Well tomorrow morning the final Canadian Tour Q School begins and I can say I am as ready as I'll ever be. I've put a lot of practice and work into getting my lines and thought processes ready fro this event. The Morningstar GC is a tough little track but if I steer clear of trouble I should do just fine. Earlier this week I had to make my own course yardage book as the club here does not have one of their own. It's a good thing I've been around some of the best course yardage books made by the guys at the GAO in Craig Loughry and Marcus Strom. Making this book also gives me a better understanding of the course and got me to focus more on the courses ins and outs. The tee shots are a key factor on this course. There is a lot of trouble around this whole course but most of the time you can hit irons off the tee to be in just as good position as someone with a driver. The greens are also a key factor here. Today in the practice round the greens keeping staff still hadn't double cut and rolled the greens as they plan on doing this week for the event so I anticipate the greens to be a whole different kind of beast tomorrow. These greens look like a Pete Dye design, very undulating and many tiers. This was the main reason I made the course book so that when I am hitting into greens I know exactly which way the green will be sloping for that specific pin placement and hit my ball into the correct spot as needed for best chance to make a putt. I'm assuming like most greens like this getting the ball below the pin is imperative.
I tee off tomorrow morning, actually the very first tee time of the day so I will be the very first group on every single green. That's definitely an advantage, the greens will be slick but extremely smooth with no footprints. Hopefully all goes well, I know I can shoot some great scores on this course but most importantly I know where to be aggressive (which is hardly ever) and when to play smart and keep my lines straight. I'll let you know how the first round went tomorrow. As I can see on www.cantour.com I am on the top of the leaderboard so I intend on keeping it there.
Wish me Luck, this is the one!
JS
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