U.S. Open Local Qualifier / Adam's Tour Mt. Auburn Classic - Practice Round

Score: 73

Yesterday was really not that bad of a round. My score was not good enough to get one of the four spots available, but all things considered, I played pretty well and only missed by 3 strokes. I was pleased that my foot held up and I was able to walk all 18 holes and put together a pretty solid round. Having the weekend to come up with a swing that I could use was certainly helpful. Not to mention, having my brother-in-law caddie for me saved me a lot of energy and strain on my foot. Unfortunately, the condition of the greens allowed for luck to play a larger part in scoring well. I know everyone had their struggles and I think the fact that only 6 out of 70 players broke par is a testament to how difficult it was to make anything.

Looking back on my round, I realized that 3 out of the 4 bogies I made were definitely avoidable. Two came from good shots ending up in poor positions and the other came from a 3-putt. Only one bogey was caused from a bad swing. I did leave quite a few birdies out there, but again that was just a result of the greens. I'm sure everybody else did as well. In the end, I would say the day was a success and could just of easily been a few shots better and good enough to qualify.

Moving on. I'm now in Dallas, TX getting ready for this weeks Adam's Tour event. The tournament is being held at Firewheel Golf Course in nearby Garland. I played my practice round this morning and I feel that this course is probably as good as I could of hoped for in terms of fitting my game right now. Today it played relatively short (which I know was mostly due to the wind) and allowed me to hit a lot of short irons. That's good for me because hitting short irons requires less of a swing which works for what I capable of doing at the moment. The greens are in as good of shape as I've seen all year so hopefully that will lead to a few more putts made. It's going to be interesting to see if my foot holds up since I'll be carrying my own bag this week. I'm here now so all I can do is try my hardest and hope for the best. My tee time tomorrow is 8:10 off #1.