andrew scott jensen

Well, one round is in the books here at Florida Q School and I’m very pleased with my start to the tourney.  I fired a two under 70 today and sit in a tie for 7th place and 5 back of the lead.

Looking back on the round, I’m very encouraged!  I didn’t have my best stuff out there but managed to get something out of it.  I really struggled off the tee and was band-aiding it the best I could.  Thankfully, I was keeping it between the trees and my irons were finding the greens.  I made some nice putts early that allowed me to trust that the putter could potentially save the ball striking today.

I made the turn even and then proceeded to hook a 5 iron way let and into a hazard on the 11th, which led to a double and put me at 2 over par for the day.  I settled down on 12 and then had a big turn around on 13.  I made a great swing and stiffed it to 4 feet for a birdie 2…

I missed the putt!

As opposed to getting frustrated and thinking that my putter would let me down yet again, I dug deep and focused on giving myself chances for birdies coming home.

I birdied the next 4 holes in a row! I made an 8 footer, 2 footer, another 8 footer and a 15 footer.  The putter was not letting me down like last year.  I made a great up and down on 18 for par and was very pleased with the start to Q School.

Today is very encouraging because my mind and my putter kept me in it, which is exactly what I’ve spent the winter months working on.

Tomorrow we play Silverthorn, not Southern Hills like today.  I really liked Silverthorn when I saw it Sunday, which is always a good feeling.  I hope to carry the momentum from my last 5 holes today into tomorrows round.

Here’s to another solid round tomorrow…