Thursday, December 17, 2009
Back in AZ til december 3!!!
Hey everyone I'm back in Arizona...I'm heading to hillcrest next week so hopefully I'll get to see everyone again!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Utah Collegiate Shootout
Sunbrook Golf Club
St. George, UT
10-17-09
Par 72 6,781 Yards
71-73 144
All the Utah teams except BYU were in this one, so it was fun to play the locals. I was feeling pretty confident with my game going into the tournament, and I've got a lot more comfortable with college golf. It was just a one day, 36 hole tournament, so you had to move fast if you want to play well. I finally got off to a good start in a tournament and birdied my first hole, the par 4 fifth. This was a million times better than starting off with double like I have the last couple of tournaments! The first round I kept it pretty consistent and was around par the hole time, and I got one towards the end to shoot one under. My ball striking wasn't great this round, but I made everything I looked at, and had people laughing at how many long putts I drained for par. The second round was the opposite. I started out par birdie, and then missed two four footers in a row on the next two holes to get back to even. I played the round similar to the first, as I stayed around par the hole time, but I did it differently this time. I hit the ball awesome, but just couldn't get the putts to drop. I bogeyed the same hole that I birdied the last time around to shoot 1 over instead of 1 under. Although I was fairly dissapointed that I didn't take these rounds lower and get my first top 5 or something, I am happy that I've continued to improve. My course management has improved a ton, and I'm even learning how to make birdies by laying up on par fives. Our teams also doing better, as we shot our first under par round as a team 285, and were leading after the first round. We dropped back the second round by shooting 292 and got 4th. I ended up finishing 14th out of 49, which means it was my best showing yet. I'm excited for california next week, as it's the final tournament of the fall season. Hopefully I can keep improving and get a top 10 or better!
St. George, UT
10-17-09
Par 72 6,781 Yards
71-73 144
All the Utah teams except BYU were in this one, so it was fun to play the locals. I was feeling pretty confident with my game going into the tournament, and I've got a lot more comfortable with college golf. It was just a one day, 36 hole tournament, so you had to move fast if you want to play well. I finally got off to a good start in a tournament and birdied my first hole, the par 4 fifth. This was a million times better than starting off with double like I have the last couple of tournaments! The first round I kept it pretty consistent and was around par the hole time, and I got one towards the end to shoot one under. My ball striking wasn't great this round, but I made everything I looked at, and had people laughing at how many long putts I drained for par. The second round was the opposite. I started out par birdie, and then missed two four footers in a row on the next two holes to get back to even. I played the round similar to the first, as I stayed around par the hole time, but I did it differently this time. I hit the ball awesome, but just couldn't get the putts to drop. I bogeyed the same hole that I birdied the last time around to shoot 1 over instead of 1 under. Although I was fairly dissapointed that I didn't take these rounds lower and get my first top 5 or something, I am happy that I've continued to improve. My course management has improved a ton, and I'm even learning how to make birdies by laying up on par fives. Our teams also doing better, as we shot our first under par round as a team 285, and were leading after the first round. We dropped back the second round by shooting 292 and got 4th. I ended up finishing 14th out of 49, which means it was my best showing yet. I'm excited for california next week, as it's the final tournament of the fall season. Hopefully I can keep improving and get a top 10 or better!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate
Classic Club
Palm Desert, California
Par 72 7,305 yards
My Scores: 79 71 76, 226
This was probably the hardest course we have played yet, and the wind was blowing pretty good for the first half of the first round, but besides that I just hit some bad drives that cost me some bad scores. I played six holes over par for the tournament, and played the other 12 even or under so as you can see I wasn't too far from playing well. The six holes that got me were all because of my drives. I drove the ball pretty well for the tournament, but for some reason my ball always found the water on these holes no matter what I tried. This course had a ton of trouble on it and it demanded some good drives that unfortunately I just didn't produce. My game is tightening up a lot, but still just a few steps from where I need to be to compete every tournament. I have improved every tournament thus far which is really nice though, and I'm planning on continuing that next weekend with some good play down in Saint George. I finshed T-43 out of 92, so for the first time I finished in the top half of the field. The most important thing I learned in this tournament though, was how to make my bad holes into bogeys and not doubles. I made 3 doubles the first round, but rebounded nicely when I was put in the same situations. Also, I had my first under par round in college golf!!!
Palm Desert, California
Par 72 7,305 yards
My Scores: 79 71 76, 226
This was probably the hardest course we have played yet, and the wind was blowing pretty good for the first half of the first round, but besides that I just hit some bad drives that cost me some bad scores. I played six holes over par for the tournament, and played the other 12 even or under so as you can see I wasn't too far from playing well. The six holes that got me were all because of my drives. I drove the ball pretty well for the tournament, but for some reason my ball always found the water on these holes no matter what I tried. This course had a ton of trouble on it and it demanded some good drives that unfortunately I just didn't produce. My game is tightening up a lot, but still just a few steps from where I need to be to compete every tournament. I have improved every tournament thus far which is really nice though, and I'm planning on continuing that next weekend with some good play down in Saint George. I finshed T-43 out of 92, so for the first time I finished in the top half of the field. The most important thing I learned in this tournament though, was how to make my bad holes into bogeys and not doubles. I made 3 doubles the first round, but rebounded nicely when I was put in the same situations. Also, I had my first under par round in college golf!!!
Purple and Red Invitational
Valley View Golf Course
Layton, Utah
Par 72 7,147 yards
My scores: 74 72 80, 226
I got off to a horrible start the first day, and was 5 over through my first 6 holes, but then I really brought it back. I was 3 under with 3 to play in the second round, so one under for the day which felt pretty good, but I bogeyed my last three to go back to 2 over. The last day it was extremely windy, and I just didn't have it. I bombed my drive 0n the first hole, a relatively short par 4, and only had 65 yards in. Thinking birdie, I shanked my second shot in to the hazard and proceeded to make double from there. That pretty much summed up my day though as I could never get any momentum, and made double on the last to shoot 80. As poorly as I played the last day, I still took a lot away from this tournament and got some more experience under my belt. I'm really learning how important course management is on these tougher courses, and I have to learn how to miss my shots in the right spots. I'm close to figuring it out, but I just have a little too many dumb mistakes in my rounds. If I can figure out how to eliminate these, I'll start contending for the wins and not trying to beat half the field for once. I got T-45 out of 71 so I definitely improved a lot from the last tournament though.
Layton, Utah
Par 72 7,147 yards
My scores: 74 72 80, 226
I got off to a horrible start the first day, and was 5 over through my first 6 holes, but then I really brought it back. I was 3 under with 3 to play in the second round, so one under for the day which felt pretty good, but I bogeyed my last three to go back to 2 over. The last day it was extremely windy, and I just didn't have it. I bombed my drive 0n the first hole, a relatively short par 4, and only had 65 yards in. Thinking birdie, I shanked my second shot in to the hazard and proceeded to make double from there. That pretty much summed up my day though as I could never get any momentum, and made double on the last to shoot 80. As poorly as I played the last day, I still took a lot away from this tournament and got some more experience under my belt. I'm really learning how important course management is on these tougher courses, and I have to learn how to miss my shots in the right spots. I'm close to figuring it out, but I just have a little too many dumb mistakes in my rounds. If I can figure out how to eliminate these, I'll start contending for the wins and not trying to beat half the field for once. I got T-45 out of 71 so I definitely improved a lot from the last tournament though.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
School and Stuff
Hey guys thanks for all the comments. School is going pretty good and I like my classes for the most part. College life is definitely a lot different though, and it took me awhile to get used to it. Pretty much I go to school, golf, go to the gym, and squeeze in some homework everyday and thats all I have time for. It's a nice change though, and I'm enjoying playing all the new courses and meeting all the new people and stuff. My teammates are all really cool too, so that makes everything a million times better. Basically, I'm just trying to focus on my game as much as possible right now to see how good I can get in these four years. I'm coming down for thanksgiving though, so hopefully we'll all get in a round of golf together. I'll keep everyone updated with the tournaments. Our next one is coming up monday and tuesday. We're qualifying right now so I'm hoping I can get into the 3 or 4 spot since the top 2 from each tournament are exempt in the next...
Monday, September 21, 2009
First College Tournament!
So I just got back from our first college tournament held at Eisenhower Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This was Air Force's tournament, and a ton of good teams were there. Unfortunately, I played really poorly and shot 80, 77, 80. Kind of embarassing, but I did learn a ton from the tournament, and I know what it's going to take if I want to win some tournaments. I actually wasn't hitting the ball that bad, but I kept flying my shots over greens, which were good for bogey every time. The greens were extremely fast, and there are holes where you can hit shots to the back of the green and spin it off the front. Nevertheless, I actually didn't putt too poorly. I had one three putt, and a 5 putt!!! I just kept missing the putt and it kept rolling back down to me 7 feet away. I found out they started watering that green after I played that hole so that was nice. I did play two holes later that were already watered so I guess that makes up for it. I did hole-out for eagle the last day from 114 yards, so I atleast had one exciting shot. Not exactly what I was looking for for the first tournament, but I know I'll be better prepared for the next one. I finished 100th and our team finshed 19 0f 19 so theres nowhere to go but up from here! Ok time for me to go practice...
Eisenhower Golf Course - Air Force Academy
7,301 yards Par 72
74.2/137
Eisenhower Golf Course - Air Force Academy
7,301 yards Par 72
74.2/137
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Day 2
With the course in the same conditions, I knew I had to have another solid round. Unfortunately though, I just could never get it going. I was over par for most of the day, but I kept grinding and birdied 16 and 17 to finish even par. It wasn't good enough to qualify, but it was a great experience and showed me I can hang with all the college studs. I finished up tied for 10th, and missed by only 4 strokes. With a little work on my game, I'm very confident I can win some college tournaments. I hit 12 fairways, 11 greens, and had 29 putts. Most of the greens I missed were just on the fringe, but not quite close enough for birdies. I'm loving my new sabertooth putter though, so hopefully the birdies will keep coming!!! Next tournament will be my first college event!!
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