Golf just lost a great man by the name of Seve Ballesteros.  I wanted to take a moment to offer up my small little remembrance of this great man and exquisite golfer.  There are few people in my generation that have ever got the chance to watch Seve Ballesteros play.  I was fortunate enough to play with this mystical legend back in 2007 in a practice round for the Masters Tournament.  Everything that I ever was told about this man was true.  Seve was not a good driver of the ball and lacked a solid iron game day in and day out.  But the man more than made up for these weaknesses with the best short game that the game of golf has ever seen.  That early spring day in 2007 I saw with my two eyes this style of play unfold over the course of a wonderful walk in Augusta.  Seve Ballesteros couldn't keep his driver even remotely close to on the map.  Yet I just took it all in when the man was around the greens chipping and pitching.  His hands just fit on the club a certain way that I can not explain.  It just looked so easy to him and you could tell he was passionate about the art of a delicately played short game shot.  What Mozart was to music, Seve Ballesteros always will be to a sand wedge.  For one brief moment in time, I was a part of the inner circle that Seve Ballesteros lived and breathed.  What a special man he was, and I along with every other professional golfer owe alot to this man.
    As I previously reported, tomorrow I head up to Davenport, Iowa for my US Open local qualifier.  I am beyond excited about beginning the journey to Congressional CC in Washington D.C. in June.  I feel I am playing the steady, disciplined golf required to compete and win a US Open Championship.  I need to just stay in my routine and not get ahead of myself.  The challenge is knowing that the carrot that is being dangled in front of your nose is something I want to taste so bad, but I have to put it out of my mind and just keep my head down and stay in the present and execute each individual shot to the best of my ability.  When I add up my score at the end, I hope and pray it will be enough to get me where I want to be.  I firmly believe and know I have what it takes to get what I want, I just need to be myself and be patient to get it.  I'll update Monday with my results and will hopefully be one step closer to realizing my potential.