Alright, so I have had a few days to cool off from Monday and keep going with my life.  As they say, pardon the French, Shit happens.  I'm doing my best to look at the big picture, and realize a bad break in a one day qualifier barely registers as a blip on the radar.  I made it into Garden City, Kansas last night at 10pm.  I can't tell you how hard a process it is to get from rural New York to rural Kansas.  I had to fly home to Saint Louis, then bite the bullet and drive 10 hours to Garden City.  I played the first round this morning and was off my game all day.  Luckily, this week is a riding event, so energy wasn't the issue.  I shot an even par 72 on the easier of the two courses we play this week.  There were a bunch of bees out there today for whatever reason that kept interupting me during the course of play and it bothered me a bit.  Today was the day for scoring because the wind layed down as best it could for this part of the world.  As I mentioned in a blogpost back in 2009, Dodge City, Kansas is on record as the windiest city in America.  We are only about 20 miles from there this week.  My trip over to Scotland should very well help prepare me for the inevitability of playing in strong winds at some point the next three days.  Hopefully I have gotten my poor round out of the way early and can light it up the next 54 holes!  http://www.adamsgolfprotourseries.com/ for results.