Even worse than shooting 77 is the fact that for the second round in a row I hit 16 out of 18 greens in regulation, but this time I had 38 putts for the day. That's two more than yesterday and 74 in all for two rounds. I don't expect everyone who reads this to understand exactly how bad that is, so let me give you a little perspective. I've made two cuts so far out of the six tournaments I've played in: (1) Deer Island and (2) Timacuan.
At Deer Island, I hit 24 out of 36 greens in regulation and had a total of 58 putts for two rounds.
At Timacuan, I hit 18 out of 36 greens in regulation and had a total of 54 putts for two rounds.
This week (Southern Dunes), I hit 32 out of 36 greens in regulation and had 74 putts for two rounds.
Now, I know that when you start hitting more greens you'll usually have more putts just because your putting more often. However, 74 in two rounds is just off the charts ridiculous. That's a whole round of golf in putting alone. This is solely the reason why I've played arguably my best tournament to date and find myself at +6 over par and seven shots away from making the cut. Like I mentioned on Tuesday, anything below 60 putts in two days would be considered acceptable. So, hypothetically speaking, if we were to take my total (74) minus a good total for two days (60) we'd end up with 14 less strokes than where I am currently. That would put me at -8 under which would of been one stroke out of the lead.
By now you're tired of hearing about my putting woo's and I apologize for making this entire post about that. It just makes me so upset to struggle the way I did this week, knowing that I haven't put in the amount of practice time needed in that area of my game. The thing is I've been putting well. I've had problems with my swing and therefore spent most of my time focusing on correcting that. I guess the good news is there was definitely some improvement as I hit the ball (tee to green) as good as I ever have before. But the one area that matters the most, I was lacking in greatly. So the positive person in me and going to leave it at this.......I'm going to go home for the holidays and practice my putting everyday to get it back to where it needs to be. I'll continue to groove the things I've been working on in my swing. And when I come back to Orlando in January, I'm going to kick some serious butt because it's just time. I've got the pieces to the puzzle and now I've got to put them all together.
Hope everyone has all their holiday shopping done and getting ready to spend time with their families. I'll be flying back to New Orleans tomorrow morning to meet up with Erika and the family for Christmas. Just to let everyone know, her surgery went well and I'm happy to report she's home with her parents and on her way to a full recovery. I want to thank everyone for keeping her in your thoughts and prayers, and we wish yall a happy and safe holiday season.
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