I am back in the USA and a piece of my heart was left on European soil.  I was in 13th place heading into the last day of Q School in Lisbon.  The top 29 positions advanced to second stage.  I faltered in the final round with an 80 and my hopes of obtaining a European Tour card vanished in the blink of an eye.  It came unglued early in my fourth round where I suffered back to back double bogeys on three and four and was unable to regroup from there.  All week I told you I had a three point game plan:  I wanted to have fun, trust in my game plan, and be a 10 out of 10 from an RSF(relentless solution focus) standpoint.  I succeeded in obtaining my goals in all three areas, but the final round I was unable to execute the swings necessary to get where I needed to be.  The first three rounds I struggled with my ball striking, but my chipping and putting were absolutely superb.  The poor ball striking caught up with me in the final round as I was unable to chip and putt at the same remarkable level.  It hurt really bad, and to be honest it still hurts, but I have to move forward.
    I flew home on Sunday, and made a quick turnaround to Miami, Florida for a Web.com qualifier.  I got off to a sluggish start, but finished strong on my back nine to register a 69 on a easy golf course.  It took 66, and my train of pars early didn't provide enough offensive firepower to qualify.  I made the trip north from there to Port Saint Lucie, Florida where today I played in the first round of the NGA Tour event at PGA Golf Club.  I struggled mightily today in breezy conditions.  I carded an uncompetitive 83, one of my highest rounds in my professional career.  I have tried putting a finger on what went wrong today, and all I can come up with is that I was unable today to put myself into the present as I kept looking backwards at the last few days mentally.  The moment some adversity hit me today, I wasn't ready to cope with it. 
    Without sugarcoating it, the last five days have been really tough.  Everyone in life has to deal with some really hard spots.  I am in the middle of one of those moments.  As I have preached over the last month about relentless solution focus, it is imperative that I stay true to that.  The problem of dealing with the cards I have been dealt the past few days requires a solution.  I can sit and whine and moan or I can pick myself up from the bootstraps and fight and work through it.  I'm going to do the latter.  I'm going to go out there tomorrow at PGA Golf Club and stay true to my game plan and have fun doing it.  Then I'm going to go home for two weeks and work really hard at getting my game into peak shape so that I will be ready come October 23rd to play exceptional golf in the US Q School which starts for me in Houston, Texas at Deerwood Golf Club.  Thanks for reading and much brighter days are ahead.  I have said it all year, it's my year.  I haven't ventured from that statement at any point and I stand by that belief.  I'll update you on how tomorrow went and how my practice is coming along back home next week.  Forward I go with a smile on my face.