68 today in the Monday qualifier. I played great but missed qualifying by one shot. Monday qualifying is both humbling and rigorous. No one there wants to be there but you have to do it to give yourself a chance. It is alot like going to the dentist. I had a nice 5 hour drive tonight to think about what is going on in my game right now. I am playing some great golf and thinking well on the course most all of the time. The one area of my game I have got to improve on is my ability to really keep the gas pedal down when I'm playing well. Every golfer out there reading this has a scoring threshold that you often can struggle getting under. The more I thought about that tonight the word threshold should be completely irrelevant to me. I need to do a better job of playing each shot for what it is worth and quit worrying about the ramifications each shot has whether good or bad. If I'm 4 under par thru 8 holes for example, there should be ZERO part of me that should start smiling inside and seeing a nice 4 under par 68 in my head as I sign my scorecard. At that point I have 10 holes left to keep my head to the ground and make as many more birdies possible. I have the next 6 days at home in St. Louis to work on this mental discipline that is soon going to get me over the hump. I have the absolutely best practice tool to help this new thought pattern. I am going to play several rounds this week from the ladies tee. It will be very easy to get WAY under par and I will get comfortable sustaining my good play as I make a bunch of birdies. I'll keep you posted on my progress. I'm getting really close to where I need to be. I head Sunday to Omaha, Nebraska for another Nationwide qualifier. I plan on being ready mentally to take it low and be in no way scared to do so. Thanks for reading.

    Well golf will giveth and then taketh away.  I struggled the final round of the Hooters Tour event in Snow Hill, NC.  I couldn't make a putt to save my life and wanted to wave the white flag when I was done after a 75.  I felt all week like I was playing great, I just couldn't get all aspects of my game to line up at one time.  I went from North Carolina to Greenville, SC for a one day event to keep my game sharp.  Yesterday I played very steady and finished in 2nd place with a 69.  I walked away with $600 dollars and a shot of confidence in the arm.  I currently am in Daniels, West Virginia where I will be qualifying for the PGA Tour Greenbriar Classic next Monday.  I have to go through the pre qualifier on Thursday which is always a hastle, but the way I look at it is it will give me an additional practice round under tournament conditions.  I really am starting to feel great about the way I am playing and I am thinking my way around the golf course in the calm manner required to win championships.  I just need to break the door down on Monday and I will have every reason to believe that in my first PGA Tour event I can contend.  This may sound like a lot to ask, but I truly believe my time is coming soon.  Now it's time to take care of business on Monday.  I'll update Monday with the news that I splintered the door hinge and broke that door right on down!

Unfortunately today was the type of round that has been commonplace here of late. I shot an eventful even par 72. The best way I could describe my golf of late is like a magnet. Every time I have a positive (+) a negative (-) seems to attract. My birdies are being followed by bogeys. I need to stop being so complacent. When I make a birdie I need to forget about it and play the next hole trying to make another one on the next hole. I birdied the first three holes today then took for granted that I still had 15 holes to play. My good play needs to gather momentum like a snow ball can eventually make a snow man. Tomorrow my goal is to stay focused throughout my round and use my good play to gain momentum moving forward rather than start thinking about my score and getting ahead of myself. The game of golf comes down to thinking properly and tomorrow I look forward to starting a new trend in how I go about handling myself in the heat of competition.

Where am I and how did I get here? That seems like a very philosophical question that could take days to answer but I meant it in the literal sense. I am in Snow Hill, NC for a Hooters Tour event. The past week was a bit of a disappointment. I struggled the final round of the Metropolitan Open and finished in 8th place. I had a wonderful chance to win but just couldn't capitolize. I was nervous from the start and my putting showed my nerves. Anyway from there I went to Cincinnati for a Nationwide Monday qualifier. I played well and missed by two stinking strokes. I had a triple bogey on my seventh hole and that really put a strain on my score. We have played two rounds here for the Hooters event and I am playing the weekend. I am a bit frustrated because today and yesterday I closed out my rounds poorly. I had a chance today with a solid back nine to get back in the tournament but I closed with a two over par 38. I stand in 33rd place at one under at the half way point and am ready tomorrow to play exceptionally well and sprint straight up the leaderboard. Dang this past couple of months I have been so close to really making some great things happen. I truly believe this weekend is going to be the start of my scores finally matching up with the potential I have been generating. Thanks and look forward to updating with great news.

    Today was a great day.  I shot a three under par 67 and obtained my goal.  I reduced the deficit and now trail the leaders by one shot.  Last night the city of Saint Louis was inundated with rain and it made for a sloppy day on the course.  My only complaint of the day came on my 16th hole of the day where my ball came to rest in a washed out bunker that was almost completely filled with water.  Under the rules you are able to take relief from water in a bunker, the only problem was there was hardly anywhere to drop my ball where there wasn't water.  I made a bogey after having to play the shot barefoot because of the ankle high water.  Other than that misstep and rules snafu I had an absolutely great day.  Tomorrow is what I live for as a professional athlete.  The chance to win by getting my nose right in the thick of things.  I can't wait.  I will have the same gameplan as I did the first two days.  I will be playing disciplined golf under the blue print I set out at the beginning of the week.  I will trust each individual shot and from there let the chips fall where they may.  If I can play my game and stay patient, tomorrow will be a great day.  Thanks for reading and I look forward to really coming into my own tomorrow at St. Albans CC.

    I am back in Saint Louis for the week.  Monday in Milan, Illinois didn't go quite as planned as I shot an even par 71 and missed the mark by five shots.  I got off to a hot start with birdies on two of my first three holes, but could not sustain that pace and back pedaled my way into the clubhouse.  Monday qualifying is such a one dimensional type of golf that you have to play a good round of golf or you flat out will not get in the event.  In the course of a normal 72 hole event you can get away with a couple of average days and still have a great week.  Anyway, I am currently one round into the Metropolitan Open in St. Louis.  It is a three round event which features both professionals and amateurs.  I shot a one over par 71 this morning and was five shots off the pace.  I would anticipate that I won't be much further off the lead, if at all, at days end.  This tournament is only three rounds, so my goal for tomorrow is at days end to have cut the deficit from the top of the leaderboard by a few shots.  In order to do that I need to stay the course and really stay within myself by trusting my routine and playing the shots necessary that have been predetermined by a game plan that I compiled at the beginning of the week.  I truly believe tomorrow will be a great day and I can play myself into contention heading into the final round Saturday at St. Albans CC.  Thanks for reading.