After the Arkansas swing next week, which hopefully will be extended another week with a successful Monday Qualifier attempt, I will have some time to get ready for my British Open Qualifier June 29th in Scotland.  That is the saving grace of all this.  Today may not have gone according to plan, but I fully intend to make up for it June 29th by punching my ticket to St. Andrews for this year's British Open.  2010 is going to be my year and I won't take NO for an answer.