Hooters Tour Q-School Final Day

Rough final day. I shot an 80. Unfortunately I made a double bogey and a triple bogey during the round. Those big numbers kill a round, but what frustrates me about this course is how one bad shot leads to a double bogey. Most courses you can take your medicine, punch back out to the fairway and make a bogey, but not here. One of my least favorite courses I've played in a tournament and I'm glad I'm done playing it.

I finished 6th, but won't know my ranking number until February. I'll have to wait and I have no idea when I can expect to start on the Hooters Tour. Hopefully I'll be able to begin by May.

Neil

Hooters Tour Q-School Day 2

Played 2 rounds today and although the scores might not seem that good, trust me it could've been worse. I shot 78 in both the morning and the afternoon round. It was very cold and very windy all day. I think the high temperature was around 60, but with constant 15 mph winds, it never felt warmer than 50. Starting out at 7:39 was awful. The sun was barely above the trees when I got to the course and I had on three layers, which stayed on all day. The golf course is a tough one, but not because it's long or challenging, but because it's very odd. The course is surrounded with homes meaning out of bounds is on both sides of the fairway and once off the fairway, the ground tends to slope to the out of bounds. The ground is also very firm, which means you're getting a lot of roll, so it's frustrating to find the fairways. On top of this, there are water hazards on 13 of the 18 holes and they always begin at about 250 yards from the tee. This leaves the driver in the bag and usually the 3-wood too. I hit a 2-iron off of more than half the holes and only hit driver a few times. Even the 440 yard par 4 requies a 2-iron off the tee. All this trouble off the tee creates a long and frustrating day, then imagine doing it twice in a day.

Despite not playing that well, there are other people playing worse. One of the guys I played with this morning shot 102! It was tough to watch, but he kept his cool and actually finished the round and played in the afternoon. I know a lot of guys who would've quit or not turn in their scorecard. Everybody struggled in the morning. Three guys (including myself) broke 80 and I think 4 guys shot 90 or higher.

One more round to go. It'll be freezing again tomorrow morning, but I hope there isn't any wind. That will at least make it bearable. As of right now, I'm in 6th place. We'll see if I can hit the ball well for the whole day and make some putts. I struggled with the putting through the first 3 rounds. Take care and I'll update tomorrow night.

Neil

Hooters Tour Q-School Day 1

82 + bad start + bad day + bad finish + bad score = bad blog post

WSGA Player of the Year

Hello All,

Earlier I mentioned that I was named the 2005 Wisconsin Player of the Year. I have some more details. Go to this link to see the points list:

Wisconsin Player of the Year Points list

If that link doesn't work, go to this one and click on the box that shows the points list:

WSGA Website



I'm getting prepared for Hooters Tour Ranking School. It begins a week from today in Houston, Texas. I'll be leaving Sunday night and coming back Friday Night. There are four rounds and that's about all I know. The players have a meeting Monday night and I'm sure they'll explain more then. I'll be updating each day, but the Hooters Tour website is this:

Hooters Tour Website

You can look at the 2006 tentative schedule and other things about the tour. Like I said, I'll be updating all week so keep checking.

Neil