I'm a little behind again because I was on the road yesterday immediately after I finished. My 79 was not good enough to make the cut, so I decided to start heading home. Yesterday's round was difficult to say the least. I've already described the conditions of the course and in 30+ mph winds, it only made scoring that much harder. The whole day was constant winds of over 30 mph with gusts near 40 mph. It was intense.
The day started off promising after I birdied the first hole. Four solid pars in a row to follow and I was -1 under par through my first 5 holes. A good start considering the weather. It seemed like the next four holes something went wrong on each and I finished the front nine (bogey, bogey, bogey, double-bogey).
I started the back nine with a 3-putt bogey on #10 and a triple-bogey on #13 due a poor tee shot. So, after being -1 under thru the first 5 holes, I went +9 over the next 7 holes and pretty much ruined any chance of making the cut. I did hit every green from then on in, but only managed to make one birdie. When it was all over, I was +7 over par.......5 strokes too many.
There's a couple things I want to mention about this week before moving on. The condition of the greens at this course were the worst I've played on so far and as bad as I've seen in recent memory. I was 0 for 16 in making putts from 4ft - 10ft for two days. With a stat like that, there is no way to shoot a decent score. I'd like to think that my putting was getting better which is part of the reason why I've had more success recently. But, the greens at this course were so bad it was nearly all up to chance as to whether the ball would bounce in or bounce out. I think the fact that the cut was at +8 over par (which is unheard of) is proof that everyone was struggling.
So, I'm not going to read too much into what happened this week. I feel like yesterday I was getting close to swinging the way I was a couple weeks ago.....even with the winds as high as they were. My putting is getting better, but I obviously have to keep that a top priority going forward. I'm happy to be home and see my wife who did not travel with me this time. It's good to be home, but I look forward to working with Brian during this brief time off and getting prepared for the US Open qualifier next Monday. More on that to follow............
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