Hooter's Tour - Orange Tree - Second Round & Update

It's been a crazy last couple of days. Erika's grandmother was rushed to the hospital earlier this week, and by Tuesday night we had decided it was best that I fly home to see her. She hadn't been doing well lately so it wasn't a huge surprise, but its now become serious enough where I needed to make sure I got to see her one last time. Over the last 4 years I've become really close with Erika's family so I'm glad I was able to make it home for a few days to show my support.

I'm now sitting in the airport in New Orleans waiting for my flight back to Orlando. Now that I've got a little time, I'll try and remember what I can about my second round at Orange Tree. To be honest, I've tried to forget this whole tournament all together. Erika warned me about playing courses with that much out-of-bounds, but I didn't listen. I guess coming off the way I had been playing I felt like I could play anywhere.

The entire second round can be summed up by explaining how the very first hole went. I started out hitting a perfect drive right down the middle of the fairway. The 10th hole is the short par-5 and I was left with 218yards for my second shot. Knowing that I needed to shoot a low score and after hitting a good drive, I didn't think twice about going for it. I pulled out my 4-iron and proceeded to hook two straight out-of-bounds left of the green. I don't know why, I don't know how but for whatever reason that same swing I was struggling with the first round came right back. I walked off the green with a quadruple bogey (9). Let me tell you, the only way I was able to keep going was to decide to just have fun, not try really and just play golf. I think I hit 4 more OB for the day but managed to finish 18 with a smile on my face.

Obviously, that is not how I plan on playing anytime soon and that type of golf will end my career in a hurry. But, I think it was necessary to just get passed that course and give myself the best chance at maintaining a high level of confidence going into next week. I should have a good weekend to get back on track and ready to play come Monday. I don't think I'm going to play a practice round for this tournament since I've played this course before and that stategy seemed to work last time. This way I can work out the kinks and when I tee it up Monday I can just play golf.
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