Day 1 - 76 : Southern Hills CC

Well today things didn't go as well as I felt out on the course. I feel as though I really hit the ball well off the tee and put myself in great position to score well. I did hit some bad shots from the fairway a couple times but in all honesty I felt great on the course. My problem were the greens... my thoughts were that the greens there would be cut and it wouldn't be a big deal dealing with how grainy the greens were. This morning when I got on the putting green I thought the greens were cut and smoother than the days prior. That was on the front of the putting green, go to the back of the green where there was much more grass and it was just as slow. So I felt like I hot my ball in some great spots I was just never able to make the putt to get me moving in the right direction. I made two bad swings which ended up costing me a good 4 strokes... one was on the 8th hole I missed the green and hit a poor pitch shot. The other was on the 12th hole, I hit a great drive in perfect position and tried to hit a 4 iron up against the wind to fall left into the fairway... sure enough it flies straight and lied in an elevated bunker, 48 yards from pin... went over green , bad chip and two putts. Those were the 2 double bogeys I made.
Looking forward to tomorrow morning I feel great and confident about my tee shots, this course will allow me plenty more chances at wedges in my hand and chances at scoring ... also as I sit here outside towards the 8th hole I see they are getting the greens in great shape. So I'm pumped because I've been hitting my putts online and I feel like they will fall, especially out on Silverthorn.
So today may not have been the best scoring day for me but all in all I feel like I'm not out of position or out of this race in any way. Wish me luck as I wwork my way back inside the cut line.

JS