Thursday, February 23, 2012

    There isn't really anything of significance to report, but it is my responsibility to fill everyone in.  I had a poor performance in Mexico and shot an 81.  The Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Course is cut out of a dense jungle.  With that being said, I hit a few foul balls that found this area.  When you start losing golf balls, this in turn leads to big golf scores.  At days end I registered a quadruple bogey, a triple bogey, and two double bogeys.  That four hole stretch led to an aggregate of +11 on the scorecard.  This all was rooted on basically four particularly poor swings that fueled the fire.  71 was the magic number to get into the event.  So if I could have found a way to keep those four wayward shots in play off the tee, I would have been right in line with where I needed to be score wise.  I hit a lot of great shots, but my bad shots were really bad and it cost me. 
    Golf is a game of misses and today I played in the pre qualifier for the Honda Classic in West Palm Beach, Florida.  To continue with the theme of this post and the last two rounds of golf, I once again struggled with my misses and shot a 76 with two double bogeys and a triple bogey.  These big numbers came from two errant drives and one really poor 7 iron that found a water hazard.  If you take away those three swings, I would have been looking at a score well under par just like in Mexico.  My misses are really putting a dent in my scorecard.  So to sum it all up, I have to get back to the drawing board, and figure out what it is that has caused me to hit these handful of shots off the map.  I am going to hit more bad shots in my life, that is a fact.  It is my responsibility through diligent practice to find a way to significantly tighten my miss pattern to where if I miss a drive, I can still recover on my next shot or if I miss a green, I still give myself a chance to save my par with an up and down.  The past week hasn't offered me that chance due to unwarranted penalty shots that I am accumulating do to the vast dispersion of my misses.  Today will be a blessing in disguise, because it will give me the entirety of the weekend to really get to work on my game on the range and find a resolution to these issues and start to pour the foundation on what is going to be a productive year that yields alot of success.  I didn't find it this week, but it will be here soon enough.  Thanks for reading and all of your support.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Hello. Well tomorrow my season really gets going in first gear. I'm in Atlanta on my way to Cancun, Mexico for the PGA Tour Mayakoba Classic qualifier. I've spent the past few days in Orlando getting ready. I feel really good about the state of my game and look forward to competing tomorrow. The course is one I am very familiar with having played there over the previous three years. The Internet is a bit dodgy down in Mexico, so as soon as I get an Internet connection I'll update you with my progress from the qualifier. I can think of nothing better than a week in Mexico to get 2012 started. Here we go.