This wasn't a very exciting week for me. It was littered with frustration. My pitfall the entire week was putting, I was misreading the greens where if I wasn't missing on pace I was missing on line. It got so bad for me on these greens that once I would read a putt I would sometimes give more or less break than what I read standing over the ball to make it fall and of course nothing. Not to mention a bad start, the first day I made two swings on the front nine when I wasn't ready, swung anyway and it cost me 3 strokes by the 8th tee. Day two the putter was cold still and I was 73, it was amazing though how little momentum I had on the course because nothing would fall for me. Can't say I wasn't doing everything else great I hit a flag from the fairway day two (and 4) they rested only 8 feet away and missed both. I hit almost every shot into the greens from within 140 yards to 20 feet or less all week. So when you have no momentum I tried to make something happen which again was a bad decision because it was completely out of my game plan to cut corners on certain holes. I payed the price on every single one and managed to escape with a 75 ... somehow. The final day was of course a little more relaxed, in my mind the only thing I could do to get into the top would be 8 or 9 under and that's pretty much out of reach on this course. Either way, the entire day my ball striking was impeccable I hit so many balls to within 10 feet it was ridiculous. 2,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,15,16 were all balls 15 feet or less, one of them hit the flag, and one sat on the lip which was hole 11 from 132 I was an inch from making an eagle... I made that putt. So the final day was rough because I felt like I was playing a great game and the ball never could get rolling to the next hole because I would miss the putt and I would question what I did wrong. It was painful.
The good thing is I was able to pull some positives out. Along with the old ones of remember to never shoot when not ready, be fully committed to your shot, stay even keel I was able to see the potential for great scoring. If I just learn from a few mistakes and take that to the next week there is the potential for some great things. I saw the ball hit from 140 yrds and in nearly to perfection... it was more than I could've asked for I gave myself so many chances all week. Again though, it's putting that held me back this week.
Monday I will be travelling to Victoria for the Monday Qualifier for the Canadian Tour Event. I will be travelling with my good Irish pal Barry O'Neil who is meeting me here in Parksville today and then we will continue to travel.
I would like to thank the Loftus family for giving me their home, it's always nice to feel at home when you are playing in these types of events. I would also like to thank my caddy Bill Vandervelde, who not only was a great fan of mine on the course but gave out some good hard cheers for my fellow competitors in my group, we had a great time and I hope he did too. I will be in touch this Monday, I intend to get these putts dropping and see my potential actually be realized in the coming months.
Thank you Morningstar, for a stressful but excellent week.
JS
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