The positive aspects from the tournament were how I hit it better each day and my confidence grew as the weekend progressed. My first round was pretty sloppy, with 2 penalty strokes and a 3-putt. Despite those mistakes, I grinded out a score under par.
Saturday's round 2 was much better, I shot 65 and had 31 putts. Doing the math, you'll be left with 34 swings. I had an eagle putt on 2,6,and 11 - and the only green I missed was on 5 where my ball was 1 foot into the fringe.
Sunday's final round had a 3-putt (7), a penalty stroke (11), and a drive into a fairway bunker (16). Other than those three mistakes I hit the ball well and put myself in great positions to make birdies. My final hole, I hit a drive right down the center and was left with 205 to the pin. I hit a 6-iron to about 15 feet and the eagle putt violently lipped out. Making an eagle to finish the tournament would've been warranted because of how well I hit the ball, but I guess it wasn't meant to be.
This weekend I'm in Aberdeen, SD. Here's this week's leaderboard as well as the leaderboard for Marshall's event, which begins Monday.
Sometime next week, I'll talk about Aberdeen and Marshall.
Neil
