Wind Advisory

I woke up this morning at 5:30, took a shower, and checked the weather on my computer. The previous night I had checked the weather and it looked to be a nice day, but overnight a gigantic fan was turned on and directed at Dakota Winds Golf Club. The weather forecast looked like this:




At 5:45 the wind was already gusting to 18 mph and there was a wind advisory for the entire state of North Dakota. Further investigating, I came across this:



That informed me that the winds will increase to 30 mph with gusts nearing 50 mph. I really enjoyed the second to last sentence. "Winds this strong can make driving difficult...". They should've continued that sentence with ...putting impossible, chipping frustrating, and walking exhausting.

After two days of playing in these windy conditions, my face looks like a peach; dark red in spots and light orange in others. A few other players wore hats, but by the end of the day I noticed most everybody had either taken them off or turned them around backwards.

I shot a 78, which to me felt like a solid round. I started off pretty strong, but when I finally turned around and had a few holes with a helping wind, I wasn't able to take advantage of those easier holes.

My 73 yesterday was in 29th place. The cut was low 20 and ties and after I finished, I thought I might sneak in. But nope, I did not. Friday, I'll be coming home and getting ready for my event next weekend in Eau Claire.

Have a peachy weekend,
Neil

Where Should I Start...

...How about with the Wisconsin State Open:

• 74-70, make the cut. Tied for 13th going into last day. Struggle on Wednesday morning, but finish the round tied for 21st. Unfortunately, I signed the wrong score on my card and I got disqualified...

  Ha Ha Ha



• Then came the North Dakota State Open. Shot 73-74 and missed cut by 4 shots.


• Now I'm playing the Dakotas Tour Tour Championship. Shot 73 in the first round and find myself 8 shots back of the lead. The course is flat with no trees so the wind was howlin'. I felt ok with my 73, but it doesn't look so good when somebody shots 65 and several guys shoot 67 to 69.

One note on the golf course; it has 27 holes, but only 18 greens. How, ask you? Well, the back nine is ridiculous reversable so you can play it backwards and forward, tee to green, or green to tee. I kind of hope we play the course the other way during the second round. Might be fun to see another golf course on the same golf course...

I've got a friend's website for everybody to check out. Drew In Deutschland was set up by Andrew Evenson for his semester abroad in Germany. Hopefully he has a wonderful experience and I hope he's able to post a bunch of pictures from his travels.

Thank you, come again,
Neil

Schedule Changes

My schedule has once again changed, and I've finally gotten around to post the new one. You'll notice only one more Hooter's Tour event left. I decided to play the other tournaments because they're much less expensive and much closer to home.



For information on the next few tournaments, check out these websites:

CVGA Princeton Valley
Wisconsin State Open
Dakota Tour Events