GLT Platinum Update
I’m here in Welland, On playing another Great Lakes Tour platinum series event. We’re hosted by Lochness Links, a course that I really enjoyed playing today.
Today was an up and down round that really tested my patience and self belief. I was 2 under through 5 holes, 2 lip outs from being 4 under through 5. I proceeded to run into some poor luck and a poor swing; and 3 holes later I was 1 over. The ninth hole is a great risk reward par 5, and I hit two great shots and was about 40 feet from the pin just off the green faced with a flop shot that was impossible to get inside 15 feet! I made par and turned in one over.
The back nine started very poorly, I made two bad swings on 10-12 and hit my ball in the worst possible spots around those greens imaginable! I doubled 11 and bogeyed 12 and was sitting 4 over through 12, thinking that this event might be gone down the crapper!
I proceeded to birdie 13, leave an eagle putt on 14 two inches short, and then hit it an inch away from an ace on 15! 16 was a 300 yard par 4, dead down wind. I didn’t take advantage of this birdie opportunity and the birdie train stopped at 3. I left my downhill birdie putt on 17 two inches short yet again. I hit two great shots on 18 and left myself 20 feet for eagle and a sub par round. I missed it and tapped in for 72.
I’m happy with my comeback, and hopeful that I can ride the birdie train into tomorrow’s final round and give myself a great shot at closing the 5 strokes between me and the leader.
I’m hitting it well and putting great! It’s just a matter of time until I break through and shoot some crazy low numbers! Until then, I’ll stay patient and keep telling myself that it will come, much like Lucas Glover did over the past few months, which seems to have worked out just fine for him!
