I played today in my first ever PGA Tour Monday Qualifier.
I got off to a slowish start, not hitting the ball that great but made 6 straight pars to begin with. On the 7th, I got a little bit of a flyer from the semi rough and went long - unable to save par. Then I didn't make birdie on the par 5 8th. So +1 through the first 8....not really the quick start I was after.
I saved par from the bunker on the 235 yard par 3 9th and then really started to play some good golf on the back 9 where I hit every fairway and every green in regulation. I was only able to get 2 birdies including one on the 18th. I ended up 69 (-1) - more like the scoring I am used to!
There were only 4 qualifying spots available from ~100 players and the mark was at -6 or better...a pretty tall order, but I'll make it with a great round sooner or later.
I'm happy with the work I have been doing and I'm definitely heading in the right direction. I'm thinking better and swinging better so good things will come..
I tee it up again on Wednesday in the Columbia Open, South Carolina.
Follow www.egolfprofessionaltour.com for scoring, I will also be updating my blog at the conclusion.
Next up after that will be U.S Open qualifying...Vamos!
Monday, 28 April 2014
Thursday, 24 April 2014
A glimmer..
OK, first of all... I am sorry I haven't posted in about 3 or so weeks. It isn't really difficult to post regular updates, I just wasn't sure what I could say that you all didn't already know.
St James tournament was not very good. I was getting pretty down on myself both on the course and off it. My scoring was way off in the tournament and to be honest it seems like a long time ago. You have to use failure as fuel, you can't let it affect you negatively and that's what I've been working on. I have got over that now and begun moving forward.
In the past couple of weeks I've covered quite a lot of ground. I read a book called 'elite minds' by Dr Stan Beecham which was introduced to me by my girlfriend. Stan is a psychologist based in Atlanta, Georgia. After reading his book I decided to contact him and to see if it was at all possible to work with him.... after speaking on Monday, I travelled down 4 hours to Atlanta on Tuesday and spent the afternoon working with him. I learned so much and addressed a lot of the issues I have. Every golfer has a team around them and I finally establishing one of my own. I am looking forward to working with him in the future.
I got to put some of the work we have done into practice at the Wells Fargo pre-qualifier today. I shot 71 (+1) and was just enough to qualify for the Monday qualifier. I am now one quality round away from making my PGA Tour debut. It will be tough as there are only 4 spots up for grabs in a ~150 player field but my best golf is good enough so I will be trusting it. Today I made a 20 foot putt to birdie the 18th and qualify by 1 shot so I think that is a very good sign.
My schedule is set to get very busy so I will be updating my blog soon.
Cheers
Lee
St James tournament was not very good. I was getting pretty down on myself both on the course and off it. My scoring was way off in the tournament and to be honest it seems like a long time ago. You have to use failure as fuel, you can't let it affect you negatively and that's what I've been working on. I have got over that now and begun moving forward.
In the past couple of weeks I've covered quite a lot of ground. I read a book called 'elite minds' by Dr Stan Beecham which was introduced to me by my girlfriend. Stan is a psychologist based in Atlanta, Georgia. After reading his book I decided to contact him and to see if it was at all possible to work with him.... after speaking on Monday, I travelled down 4 hours to Atlanta on Tuesday and spent the afternoon working with him. I learned so much and addressed a lot of the issues I have. Every golfer has a team around them and I finally establishing one of my own. I am looking forward to working with him in the future.
I got to put some of the work we have done into practice at the Wells Fargo pre-qualifier today. I shot 71 (+1) and was just enough to qualify for the Monday qualifier. I am now one quality round away from making my PGA Tour debut. It will be tough as there are only 4 spots up for grabs in a ~150 player field but my best golf is good enough so I will be trusting it. Today I made a 20 foot putt to birdie the 18th and qualify by 1 shot so I think that is a very good sign.
My schedule is set to get very busy so I will be updating my blog soon.
Cheers
Lee
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