Good News!!

I just returned to good old Litchfield from my first Dakotas tour event of the summer. I was in Sioux Falls, SD for the weekend at Bakker Crossing Golf Club for their charity pro am. There were about 90 pros, top 30 receiving money. I started out saturday playing pretty well going out in -2 34. Feeling good walking to the back 9 something went awry in my brain causing me to make a costly double at 10. Back to even I failed to convert twice greenside for birdie on the par 5's and 1 more poor swing on 18 led to my 2nd double of the day! Needless to say i was livid!! But I told myself that although i should 74 (40 on the back) I played good golf. 3 bad swings away from being on the leaderboard. (-4 led afer Day one) I got some good sleep that night and went into day 2 knowing I had to put up a good number to even think of cashing a check. I started on 10 and hit the exact same shot as day 1. I made bogey and did the same on 11. At +5 for the tourney I had a small talk with myself and decided I needed to get back to even to even think of making any money. On the par 5 12th, I holed a 55 yard pitch to a nearly impossible pin to get back to even. I made a bogey and 2 more birdies en route to a -1 34 on the back. I felt the front was playing easier and knew that if I kept it in play I could easily pick up between 2 and 4 shots. I left my birdie putt on 1 and inch short, birdied 2, lipped out on 3, lipped out on 4. At this point I felt great! I made birdie on the 230 yd 5th which was a steal. I parred out for a -2 34 putting me at even par for the tourney. 68 felt great considering my start. I cashed my first Dakotas tour check for $604. Its not much, but its a small confidence booster considering how hard I worked on day 2. In 3 days I'm off to the SD Open in Vermillion SD. Stay tuned.

Go Low!!

Drew