MC number 2…
Well, another tournament is under my belt and unfortunately another missed cut is under my belt as well. I shot 74-72 this week and missed the cut by a lot.
There is nothing nice about missing cuts. It has nothing to do with making a pay check or not, It’s all about competing. I am out here to compete and give it my all for 4 rounds, and having it cut short at 2 is very hard to take.
This week was much better than my scores entailed. I hit the ball very well, my driving was suspect but my iron play; more specifically, my wedge play was great. My putter really let me down this week. I never got a feel for the grass and struggled finding good lines on almost every hole. I stroked it well, my ball was hitting every part of the cup except the bottom. It was the most frustrating experience on the greens I can recall.
It’s too bad, really. I went into this week with high hopes. I worked very hard on my iron play on my time off between Modesto and Stockton and it really paid off. Unfortunately, my tee ball got a little squirrelly.
This course was there for the taking. 6700 yards: driver on every hole, 5 reachable par 5’s, and 5 par 3’s all under 170 yards. It was a pitch and putt. The only defense the course had was it’s rough. If you hit it in the rough you had to scramble for par. Statistically, I hit half the fairways(ouch), I hit 12 greens each round and couldn’t manage to get sub 30 putts either round.
The up side of these two weeks is a reflection of the state of my game. Even though I did not make a cut and left a lot out on the course each round, my scoring average is 73.5. That won’t pay the bills I know, but it is a great improvement from my competitive scoring average from years past. That is all I am trying to do, get better every year. If I can work on this and lower this average as the season progresses, it will be a fun summer.
I fly out of San Francisco tomorrow morning for 3 weeks off before my Mexico swing. I am planning to put in lots of work for these 3 weeks. I will be in Vancouver the entire time, so I will be at Eaglequest(the facility that has given me access) everyday. I will also put in lots of time in the gym. I am going to work so hard. I want to compete, and just 2 rounds is not doing it for me.
