andrew scott jensen

My time in Florida has come to an end.  I leave tomorrow for Louisiana, the next leg of my trip around North America.  I am taking today off to spend time with my Dad and The Meloche’s(my adopted family for the past two months).  Tomorrow will be a brief practice session in the morning, then packing, then hitting the road.

I am now reflecting over the time spent down here.  Looking back and evaluating whether or not I achieved the immediate goals set for this “off season” training.

These goals were far more than just golf related goals.  I had goals for my fitness, my nutrition, my mindset, my blogging, and mainly my ability to cope with being away from my friends and family.

I have made great strides in preparing myself for this seasons competition.

My game is the best it has ever been.  I have improved a great deal with the things I was focused on improving.  Most importantly, I trust it out on the course.  My confidence is at an all time high because of this.

My fitness has come along amazingly.  The loneliness allowed me to spend more time in the gym, and also let out some of the frustrations that have come with being lonely.  Because of that, I am in the best shape I have ever been, and it can only get better.

My nutrition is maintaining the same high level as was when I left.  This is a hard thing to do when I don’t always have the luxury of the right foods all the time.  I quickly learned how to make the right choices.  This is a good start to the hotel life to follow for the coming months.

My mindset is also very good.  I feel like I belong on this career path.  I am confident it will be a successful time on tour this year.  Ultimately, not once have I doubted why I am doing this.

My blogging has been the best release for me.  It has formed into something so much more than I had imagined.  I understand how important it is to communicate and communicate honestly with all of my fans and supporters.  I am so proud of this thing and hope to maintain it for as long as I am playing professional golf.

Coping with being away from my loved ones is difficult.  It has been hard this whole time.  If that is any indication, it will be hard the whole time.  The relationships I have mean more than anything to me.  It is so hard to stretch them out to long distance.  I don’t think it will ever get easy for me.

For example: I am missing out on Chelsea(my amazing girlfriend) growing and maturing into an amazing woman.  I just get it second hand through the computer and telephone.  It is not the same as seeing it in person.

I am missing out on Andrew(my best friend) and his planting of his first church.  It is something I wish I could be around to help him with.  But now it is left to phone conversations to help him out when it gets stressful.

I am missing out on everything that my family is doing.  That’s very hard.

I am missing out on everything that is happening with my second family(the people at Boston Pizza Orleans).  I don’t get to share in all the fun and success that the restaurant has.  I will only get a taste of it for a few weeks when I am back in town, and get a few shifts(right Bob?).

I could go on and on, but I think this is enough evidence on how much people mean to me and how hard it is to be away from so many of them.

All and all, these two months have been amazing.  I am so grateful for this opportunity.  There are so many people making this possible and I am forever indebted to them.

This will be an amazing year, and it’s humbling to know that so many people are going to share in it with me.