The last 3 weeks I've played tournaments and made the cut in each event. In the past, I have always missed the cut at these golf courses, so it's nice to see some good scores where I have struggled before.
The first tournament was at Anthem G&CC - Ironwood, and here are links to my past results there: 2010 - 2012
This year, I got off to a blistering start, but wasn't able to continue the birdie fest and finished T25th.
Week 2 was at Trilogy at Power Ranch, and here are links to my past results there: 2009 - 2010 - 2012
This year, I got off to another great start, and I continued that good play throughout the final round. The second round was a difficult one because the weather played a major factor. The players in the other wave had it much worse. They had to play through some cold rain, up until standing water started collecting on the greens. By the time I teed off, most of the rain had passed, but we battled wind, cold, and then the setting sun. We had to finish our second round the next morning and then quickly regroup for the final round.
The event at Power Ranch was the final event on the All-American Tour schedule before their match play Tour Championship. The top 25 players on the money list will be exempt into the match play and there will be a qualifier to determine the other 7 players. I knew I needed a good finish to move into the top-25 and I managed to do it. If you look at the money list online, you will see me at #36. That is the overall money list and the events in January do not count towards the official money list, which obviously helped me.
The Tour Championship is next week and you can see the bracket here.
Finally, this past week I was at Vista Verde and here are my past results: 2009 - 2009 - 2012
There is a familiar theme, with yet another fast start. Unfortunately I played the last 24 holes of the tournament awful and finished T39. I was 6-under after 30 holes and finished +2. My second round ended with back to back 3-putts on #8 and #9, and then the final round was a big struggle. There isn't much to read into the bad finish. I'm lucky not to be working anymore because I was able to take Friday off - it turned into a mental and physical health day. The rest of the weekend I'll be able to practice and get prepared for next week's match play tournament.
Neil
The first tournament was at Anthem G&CC - Ironwood, and here are links to my past results there: 2010 - 2012
This year, I got off to a blistering start, but wasn't able to continue the birdie fest and finished T25th.
Week 2 was at Trilogy at Power Ranch, and here are links to my past results there: 2009 - 2010 - 2012
This year, I got off to another great start, and I continued that good play throughout the final round. The second round was a difficult one because the weather played a major factor. The players in the other wave had it much worse. They had to play through some cold rain, up until standing water started collecting on the greens. By the time I teed off, most of the rain had passed, but we battled wind, cold, and then the setting sun. We had to finish our second round the next morning and then quickly regroup for the final round.
The event at Power Ranch was the final event on the All-American Tour schedule before their match play Tour Championship. The top 25 players on the money list will be exempt into the match play and there will be a qualifier to determine the other 7 players. I knew I needed a good finish to move into the top-25 and I managed to do it. If you look at the money list online, you will see me at #36. That is the overall money list and the events in January do not count towards the official money list, which obviously helped me.
The Tour Championship is next week and you can see the bracket here.
Finally, this past week I was at Vista Verde and here are my past results: 2009 - 2009 - 2012
There is a familiar theme, with yet another fast start. Unfortunately I played the last 24 holes of the tournament awful and finished T39. I was 6-under after 30 holes and finished +2. My second round ended with back to back 3-putts on #8 and #9, and then the final round was a big struggle. There isn't much to read into the bad finish. I'm lucky not to be working anymore because I was able to take Friday off - it turned into a mental and physical health day. The rest of the weekend I'll be able to practice and get prepared for next week's match play tournament.
Neil
