Dakotas Tour Championship: Sioux Center, Iowa

Well its been a while since I've posted so i apologize for not keeping up. I've been very busy with work and what not while I've been off tour for the last 2 weeks. Although its been 2 weeks I'm extremely excited to be back and playing. I've been in Sioux Center for 2 days now preparing for the event. The golf course is called "The Ridge" and is set up much like many of the courses we've played. Its a modern day links style track with large undulated greens and whispy fescue lining many fairways. All in all I expect the event to be a great challenge and hopefully i'm up for it. We play 36 tomorrow, cut, and play the final 18 on Thursday. I'll hopefully have a bunch of good news tomorrow. Stay tuned,

go low!!

Drew

The 3 P's.....

Poise, perserverance, and PATIENCE!!!!!!!!!! I exhibited ZERO of these qualities in my last 6 rounds of tournament golf and its netted me me zero dollars. I did nothing right at Hillcrest for 2 days. At least on day 1 I gutted it out and put up a respectable number but I put so much pressure (the wrong P) on myself that I forced shots. The greens at Hillcrest are by far the smallest greens I will probably ever play on which calls for confident and well placed shots. The golf course is very simple and easily manageable, but I simply played like a giant rook. I've got a 2 week break to relax and think about my errors and hopefully close out my dakotas tour season on a good note. Crazy to think I've been gone for 6 weeks. Stay tuned,

Drew

Well...

well...dakotas tour worst score of the year...76 for me and not much to report. i'm extremely frustrated with the amount of opportnities i've had this week and here I sit at 3 over. i've hit roughly 65% of my greens which is pretty good considering how tiny these are here at Hillcrest. No putts have fallen coupled with a bulky short game. 1 more day then a cut. I need some magic, or I'll be going home early.

Drew

Day 1 at Hillcrest

Well not much to report here. I fired a 1 under par 71 to start off round one. I made 2 birdies and 1 bogey along with 15 pars. pretty boring day. Greens got pretty bumpy late today so giving putts a run was a bit dicey. I tee it up at 7:47 am tomorrow so hopefully tomorrow afternoon I've got good news to report. I'm 5 back. Stay tuned.

Go Low!!

Drew

Day 3 at Marshall...Fox Run Pro-Am

I'll do the best I can here. Marshall was an interesting day for me. I started the day at -4 and 3 back of the leader. Its a course I know and one I felt I could give the leaders a run on. I birdied 3 of my first 5 to get to -7. Turned at 33 and was one back of the lead. For some reason my brain shut off and shot 39 on the back for a +1 72. Pretty disappointing to say the least. I ended up T5 which actually exempted me into the event at Hillcrest which was nice. Now, I just finished my final round at Fox Run in Yankton SD. I played solid golf for 2 days hitting 31/36 greens. Now most people hitting that number of greens would go LOW. Unfortunately a bulky putter only allowed me a 69-73 finish. Currently at 2 under I probably won't cash a check unless the afternoon boys fall way back. Stay tuned. I've got a few days off and then to Hillcrest in Yankton. Its a big event so hopefully I can work the putter back in my favor and hopefully you'll see me near the top of the leaderboard.

Gow low!!

Drew