Q School Report: Rd 2
Today didn’t go as hoped. I struggled today and carded a frustrating 5 over 77.
My day started with hitting my first tee shot out of bounds and making a double. I was on the uphill climb right away. I did re-group well and give myself many birdie looks over the ensuing holes, but failed to convert them. Then came my 8th hole; another ball OB, and a triple.
I was really behind the 8 ball now.
I did all I could to give myself chances at birdies(14 to be exact) but didn’t get any positive momentum going(36 putts). The two birdies I did make were offset by two bogeys.
I was very upset after my round with the immediate thought that I threw it all away with this score.
Thanks to the long drive home I had lots of time to think and discuss my round and my “demons” with Brian, my caddy.
After some time removed from the immediate frustrations, I’m back in the positive. I’m sitting 4 strokes out of a conditional card, and 5 strokes out of an exempt card. This is not too daunting a gap to cover in 36 holes. The most important thing I’m drawing on is the fact that I’ve done this before. I’ve played well over the final 36 holes of Q School, which are the most important holes. There are no guarantees after 2 rounds, all ground is made up or lost over the final two. I’m hoping to draw on the experience from 2007 Q School to allow me to do it again this year.
I tee it up at 8:40 tomorrow morning with a good buddy, which will be great to push each other to play well.
