Costa Rica Recap
Im happy to say that I finished my South American swing on a higher note. I played better in Costa Rica, and it translated to another cut made and my highest finish to date out on tour. It felt great to play four rounds, and it felt even better to not move backwards over the weekend. All that being said, I finished 51st, so I still have a lot of work to do to get competitive in 2009.
I have to say that these past 3 weeks were much better for me than the entire summer of 08. Ultimately, the reason these weeks were better was because I cared again and worked hard and didn’t let results get me down. You could sum it up that I found my confidence again and I re-dedicated myself to this pursuit.
Re-dedicating myself like this has brought many of my flaws to my attention and has given me many things to work on over the off season:
I have a lot of work to do with my strength and conditioning. I have lost some of my power over the year and it is crucial to regain it out here.
I also have lots of work to do with my swing. I have some flaws that I have been working on and intend to really correct over the winter months.
My mental game is always a work in progress, and thanks to Adam Kingsbury(my new head doctor) I feel that some real breakthroughs are in the future.
All of the work aside. I’m truly on a high right now. I can’t really express the shift that’s taken place within me, but it’s a really good one. Things are really turning around in the wake of the hard summer. I have more positives than negatives to take away from the past 3 weeks, and that’s a far cry form the mess of negativity that took place this summer.
I plan on taking 6 weeks off in the new year to really line things up for 2009. There’s a lot on my plate but I’m not intimidated at all. Things will be great next year and I believe South America was just a taste of things to come.
