Plan A-Nope...Plan B-Nope...Plan C-YES...What exactly does that mean?  Well unfortunately I missed at my plan A in Scotland for the British Open Qualifier.  My plan B was to get into the John Deere Classic this week which also unfortunately did not work out.  I was in Milan, IL on Monday for the Monday qualifier where I needed to shoot a 4 under par 68.  I got it to two under par with 5 holes to play and needed 2 more birdies coming to get in a playoff.  I went the other way unfortunately and finished at level par.  Once again, just like Scotland I gave myself a chance.  It absolutely stinks I struck out at the plate these last two chances when I put myself right in position to close late.  However, I know I have to take the positives out of this that I have put myself directly in the place I need to put myself in every time I play.  For many months prior to these previous two qualifiers I wasn't even giving myself chances.  Well I am down to my plan C now for the week and am competing in my home town of St. Louis at St. Albans CC for the Metropolitan Open.  It was last year where I finished second place here and that instilled the confidence in me to springboard onto a tear the remainder of the summer.  I said in my first blogpost of the year it was very important for me to get off to a good start to the year from Jan.1st on and keep it going all year long.  I may not have played my best golf in the first half of the year, but I was WAY more improved from last year from a consistency stand point.  So where does that leave me going into this week?  Well, I feel like my game is at a much higher level than it was at this point 365 days ago.  From that fact it only makes sense that if I can give myself a couple chances in the second have through Monday Qualifiers to get in some Nationwide/PGA Tour events that I can give myself a realistic chance at winning.  I did it last year in Springfield, and I fully intend at some point this year to do it again.  It all starts this week at home in Saint Louis for the Metro Open.  The first round starts tomorrow morning, and I need to give all my attention to my first shot and go from there.  A nice week this week can go along way for once again kickstarting my 2010 campain like it did last year.  You can follow my progress this week at http://www.metga.org/ .