Golf is crazy.  Golf is humbling.  I have been on the road now for three straight weeks, either in private housing or spending my nights in a hotel in towns that hardly appear on a map.  It is this month long journey I am on the backward half of that is inevitably going to rejuvenate my season.  Strictly from a results standpoint over the past three weeks, my performance has been nothing to write home about from a pure score standpoint.  I missed three cuts and missed three Web.com Monday qualifiers.  My golf game is starting to find flashes of brilliance from a ball striking standpoint and that hasn't been the case in a long, long time.  This has me really excited.  I am able to just go play golf, and let the mechanical thoughts stay at bay.  The past week I was unable to convert on the greens, and made some silly errors on the par 5's.  My wedge game was not crisp.  Those elements made it tough for me to have enough legitimate birdie opportunities to get myself in position heading into the last two rounds.  I drove the ball and struck the ball well, it just was a fraction off in terms of getting the ball close.  It is hard to explain to you over a computer screen how close my game really is to being really good.  My results as I said still haven't been where they need to be, but that is purely from the standpoint of me getting the scoring element down in my game.  My game is in a great place right now, I have to just be willing to dive off the deep end and allow myself to go out there and do it. 
    I have one more week on the road.  I will be playing in the final regular season NGA Tour event next week in Columbia, South Carolina.  I am ready to go out next week and showcase my game in all facets for four days and give myself a chance for a win come next Sunday.  Golf never owes anyone anything, but after the past three weeks of having to swallow the tough end of the stick, I am highly motivated to make next week mine.  As I said, I am able to just go out and play the game with trust in my swing now that the mechanics of my game are falling into place.  I have one more week to get this thing right.  I never try to make any tournament any more important than the next, but with a real quite September waiting, I want to make next week an awesome one heading into my time off in September before European/US Q School gets under way in October.  My season in 2012 has been a tough one during the regular season, but I am fully aware that for every person in developmental golf, it is all about peaking the last quarter of the year.  I know that my game is in the absolute best shape it has been in at any point this year right now, and I am getting better every single day.  The only thing I am dwelling on is what is happening in every waking second of the present, and forgetting about the past.  I can't change it.  I look forward to the future by visualizing my success.  I am ready next week to put a stamp on how things are going to go for the remainder of the year and be ready for John Kelly 2.0 to finally emerge and be ready to go out there and take what is mine.  Look up to the top of my blog for a reminder of what I have said all year.  This is unwavering:  It's my year.  Thanks for your support, and I look forward to updating everyone on how next week progresses.

    My results were erratic the last 3 rounds, but that beats the heck out of nothing but bad.  As my last post indicates, all signs pointed towards a great weekend in Garden City, but it wasn't to be.  I had a poor result in the third round that sent me backward, and a final round that had sustained winds of over 25 mph where I didn't have my best ball striking, which left me in a tough spot over the course of the last two days.  Scores were brutally high the final day, so I didn't even flinch after signing for an 81.  It was HARD condition wise.  I held my head high and left Garden City with a fighting spirit and took the positives out of a well played second round.  I left there for Lawrence, Kansas for a Web.com qualifier.  I didn't strike the ball like I had envisioned on Monday, but fought hard to stay in contention.  A slow start that left me two over through four holes left me a big hole to climb out of.  I didn't give myself enough birdie chances, consequently I missed qualifying by four shots. I made a nice run late, but I ran out of time.  I was excited though because internally I knew that I played about as bad as I could, and I ended up missing by only four shots.  My bad golf is getting better and that is a really good sign. 
    I have made the journey out to North Carolina for an NGA Tour event.  I got in a great day of practice, and my swing is feeling really good heading into the week.  The changes I have been battling with over the last month are really starting to take hold, and I am finally starting to be able to go to the course each day and trust that my swing is sound mechanically and that makes a world of difference from a confidence standpoint.  I also am able to go out and just play the game much more naturally as opposed to worrying about my swing mechanics while I am out there in the heat of battle.  I have had past success on this course in years past which will help.  I tee off tomorrow at 1:33pm.  I am really looking forward to a great week and starting tomorrow getting off to a great start.  I feel I am ready to compete start to finish this week, but in order to do that I have to focus in on the exact process of how that is done and get my mind off the results.  I must have a clear vision of every shot that I need to play, and play each shot with a fearless, fully committed attitude.  I've made two equipment changes that are really going to benefit me.  I put on some larger grips on my clubs, which is going to help keep my hands more passive through impact, and I put in a new 3 wood that has a bit more launch than my previous 3 wood that had a piercing trajectory that was a little too flat.  It is a new week and I am ready to make it a great one.  I'll keep you posted.

    The Springfield Web.com qualifier was not a success.  It always hurts to miss at a Monday qualifier, but it hurts even more when I miss in my home state at a tournament that I almost won in 2009.  Millwood Golf and Racket Club is a short layout that demands accuracy off the tee.  I hit a couple of foul balls that resulted in out of bounds penalty strokes that really stung my scorecard.  I was definitely angry, sad, and disappointed as I left Springfield, but I had an 8 hour car ride to Garden City, Kansas to regroup and find my footing.  I knew that I was starting to make some strides in my game, but Monday didn't showcase it.  I arrived in Garden City late Monday night for the Adams Tour Southwest Kansas Pro Am.  I am a veteran of this tournament, making my 5th appearance here.  The event is conducted over four days at Buffalo Dunes GC and Southwind CC. 
    Two rounds have already been completed, and I stand in 23rd place at even par after rounds of 74-69.  Yesterday I shot a three over 74 where I just could not get a putt to drop.  I hit my lines all day on the green, but the ball just didn't want to find its way home.  Today, I hit the ball about the same, but was able to get up and down a couple more times, and I recorded two eagles down the stretch to really aid my score at days end.  It felt really, really good to finally play a round under par.  It had been a long time since I had.  With the changes that I have put into place, it is a huge confidence boost to finally get the monkey off my back and play a good round of golf score wise where I was able to trust my swing changes.  I continue to look at the big picture though, not ever getting too high or too low.  A steady demeanor and a strong work ethic every day is what is going to propel me to great things as I close out the year.  I am going to go out the next two days and stick to my game plan, and execute every shot within my capabilities.  Thanks for reading, and it is exciting to kick off this month long road trip with an opportunity this weekend to make some noise.  I'll keep you posted.