An unsuccessful attempt to qualify has forced me to travel to South Dakota for another tournament. Not much to say about my round in Nebraska except that hitting a bunker shot into a 30 mph wind when it is 100 degress is not something I want to do again. I knew the sand was going to fly back in my face so I didn't even look up, but the sand stuck to my neck and arms as if my skin was tape. Getting enough sand off to feel comfortable took a long time. Good thing is that I hit the sand shot to 4 feet and made the putt.
As for where I am now...South Dakota. Where exactly isn't important because it's South Dakota. I'm not suprised I don't have any bars on my cell phone. Where's Cingular when I need it.
Thanks for those who offered their caddying services, anybody now interested in lending their golf game?
Neil
Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Story Time
I intend to tell a story from Saturday, but first let me give details about Monday's tournament. I'm attempting to qualify for the Nationwide Tour's Cox Classic. I need to finish in the top 7 to make it into the event. My tee time is 11:10 so you might be able to check the results at this website after 4pm. Scroll down a little of half of the page and you'll see a tournament: Nationwide Tour Cox Classic Open Qualifiers at Indian Creek GC & Ironwood G & CC. Once the results are up, the small box with a gold diamond in the middle will have a link to scores. I play at Ironwood G & CC and it's supposed to be VERY hot and windy.
If I successfully qualify for the tournament, I will be looking for a caddy for the rest of the week. I'd need you for sure on Thursday and Friday, but it'd be great if somebody were available on Wednesday. When I make it, I'll see if anybody's interested and if anybody's able to take time off work. Send me an email if you're interested: mrneiljohnson[at]hotmail.com (For those who don't know, the [at] in my email is actually @. I'm just trying to avoid junk mail)
Now, I'll onto that story. I went shopping at Best Buy the other day and found a few movies I wanted to buy. Being on the road and in hotels as often as I have been this summer, I’ve found it very relaxing and enjoyable to watch movies. Most of the hotels have movie channels, but you cannot rely on HBO or Showtime to deliver when you ask.
After wandering the movie section for a good 10 minutes, I picked two movies to buy. One cost $19.99 and the other $9.99. Going through checkout I signed for a total of $21.45. The quick math in my head told me that wasn’t right, but I just assumed there was a sale on one of the movies that I was unaware of. The clerk handed me my bag and I began walking to my car.
Once outside, I fetched my receipt and looked at it. Turns out there was not sale, it’s just that the clerk only rang up the $19.99 movie. So I walked back inside and told the doorman about the mistake. He directed me back to the checkout counter and I promptly paid for the $9.99 movie.
A couple things struck me as odd about these happenings. First, the first time I went through checkout, the clerk checked my ID and signature for my credit card. When I returned, which could only have been 3 minutes at most, the clerk once again checked my ID and signature as if I decided to give him false ID this time.
The other thing that amazed me was how easy it was for me to get out of the store and into the parking lot with a DVD that hadn’t been paid for. I walked right by the doorman and right through the security EAS without raising suspicion. That doesn’t say a lot for my skills as a thief, but it really doesn’t say a lot about Best Buy’s security.
Am I the only one that wants to own one of those blue shirts employees wear around the store?
Neil
If I successfully qualify for the tournament, I will be looking for a caddy for the rest of the week. I'd need you for sure on Thursday and Friday, but it'd be great if somebody were available on Wednesday. When I make it, I'll see if anybody's interested and if anybody's able to take time off work. Send me an email if you're interested: mrneiljohnson[at]hotmail.com (For those who don't know, the [at] in my email is actually @. I'm just trying to avoid junk mail)
Now, I'll onto that story. I went shopping at Best Buy the other day and found a few movies I wanted to buy. Being on the road and in hotels as often as I have been this summer, I’ve found it very relaxing and enjoyable to watch movies. Most of the hotels have movie channels, but you cannot rely on HBO or Showtime to deliver when you ask.
After wandering the movie section for a good 10 minutes, I picked two movies to buy. One cost $19.99 and the other $9.99. Going through checkout I signed for a total of $21.45. The quick math in my head told me that wasn’t right, but I just assumed there was a sale on one of the movies that I was unaware of. The clerk handed me my bag and I began walking to my car.
Once outside, I fetched my receipt and looked at it. Turns out there was not sale, it’s just that the clerk only rang up the $19.99 movie. So I walked back inside and told the doorman about the mistake. He directed me back to the checkout counter and I promptly paid for the $9.99 movie.
A couple things struck me as odd about these happenings. First, the first time I went through checkout, the clerk checked my ID and signature for my credit card. When I returned, which could only have been 3 minutes at most, the clerk once again checked my ID and signature as if I decided to give him false ID this time.
The other thing that amazed me was how easy it was for me to get out of the store and into the parking lot with a DVD that hadn’t been paid for. I walked right by the doorman and right through the security EAS without raising suspicion. That doesn’t say a lot for my skills as a thief, but it really doesn’t say a lot about Best Buy’s security.
Am I the only one that wants to own one of those blue shirts employees wear around the store?
Neil
Saturday, July 29, 2006
A Much More Delightful Day of Golf
It's obvious from my score alone that Friday's round was much better than Thursday's. I'll get to why in a bit, but first I need to revisit my rant from the other day.
My main complaint was that slow play is a major problem and the players who cause slow play aren't reprimanded or penalized for it. What's worse is that if the fast players try to take matters into their own hands, they are often seen as rude. However, in my mind the slow player is already being rude because he's slow. If the slow player then responds with the smug response, "We haven't been warned yet," why is the fast player judged. That's the double standard I was referring to. Once a fast player mentions that the group should speed up, the slow player should immediately be the one feeling worse; not me.
I also mentioned that there really isn't a whole lot that can be done. Enforcing stricter penalties would run the risk of allienating players from the tour. I now believe I've come up with a possible solution. If a tour decided to eliminate the "honor" portion of play then some power would be in a fast player's hands. No longer would I have to fear stealing somebody's honor on the next tee if I got there first. If "ready golf" was implemented, the first player to the tee would hit regardless of what they scored on the previous hole. It might work and it might not, but it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
That's it for me and slow play. Feel free to post a comment if you have another suggestion....
I played much better on Friday, but it's not like I hit the ball that much better. Most importantly I was mentally ready to go and prepared for just about anything. The things that broke my concentration and upset me on Thursday either didn't happen or didn't affect me on Friday. Most of the things didn't happen because one of the guys played much faster and wasn't quite as vocal as he was during the first round.
However, the guy that called me, "Bubba", "Boss", "Buddy", and a few other things besides Neil, did get fined for conduct unbecoming of a professional. On the third hole he hit a shot that landed near the hole but spun away to about 40 feet. As it spun away he slammed his club into the ground, broke one of the 10 commandments, and said something that rhymes with duck. The rest of the round he was well behaved, but it is also worth noting that his mother showed up on the next hole so I'm sure that was a reason why he remained calm. After the round, when he was awarded the fine, he disagreed. In my mind it was very well deserved; if not for his single action on Friday, at least for an accumulation of Thursday and Friday.
The same guy was actually very complimentary about my game. On Thursday he asked me how much I work on my putting stroke.
I told him, "About as much as anybody else."
He then told me that he really liked my stroke and that he can see me making a lot of putts with that stroke. Those compliments carried over to Friday where he once again complimented my putting stroke (on the 1st hole!). Later, he complimented the simplicity of my golf swing and how he likes that I seem to just step up and hit the ball, not worrying too much about where it goes. That was great to hear because that's is what I strive for in my golf swing and putting stroke.
On the day, I hit 14 greens which is something I haven't done in a tournament since May. I also hit a lot of fairways and the 2 times that I hit the ball into the primary rough, I was lucky to get a decent lie that I could advance the ball onto the green. The one thing that prevented me from shooting lower than 72 was putting. I just didn't make many putts. Perhaps the fact that it was late in the day and the greens were full of footprints and spike marks, or maybe I just misread the putts. Either way I leave Oklahoma with a lot more confidence than when I arrived and I leave with some momentum.
Next post is from Omaha, NE.
Neil
My main complaint was that slow play is a major problem and the players who cause slow play aren't reprimanded or penalized for it. What's worse is that if the fast players try to take matters into their own hands, they are often seen as rude. However, in my mind the slow player is already being rude because he's slow. If the slow player then responds with the smug response, "We haven't been warned yet," why is the fast player judged. That's the double standard I was referring to. Once a fast player mentions that the group should speed up, the slow player should immediately be the one feeling worse; not me.
I also mentioned that there really isn't a whole lot that can be done. Enforcing stricter penalties would run the risk of allienating players from the tour. I now believe I've come up with a possible solution. If a tour decided to eliminate the "honor" portion of play then some power would be in a fast player's hands. No longer would I have to fear stealing somebody's honor on the next tee if I got there first. If "ready golf" was implemented, the first player to the tee would hit regardless of what they scored on the previous hole. It might work and it might not, but it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
That's it for me and slow play. Feel free to post a comment if you have another suggestion....
I played much better on Friday, but it's not like I hit the ball that much better. Most importantly I was mentally ready to go and prepared for just about anything. The things that broke my concentration and upset me on Thursday either didn't happen or didn't affect me on Friday. Most of the things didn't happen because one of the guys played much faster and wasn't quite as vocal as he was during the first round.
However, the guy that called me, "Bubba", "Boss", "Buddy", and a few other things besides Neil, did get fined for conduct unbecoming of a professional. On the third hole he hit a shot that landed near the hole but spun away to about 40 feet. As it spun away he slammed his club into the ground, broke one of the 10 commandments, and said something that rhymes with duck. The rest of the round he was well behaved, but it is also worth noting that his mother showed up on the next hole so I'm sure that was a reason why he remained calm. After the round, when he was awarded the fine, he disagreed. In my mind it was very well deserved; if not for his single action on Friday, at least for an accumulation of Thursday and Friday.
The same guy was actually very complimentary about my game. On Thursday he asked me how much I work on my putting stroke.
I told him, "About as much as anybody else."
He then told me that he really liked my stroke and that he can see me making a lot of putts with that stroke. Those compliments carried over to Friday where he once again complimented my putting stroke (on the 1st hole!). Later, he complimented the simplicity of my golf swing and how he likes that I seem to just step up and hit the ball, not worrying too much about where it goes. That was great to hear because that's is what I strive for in my golf swing and putting stroke.
On the day, I hit 14 greens which is something I haven't done in a tournament since May. I also hit a lot of fairways and the 2 times that I hit the ball into the primary rough, I was lucky to get a decent lie that I could advance the ball onto the green. The one thing that prevented me from shooting lower than 72 was putting. I just didn't make many putts. Perhaps the fact that it was late in the day and the greens were full of footprints and spike marks, or maybe I just misread the putts. Either way I leave Oklahoma with a lot more confidence than when I arrived and I leave with some momentum.
Next post is from Omaha, NE.
Neil
Thursday, July 27, 2006
If My Game Doesn't Improve, My Vocabulary Will Have To
I'm running out of words that describe my days on the golf course. Frustrating, dissapointing, challenging, horrendous, tough, and horrible just don't cut it anymore. I'd like to use positive words like wonderful, exciting, fun, phenomenal, and peachy to explain my rounds; I just can't.
Physically my golf game was ready to go today. Thanks to a good week of practice and good warm-up session before the round, I felt very upbeat about finally putting all the pieces together. Any glue that was holding those pieces together melted on the first hole and I couldn't recover. That glue, was my mental game. My focus was thrown off on the first hole and I battled to get refocused, but I had a really tough time ignoring outside forces: mainly my playing partners.
NOTE: It's a terrible excuse to blaim poor golf on anybody but yourself and I'm not doing that, but I am going to explain what made me as mad as Joe Mikulik.
First let me explain a double standard that exists in the golf world when you are a fast player. On all levels of competitive golf tournaments, pace of play is a major concern for the officials. Nobody enjoys playing 18 holes in 5 or 6 hours, so most tournaments set up a 4.5 hour time limit. However, most players laugh at this because:
1) Rarely does the first group even finish in that amount of time making it impossible for the groups behind them to do it
2) Even if you do fall behind the 4.5 hour pace, I've only known one player who actually got penalized for slow play (That's in over 15 years of tournament golf)
Now, I am a fast player. In fact at times, I've played too fast and I've worked on slowing down so I don't have to wait as much or so that I don't disrupt my playing partners. So, despite having played only one round on the Hooters Tour under 5 hours (and that one took 4 hours 45 minutes), why am I slowing down? The best answer for that question is because slow players don't care that they are slow and aren't affraid to play slow. They know they'll be given at least one warning if not two about being behind the pace of play. The group then has a few holes to catch back up; at which point they will be put on the clock (if necessary). Slow players know it takes about 7 or 8 holes of being out of position before they will actually have to speed up. By the time a group finds itself out of position they're probably a few holes into the round, so by the time a slow player and his group might finally be put on the clock they're on hole #16 or later. Now that the group is on the clock, the slow player only has to speed up for the final few holes and it's not like they have to speed up a lot. You're given 40 seconds to hit your shot when you on the clock. That's an eternity. Take a break and come back in 40 seconds.....I'll still be here.
...1
....2
.....3
.......
........
.........
..........
...........40!!
Did you make a sandwich, take out the garbage, or make a phone call? Maybe you did all three?? That's how long we have to take practice swings, figure out the wind, and hit the shot.
Prior to being put on the clock, the fast players (myself included) are forced to deal with slow player in the group. If I try to get him moving faster a common retort is, "Well, the officials haven't warned us yet." It's the worst when a slow player has the honor on the tee. Since they're slow, they are usually the last one to the tee and take the longest time to decide what club to hit, but they're hitting first. Stealing his honor would be a very rude thing to do. It isn't any better when I have the honor. If I get to the tee first, figure out what club to hit, and hit my shot all before the slow player even gets to the tee I am once again seen as having poor ettiquette. Basically the fast player is at mercy of a slow player and left with hope that an official will warn the slow player early in the round.
If you don't believe me that a fast player is at the mercy of slow play and that taking actions into our own hands is seen as rude, read this article about Rory Sabbatini (fast player) and his encounter with Ben Crane (very slow player). Some people understood what Rory did and acceppted it, but he had to issue an official apology later. (Search Rory Sabbatini Rude on Google and see how many articles come up)
So what can be done? On the Hooters Tour, not much. If officials started enforcing slow play on a very strict manner, players would have a conniption about being penalized. If the enforcement continued, players might decide not to play Hooters Tour events because they'd be affraid to be penalized. The Hooters Tour is just a mini-tour and its survival depends on getting people to play regardless of their pace of play or their ability.
The real solution for this slow play double standard needs to start at the top: PGA Tour. In 2003 and in 2006, the PGA Tour implemented a new pace of play policy, but still to this day we hear players complaining about nobody enforcing the policy. Rory Sabbattini is still fighting to make a change, but he is becoming an outcast because of it. Maybe if the biggest tour in the world began enforcing the problem of slow play a trickle down effect would occur.
Will this occur in my lifetime??..........................No way.
I guess I'll just have to find a way to push slow players into playing faster without getting a smarty comeback from the player or without the player thinking I'm Rory Sabbattini.
I'd rather find a solution to the Poincaré Conjecture.
77
Neil
Physically my golf game was ready to go today. Thanks to a good week of practice and good warm-up session before the round, I felt very upbeat about finally putting all the pieces together. Any glue that was holding those pieces together melted on the first hole and I couldn't recover. That glue, was my mental game. My focus was thrown off on the first hole and I battled to get refocused, but I had a really tough time ignoring outside forces: mainly my playing partners.
NOTE: It's a terrible excuse to blaim poor golf on anybody but yourself and I'm not doing that, but I am going to explain what made me as mad as Joe Mikulik.
First let me explain a double standard that exists in the golf world when you are a fast player. On all levels of competitive golf tournaments, pace of play is a major concern for the officials. Nobody enjoys playing 18 holes in 5 or 6 hours, so most tournaments set up a 4.5 hour time limit. However, most players laugh at this because:
1) Rarely does the first group even finish in that amount of time making it impossible for the groups behind them to do it
2) Even if you do fall behind the 4.5 hour pace, I've only known one player who actually got penalized for slow play (That's in over 15 years of tournament golf)
Now, I am a fast player. In fact at times, I've played too fast and I've worked on slowing down so I don't have to wait as much or so that I don't disrupt my playing partners. So, despite having played only one round on the Hooters Tour under 5 hours (and that one took 4 hours 45 minutes), why am I slowing down? The best answer for that question is because slow players don't care that they are slow and aren't affraid to play slow. They know they'll be given at least one warning if not two about being behind the pace of play. The group then has a few holes to catch back up; at which point they will be put on the clock (if necessary). Slow players know it takes about 7 or 8 holes of being out of position before they will actually have to speed up. By the time a group finds itself out of position they're probably a few holes into the round, so by the time a slow player and his group might finally be put on the clock they're on hole #16 or later. Now that the group is on the clock, the slow player only has to speed up for the final few holes and it's not like they have to speed up a lot. You're given 40 seconds to hit your shot when you on the clock. That's an eternity. Take a break and come back in 40 seconds.....I'll still be here.
...1
....2
.....3
.......
........
.........
..........
...........40!!
Did you make a sandwich, take out the garbage, or make a phone call? Maybe you did all three?? That's how long we have to take practice swings, figure out the wind, and hit the shot.
Prior to being put on the clock, the fast players (myself included) are forced to deal with slow player in the group. If I try to get him moving faster a common retort is, "Well, the officials haven't warned us yet." It's the worst when a slow player has the honor on the tee. Since they're slow, they are usually the last one to the tee and take the longest time to decide what club to hit, but they're hitting first. Stealing his honor would be a very rude thing to do. It isn't any better when I have the honor. If I get to the tee first, figure out what club to hit, and hit my shot all before the slow player even gets to the tee I am once again seen as having poor ettiquette. Basically the fast player is at mercy of a slow player and left with hope that an official will warn the slow player early in the round.
If you don't believe me that a fast player is at the mercy of slow play and that taking actions into our own hands is seen as rude, read this article about Rory Sabbatini (fast player) and his encounter with Ben Crane (very slow player). Some people understood what Rory did and acceppted it, but he had to issue an official apology later. (Search Rory Sabbatini Rude on Google and see how many articles come up)
So what can be done? On the Hooters Tour, not much. If officials started enforcing slow play on a very strict manner, players would have a conniption about being penalized. If the enforcement continued, players might decide not to play Hooters Tour events because they'd be affraid to be penalized. The Hooters Tour is just a mini-tour and its survival depends on getting people to play regardless of their pace of play or their ability.
The real solution for this slow play double standard needs to start at the top: PGA Tour. In 2003 and in 2006, the PGA Tour implemented a new pace of play policy, but still to this day we hear players complaining about nobody enforcing the policy. Rory Sabbattini is still fighting to make a change, but he is becoming an outcast because of it. Maybe if the biggest tour in the world began enforcing the problem of slow play a trickle down effect would occur.
Will this occur in my lifetime??..........................No way.
I guess I'll just have to find a way to push slow players into playing faster without getting a smarty comeback from the player or without the player thinking I'm Rory Sabbattini.
I'd rather find a solution to the Poincaré Conjecture.
77
Neil
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Tournament Begins on Thursday
I'm in Miami (pronounced My - am - muh), Oklahoma and my tournament begins Thursday morning at 8:42. The town on Miami isn't much to talk about, but the fact that 9 casinos are within 15 minutes is. You can drive in any direction and you'll eventually run into a casino. Every other billboard is for one of the casinos and the only thing open up after 9pm are the casinos; the rest of the town shuts down.
Peoria Ridge Golf Club: Considering what the rest of the town has to offer, I was happy that the golf course has 18 holes and that none of the greens are shaped like hearts, diamonds, clubs, or spades. First thing that blew me away about the course was the wind. Both Tuesday and Wednesday had breezes near 25 mph, which should make it tougher to score if it stays windy. The second thing to note about the course is how thick the rough is. During my practice round on Tuesday I hit my first drive into the rough and only found it because I nearly stepped on it. Some guys are going to lose their balls in the rough this week (I lost 2 during my practice round). Watch this video to see how deep the rough is:
The course design isn't anything too exciting, but what do you expect when the designers first name is Bland.....Check it out, I'm not joking.
My preparation this week has been very profitable and I believe it will carry over to Thursday and beyond. I've spent nearly 2 1/2 hours putting and about 2 hours hitting balls the past two days. I also spent about 45 hitting sand shots and chipping. On Tuesday, after practicing for 2 hours I played the front nine. Before leaving for lunch, I spent another hour putting and hitting balls. Later on Tuesday evening, when the temperature had cooled off, I went back out to the course to play the back nine. Wednesday is Pro-Am day and since I wasn't scheduled to play I would only be able to practice. I showed up at the course around 8:30 to find only two other guys out there. That's great though, because often times you have to wait for a spot on the range or fight for an open hole on the putting green.
My practice routing on Wednesday consisted on putting and hitting balls. On the putting green, I'm really working on keeping my backstroke shorter. When it gets long my stroke will often decelerate into the ball and that is one of the worst things, especially for short putts. To work on those putts I played a game on "pull-back" with myself. Any putt that I don't make, I have to pull back away from the hole the length of my putter. It guarantees that you will have to make at least a three-footer.
On the driving range I worked on my knockdown shots; this was a necessity because the wind was directly in my face on the range. I like that because hitting downwind gives you a false sense of your ball striking. Hitting into the wind your bad shots will be accentuated. While on the range, I figured out how to hit my knockdown the way I like it. Most of the year I've been struggling with the consistency of that shot. I hit balls for another 20 minutes AFTER I figured it out and then came back to the range once more before I left.
I'm sorry for all the specific golf talk. Some of you are probably bored after reading that, but this is a golf blog after all.
Neil
Monday, July 24, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Round 1 at MN State Open
76
Today I played with an extremely cold putter. I didn't make a single putt, but I got some advice and hope to turn my putting around tomorrow. My second round begins at 7:30 so hopefully I can take advantage of the early start. The greens will be perfect and there probably won't be much wind. Keep checking the live scoring if you can't make it out to Bunker Hills. They update scores after nine holes and then after 18 holes.
Neil
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Directions to Bunker Hills Golf Club
For those of you who might be coming out to watch on Friday, here are directions:
I hope to see some of you tomorrow or throughout the rest of the weekend,
Neil
From the North:
South on Highway 65 to Highway 242, Turn Right (West). Course is 4 Miles on the right.From the South:
North on 35W to Highway 10 West (Not County Road 10) to Highway 65 North to Highway 242, Turn Left. Course is 4 miles on right.From the East:
West on Highway 10 to Foley Blvd. Go North. Course is 4 miles on Foley.From the West:
North on Highway 169 to Main Street (Highway 242). Turn Right. Course is 8 miles on left.If you're coming from River Falls you can check out this link to get more detailed directions: River Falls to Bunker Hills Golf Club
Now I don't know if anybody besides my mom will be showing up to watch, but since this is the closest to home that I'm am playing this summer I wanted to open up the invite to all my relatives and friends in the area.
I tee off at 12:30, but if you're late you'll need to find the large scoreboard. Nearby will be some officials; just ask them where Neil Johnson might be. Tell them that I started at 12:30 on #1 and they should direct you where you need to go.
*EDIT*
For those of you who can't make it out to Bunker Hills, this link will direct you to live scoring for the championship.I hope to see some of you tomorrow or throughout the rest of the weekend,
Neil
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Newest Member of YouTube
If you know what YouTube is, raise your hand...
Basically YouTube is a website that allows users to upload, share, and view their video clips. It began about 15 months ago and grown into one of the biggest sensations on the internet. It actually outpaces the popular My Space. Proof here!
Now onto my video...since 2003 I've had a video camera and I have recorded my golf swing and putting stroke several times. Last fall, purchasing my Apple laptop computer allowed me to easily upload my recordings. I hope to put most of my recordings onto YouTube so people can enjoy the excitement of one man swinging a golf club over and over again for several minutes. You may not find the repeatition fun, but Henry Ford would love it. I promise you that the ending is the best part so you have to stick around for that.
Watch it once, twice, or even better...50 times. Let's see if we can get my video up onto the Most Viewed list. To get onto that list, my video will probably have to be viewed about 8000 times in one day, so get watching and get sending it to everybody you know that has an email address. One more note on my video, feel free to comment or ridicule my choice of music. It took me four times as long to choose the music as it did to upload and edit the video.
As for my next golf tournament, the Minnesota State Open. That begins this Friday and continues throughout the weekend. This tournament is the closest one to River Falls that I'll play all year. Considering all the people from River Falls and the Minneapolis/St. Paul area that read this blog I'm inviting all of you out to watch. You're more than welcome to come out to Bunker Hills Golf Club. That website has some directions, but I can post some tomorrow for those too lazy to check out that link.
Tee Times - 12:30 (Friday) 7:30 (Saturday)
Last Year's Results I hope for a 61 this year, no more of the 62 nonsense.
Minnesota State Open History
Watch My VIDEO!!! (please)
Neil
PS...This is what the alphabet would look like without Q and R (cue rimshot....but seriously check out my 1st video.
Basically YouTube is a website that allows users to upload, share, and view their video clips. It began about 15 months ago and grown into one of the biggest sensations on the internet. It actually outpaces the popular My Space. Proof here!
Now onto my video...since 2003 I've had a video camera and I have recorded my golf swing and putting stroke several times. Last fall, purchasing my Apple laptop computer allowed me to easily upload my recordings. I hope to put most of my recordings onto YouTube so people can enjoy the excitement of one man swinging a golf club over and over again for several minutes. You may not find the repeatition fun, but Henry Ford would love it. I promise you that the ending is the best part so you have to stick around for that.
Watch it once, twice, or even better...50 times. Let's see if we can get my video up onto the Most Viewed list. To get onto that list, my video will probably have to be viewed about 8000 times in one day, so get watching and get sending it to everybody you know that has an email address. One more note on my video, feel free to comment or ridicule my choice of music. It took me four times as long to choose the music as it did to upload and edit the video.
As for my next golf tournament, the Minnesota State Open. That begins this Friday and continues throughout the weekend. This tournament is the closest one to River Falls that I'll play all year. Considering all the people from River Falls and the Minneapolis/St. Paul area that read this blog I'm inviting all of you out to watch. You're more than welcome to come out to Bunker Hills Golf Club. That website has some directions, but I can post some tomorrow for those too lazy to check out that link.
Tee Times - 12:30 (Friday) 7:30 (Saturday)
Last Year's Results I hope for a 61 this year, no more of the 62 nonsense.
Minnesota State Open History
Watch My VIDEO!!! (please)
Neil
PS...This is what the alphabet would look like without Q and R (cue rimshot....but seriously check out my 1st video.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Scholarship America Showdown Qualifier on Monday
On Monday I will attempt to qualify for the Nationwide event that used to be at Troy Burne Golf Club. It is now being played down near Rochester, MN at Somerby Golf Club. I tee off at 1:27 so you can check the Minnesota PGA website between 6 and 7 to see my score.
Good luck to Travis Meyer and Adam Wynia as they compete in the US Amateur Publinks Championship.
Neil
Good luck to Travis Meyer and Adam Wynia as they compete in the US Amateur Publinks Championship.
Neil
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