Time for an update! Seoul, South Korea was quite the trip. I was all over the place for 4 rounds, but the good news is I played all four rounds and secured a paycheck for the week. On day one I began my tournament on fire by turning in 4 under on my first nine holes. I leaked some gas coming in and shot a 2 under 69 for my opening round. It was overall a great start to an elite event where I maintained my composure on a day where I had television cameras in my face from start to finish. This is the kind of situation where I had to be level headed and embrace the experience. I had the pleasure of playing with the leader on day 1, and I even got to witness him make a hole in one which netted him a $27,000 wedding planning voucher from a Korean wedding company. I can't make this stuff up. He is officially Korea's new most eligible bachelor. Round 2 the pin positions began to get tougher and my game lost its sharpness. I made a disastrous triple bogey on my 16th hole, but gathered myself with solid pars on my last two holes to make the cut by two. On day three and four, as I was warned by fellow tour pros, the Korea golf association put together 36 of the hardest hole locations I have ever seen in tournament golf. I've played in a US Open, and these pins were much harder. My game was not on point and the difficult conditions magnified it and I slid down the leaderboard to finish in 71st place. I learned I needed to be better at embracing the course as it was and not press. In hindsight, pars were great and I should have not been so hard on myself.

From there I didn't have much time to rest as I headed to Kelowna, Canada for a Mackenzie Tour event. I played solidly again on day 1 and posted a one under 70. On day 2 I was playing steady through 9 holes at 2 under par and climbing the leaderboard. Then golf happened. Mysteriously I fell completely flat my last nine holes and made 3 bogeys and 6 pars which sent me packing with a missed cut by 2 shots. That is how razor thin the margins are out here. If I would have played steady golf and made all pars I would have made the cut with room to spare and been able to chase the weekend for a great finish. Alas, it wasn't to be and I scurried along to my next event in Pittsburgh. One of my favorite tournaments of the year, the Frank Fuhrer Invitational. In sticking to my recent theme, I began the tournament with steady, solid play. I signed for an opening round of even par which put me in 3rd place. Over the course of the next three rounds I hit so many great shots and my putting was as cold as ice. I was so frustrated with my putting by week's end that I decided I needed to shake things up and change putters. I finished in 13th place and made a very nice check, but it wasn't the result I hoped for.

Over the last week I really narrowed in on improving my putting and yesterday I got to put it to the test. I was at the Nashville Web.com qualifier. The Tennessee PGA had our course set up fairly easy to cater the 160 pros that had to play yesterday. I hit my mark with 12 greens and more importantly putted beautifully. I shot a five under par 66 which unfortunately was two shots shy of the playoff. I knew I needed to play my last four holes in 2 under to get it done and I had a quality putt on 15 that just missed.  A poor wedge shot from the fairway on 16 that didn't give me a great look for birdie. An in between yardage on 17 led to a poor iron swing and the resulting bogey after a lip out from 15 feet sealed my fate for the day. I was right there all day so I can't hang my head. I played good, but Monday qualifiers require great. Nothing else will suffice.

Moving forward I am 7th alternate for next week's Mackenzie Tour event which means I will have to successfully Monday qualify more than likely to get into the field. I fully intend to take my progress from yesterday and put it to use next Monday in Winipeg. Without sounding negative, the reality of my status at the moment in Canada is the equivalent of finally making the Double AA ball club, but I am riding the bench not getting any playing time. For 10 years I looked on from the stands, but now I finally am on the team, but the coach isn't playing me. On Monday I'm ready to go change that. I am going to go play a solid round in the qualifier and force the coach to start me on Thursday, then I am going to be ready to go play a great four round tournament. Stay right here for my progress. I'm playing good golf. I need to stay patient and continue to believe and great things are headed my way. Thanks for your support!