I almost forgot. I missed a couple of days. Last friday I went up to the club and practiced. I hit balls for a couple of hours. I chipped a little. Nothing really exciting. The next day I went up with Chase. We only had a little bit of time so we played 9 and then 10, 11, 12, and up 18 which is right by 12. I started off bad. I went bogey, double, bogey, bogey, bogey. I finally parred on the 6th hole which is wierd because of all holes to get my first par of the day on, I got it on the hardest hole. I birdied 7 after I drove the corner of the lake and chipped it to 5 feet. I hit a great shot on 8 which is one of my worst holes. I parred that and went on to bogey 9 for a front 9 42. Not terrible. I started off with a bogey on ten after I drove the trees. I bogeyed 11 and 12 and finished with a par on 18 to finish 7 over through 13 holes which isn't terrible but it is nothing close to what I should be shooting. I haven't golfed for a day. I'm already daydreaming about it. Can't wait for practice.

I had a match today at Meriweather golf club. It was pouring the whole time. I putted great. I chipped and drove terribly. Even when I hit fairways I couldn't hit greens. My sand wedge was not working for me. I couldn't hit it. I was 9 over going into the last hole. I hit a great drive over the water. I hit a 60 degree about 25 feet by the hole and spun it back 20 feet and made my birdie put to finish with a 44. Not a good round. The weather didn't help either. I really had problems with my driver. I kind of figured it out by the end. I just need to experiment. I hit my hybrid really good though. I will have practice all this week and I have to work on my decision making.

Finally

Yesterday I had a Match to see if I was on varsity. I played a good round and shot a 6 over 37. I lost but it was close the whole way. I made a 20 foot put for birdie on the eight hole. I had 3 double bogeys though. Today we had practice off so I went up to the club. The grass range is finally open. I got some pointers from another pro up there and he said the only thing that was really wrong with my swing was that my hands were closed at the top. After that I was hitting the ball great. I'm even hitting my driver great. I'm probably hitting it about 260 which is good for me. I need to hit the weights though. I'm just too skinny. I probably feel better about my swing than I ever have. In matches I'm afraid to do one thing or another and I will try to compensate for that and not do as well as I could. I really fell confident that I can swing how I am now, how I was taught, and that it will give me the results that I have been looking for. Consistency is also there. When I have been trying to compensate I have been swinging differently which has killed me. I feel good that I don't have to go and work on something 20 minutes before my round. The good thing too as that I didn't fix this by hitting balls for hours on end hitting balls. I went up there and got a pointer that was an easy fix. I am ready to shoot low. Finally. I am really excited for my next match.

Yesterday I had a great match at my home course Charbenneu. I played great. I played really good. My putting was good except for one hole because the greens at the club were airrated. I started off with a par. I hit the green on the next par three but I was 45 feet from the hole and I wasn't sure about my putting. I actually had the distance but read for way more break in the putt. I was 4 feet to the right of the hole and had a downhill put for par. I missed it and missed the put back. before then, I had never 4 putted in my life. I went on to par the next 5 hole before a stupid bogey where I tryed a flop shot over a bunker and shanked it right into the bunker. I'm lucky I'm good out of the bunker. I barley bogeyed that hole after my put lipped out. Before that, on the par 3 4th hole, I hit a great 7 iron to 7 feet. My birdie put went about as fardon as it could have before it came back up. I finished the day with a par and shot a 3 over 34. I came first out of everyone in the tournament. I have a match today to see who gets the 5th spot on varsity. Wish me luck.

I played 18 and got a lesson today. Before my lesson I went out and shot a 79. A real 79. I started off with a birdie after I bombed my drive and hit a great hybrid to about 20 yards. I hit a nice flop shot to about 4 feet and drained the put. I parred holes 2-5 and then bogied the 6th hole. I also bogied 8 and had to take a bogey on 9 because it is under construction. I finished off the front only 2 over. I actually did worse on the back. I started with three pars but bogeyed five in a row. I hit a great drive on 18 but hit my second shot fat. I was about 15 yards from the green and couldn't see the pin. I hit my chip very good but since the greens were just airrated, the ball didn't spin. I had about a 17 foot put for par. I drained it.
My lesson with Matt was great. He helped me with my driver. I haven't really got it down yet but I know what to practice. I have my home match tomorrow and can't wait.

On Monday I played Pumpkin Ridge. I started off decent with two bogeys but then tripled, dobled, and then doubled again. I was 9 over through 5. I kind of got it together on the next 4 holes. I parred them all but just barley. On Wedensday I played Glendoveer and absolutley did terrible. At that point I was on varsity. I Started off the exact same way. A double, a par, and then 3 doubles and a bogey in a row. I finished with two pars and a bogey to finish 10 over. The next day I was challenged for my varsity spot and lost because I 3 putted from a foot. Im playing horrible but today was better. I shot a 79. I played the back twice because the front wasn't open. I really need a lesson and can't wait to get one.

When I got back from Arizona I had a match at Chahalem Glenn in Sherwood. I started off with a par after making a 10 foot put. I pushed my next drive into another fairway but hit a great shot about 30 yards from the pin and 10 feet off the green. I chipped it to about a foot and made my birdie. I hit agreat drive on my first but my second shot went to the left of the green. I couldn't see the green because I was behind a hill and I only had about 5 feet of green to work with. I hit a perfect flop to about two feet. I missed the put short and picked up the putt. I didn't know I couldnt do that. I got a triple on the hole instead of bogey or if I had made that put, par. I was so pissed at myself. On the next hole I bombed my drive, Hit a decent lay up, and hit my sand wedge to the back of the green. I had a 25 foot birdie putt which went around the cup. I missed the green on the next par 3 but chipped to about 2 feet and made my par. My tee shot was good but my second shot was shot. I didn't want to hit it too far but I ended up chunking it, chipping it on, and then 2 putting for double bogey. I hit over the green on the next par three but chipped it close again and made my par. I hooked my next drive into the rough and hit my second shot short. I hit a good chip but barley missed my par put. I drew my tee shot on the dog-leg left ninth. I hit my shot short but flopped it to about a foot and finished with a par. I ended up with a 41 that should have been a 39 or a 38. I felt really good about my game though especially because there were 40+ mile an hour winds.

Arizona was amazing. My first round was not too good. I played the course Saguaro. I started off with two pars I hit both fairways and one green through the first two holes. On the third hole I hit a great drive to about 120 which was out of the range of my sand wedge but short of my P wedge so I hit My P Wedge a little bit too hard to the back to the green. The pin was at the front so I had a lengthy birdie putt. I nailed it. I aimed to the right but originally aimed about two feet to the left which would not have been good. After that it went downhill. After being 1 under through 3, I went 10 over through 6. I didn't even keep score on the back which I did worse on but the guy I played with said I got a 95. I haven't scored that high in forever. My next day on the other course, Cholla, was better. I didn't like that course as good as the other. My driver was giving me trouble. The only time I hit a good shot with my driver was on a hole with split fairways. On purpose I aimed far to the left and on purpose slid my hips and pushed the shot right into the right fairway. On the tenth hole I drove over the green because the yardage was wrong. I parred that hole because on the other side of the green was a bunker. I finished with an 87. I played Cholla again. I did better because I finally figured out my driver on the sixteenth. I shot an 85. My game really came together on my last round on Saguaro. Even though I started off with a double I was hitting fairways. Hitting fairways allowed me to hit greens. My chipping was also exceptionally well. I finished with an 8 over 79 on a par 71. I loved that place and hope to go back there again.