Forest Lake - First Round Cont./Second Round

First Round Score: 73

We started the day with another one hour frost delay. At 9:00, we were on our 11th hole ready to resume play on our first round. It was cold again this morning which lead to some squirley shots in the beginning. For the most part, I was hitting the ball well but struggling with judging the speed on the greens. After playing late yesterday afternoon in the last group of the day, the greens were slow and a little bumpy to say the least. However, being the first out today, the conditions were quite different and it was giving me trouble all day. I finished off my last eight holes with 6 pars and 2 bogies for a +2 over (73). The officials of the Hooters Tour decided to convert one of the par 5's into a 520 yard par 4 making the par for the course at (71).

Second Round Score: 69

So I finally got my first round in the 60's. That part feels good. Except if my math is correct, the last time I checked the leaderboard it looks as if the cut will be -1 under par. That would mean that I missed the cut by 1 stroke. On one hand I'm a little upset....there were plenty of chances for me to save 1 stroke on the course between yesterday and today. (i.e. - a 3 putt from 8 feet for birdie in my second round) But on the other hand, I look at what happend last week and I'm proud of the way that I rebounded and at least had a chance of making the cut this week.

What's funny about these two rounds is that, overall, I played better the first round than I did the second and shot 4 strokes higher. Strange game!! I do know that I'd like to of had the chance to finish my first round yesterday because things were really clicking. The mistakes that I made could easily be fixed and who knows....maybe I could of saved a few strokes coming in. But, that's the way it goes. Sometimes you get the better draw with tee times and sometimes you don't......sometimes it doesn't matter either way. I've got some good thoughts going into next week. I know that my putting is really holding me back right now and all I can do is practice as much as possible the next 5 days and get ready for the next tournament.