Hello everyone.  I am back in Saint Louis for the remainder of the week.  It has been nice to refocus and work on some things during the break that will help me when I hit the road for two weeks come Monday for two NGA Tour events in North Carolina.  I wanted to share this picture with you above and why this is pertinent and serves as a heavy dose of motivation for me moving forward.  The picture above is of Bay Hill Club and Lodge.  This is my home course when I practice in Orlando over the Winter.  The PGA Tour is playing here this week.  What leaves a sour taste in my mouth and downright makes me nauseous to be frank is the fact that I am not there.  It is basically like saying there is a party at your house tonight, but unfortunately you are not welcome and have not been invited.  I want to play in the Arnold Palmer Invitational so bad, but I have not made the right steps yet in my career to allow myself access to the event.  This drives me crazy, but at the same time really inspires me so that next year at this time I will be competing for the title. 
    All day today, I daydreamed about seeing myself at the top of the leaderboard.  The reality for me moving forward is that I will  be playing back to back weeks in North Carolina on the NGA Tour.  I played a competitive round with my good friend Peter Malnati today in St. Louis and played well.  I am really starting to feel great about my game and am looking forward to what the next two weeks bring.  The NGA Tour may be a far cry from the PGA Tour and Bay Hill, but it is where I am at currently, and two weeks of sound play will be able to instill a bunch of confidence moving forward.  It is all about what I can do today to get better.  One day at a time with complete inner belief and controlling what I can control.  I'm excited about playing some great golf and building towards my future of soon competing week in and week out on the PGA Tour.  Thanks for reading and I look forward to updating you on my steady progress from North Carolina.