andrew scott jensen

Well, the Players Cup didn’t go as well as last year!  I missed the cut by 4 strokes this year in the difficult high winds.

My head is still held very high.  I hit the ball great both days!  Fridays round was the most fairways I hit all year, which is a great feeling.  I still missed a few greens from the center of the fairway thanks to a lack of commitment to the shot, which is never fun.

Again, my putter let me down.  I felt much better over the putter Friday and my mind was much clearer than on Thursday.  All that translated to was more putts!  It’s very frustrating to be in great position to make birdie or even save a good par, and not convert.  Over the two days I had 67 putts, which is terrible!  My goal is to be under 30 putts every time I play and I was nowhere near that this week.

It’s extra frustrating because I’ve been putting great all year leading up to the event last week in Saskatoon.  My average was hovering just over 30 putts per round, which is okay.  In these last 5 rounds out in the prairies, I never putted better than 32 putts per round!

I have to keep telling myself that it’s just a phase that will pass and to keep working as hard as I’ve been.  Now more than ever is the time to focus on the process and trust that good practice, good attitude, good routine will get the ball in the hole.

I’m so close! I can feel everything coming together and preparing to burst out in the form of great rounds of golf.  I’m remaining patient for that time to come, because I know it will very soon!

Next on the schedule is 2 Great Lake Tour events before the next Can Tour event in Milton on the first week of August.

It’s Tuesday, and I find myself in Winnipeg this week.  Needless to say the last week has been quite the whirlwind of excitement and last minute travel.  As I wrote last week, I got into the field in Saskatoon for the Can Tour event held out there.  Unfortunately, I missed the cut out there.

Missing this cut was different than all my missed cuts last year.  This time around, I accepted it, kept my chin up and moved on to what was next, never did I dwell on the fact that I didn’t play four rounds.  This is a huge step in the right direction!  Last year, a missed cut was devastating for me.  My confidence was shattered every time I played myself into a weekend off.  It was a fight every Monday to re-gain confidence and proper focus for the next tournament.  It’s no wonder that the 3 cuts I made all year all came at the end of a stretch of events.  I had nothing else to focus on, so I was free to just play golf and not stress about next week.

Last week, I did much of the same.  I was focused on Saskatoon and Saskatoon alone.  Never did anything creep into my mind about what I would do next week.  Unfortunately, I didn’t transfer that head space into made putts and low scores.

After the missed cut, I arranged to come to Winnipeg and Monday qualify for the event here at Pine Ridge.  Pine Ridge is my favorite course the Can Tour plays so I was excited to have a chance to play this week.  I played well in the qualifier, but just like in Victoria, started poorly and followed it with awful putting all round!  I missed by 4 strokes and was severely frustrated with the outcome.

I’m now hanging around the peg and waiting to see if I get into the field.  I’m the 4th alternate this week, so there is an outside chance I might play, but I won’t be finding out until tomorrow evening.

So, my focus is on hold for what’s next.  This is a far cry from my focus last year.  Last year I would be focusing on any and everything past and present, and consequently never be fully present during a round of golf.

I’m here now and that’s it!  I love this feeling!  This great focus will translate into great golf, there’s no doubt in my mind!  I’m just remaining patient for that time to come!

I hope this blog finds you well!  I find myself sitting in the Toronto airport en route to Saskatoon, to play my first event on the Can Tour of the year!

It’s very exciting that my affiliate member status got me into this week.  I had no idea where I was on the list until I got a call yesterday from the tour asking me if I wanted to take a spot in the field.  It was a no brainer!  This is a great unexpected bonus to my year!  I’m so excited to tee it up tomorrow and play great! I got the call while I was on the course at Royal Ashburn, playing the final round of the third platinum event on the GLT.

The tournament was a great time, with the exception of my first 9 holes on Monday!

Playing Royal Ashburn in a non Q School event was very weird to say the least.  All of my memories of that course are associated with Q School.  This is where my problem came from on the front nine monday.  I made 2 early bogies and freaked out!  I started replaying last year’s Q School in my head and panicked!  I tricked myself into believing this was Q School and that I was screwing up again.  I shot 43 on the front, making every sloppy, stupid, rookie mistake imaginable…it felt like the twilight zone.

Walking across to 10 I identified my mental state and slapped myself out of it and got the focus back and shot 35.  My 78 left me miles back from any kind of placing.

I went out in the second round with the goal to re-capture my confidence and get some good visuals in preparation for Q School this September.  I turned in 34, and played very solid in the windy, rainy conditions on the back and shot 70.  The conditions were very difficult and my 70 was the third lowest score on the day.  I jumped up the leader board, but still managed to miss getting paid by one stroke(for the 4th tournament in a row!)

I left the course very happy and very confident in my game.  It was great to check my phone messages and learn that I got into the Can Tour event.  So my confidence is back up and I’m playing on the tour I really want to play on this week!  I plan on playing fearless this week and taking advantage of this opportunity!

Here’s to a great event!