Score: 77
So now that I've got access to the internet, let me recap a little bit on everything that's been going on. This past week, my former teammate Andrew and I elected to do "private housing" while we were in Pearland, TX. The family was really nice...the house was great (right on the 13th green)...only problem was I didn't have access to the internet. Therefore, it was pretty hard for me to get anything written about how things were going. Now that lat week is over, I can say that everything worked out smoothly except for the fact that I didn't make the cut. Here's what happened during round 2 on Saturday.
I started off the day playing smart just trying to hit fairways and greens. Three pars in a row, just waiting for my opportunities to make birdies. My first chance came on #13 (my 4th hole) where I hit my approach shot to about 6ft. Unfortunately, I hit a good putt but just missed. On the very next hole, I was able to get another good look from about 8ft for birdie, and just missed again. One hole later, I missed another short putt except this one was for par. A 3-putt bogey and instead of going -2 under for the round I was +1 over. I was hitting good putts but they weren't going in....one of those days. A few good pars to finish the side and I made the turn at +1 over par (37).
So, here's what the situation looked like standing on #1 tee (my 10th hole). I'm +1 over for the day, +2 over for the tournament and there's an official there letting us know that it looks like the cut is going to be even par if not -1 under. Basically, I needed to make some birdies. I hit a poor drive on #1 that didn't allow me to take advantage of the somewhat short par-5. Then on #2, I hit a wedge from 117yds maybe a foot right of the pin and ended up spinning back 10yds off the green in to a low area....a near impossible up-and-down. A perfect example of the severity of the greens. They were so fast that certain pin locations were borderline ridiculous. But, that's to be expected. Now, I'm +3 over. The next four holes failed to yield any birdies and I found myself needing to play the last three holes -3 under in order to have any chance of making the cut. On #7 (my 16th hole), I put myself in great position off the tee about 130yds right in the middle of the fairway. Trying to make the perfect swing I hit a terrible shot and short-sided myself in the green side bunker. I had to try and hole it out and in doing so I made a bogey (5). So, that was pretty much the end for me. My only option from then would be to eagle the last two holes and I can tell you that that didn't happen. Instead, I actually made another terrible swing on #17 that ended up going out-of-bounds and lead to a triple bogey. I did manage to birdie the last hole, but it was too little too late.
So overall, a score of 77 is obviously not good but I felt like I played better than my score showed. Both days for that matter. In a position like I was in where you've got to birdie your last three holes, that's really all there is too it. You've got to go for it cause +3,+2 and +1 are all going home. If I could of saved a few strokes the last couple holes of round 1 and gotten a few putts to fall early in round 2, I think I'd be talking about how rounds 3 & 4 went instead of trying to figure out what went wrong.
Good news is, I'm in Victoria, TX now getting ready for this week's tournament. Another Hooter's Tour event....another chance to have a successful week. Fortunately, the course we're playing is the same course we played earlier in the year for an Adam's Tour event in which I made the cut and played quite well. I'm looking forward to this week and I'll have my tournament/course preview in the next day or so. Hope everyone is doing well.
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