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.

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