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Monday, February 18, 2008
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
THANK YOU!!!
I want to thank everyone who gave me your support and well wishes. I was hoping I could play better and give you all something to look forward to watching on TV. This was a great experience and a once in a lifetime opportunity.
I can't say it was easy. I started off very strong by winning the first stage but living out in Japan never felt at home. Although it was a rough trip, it is still incredibly difficult to throw in the towel. But back to reality, I must find a job and get back to work.
Total costs of this trip: Approx. $10,000. Yes....OUCH.
Anyway, I'll see you all back in the states. Maybe I'll see some of you on the links.
Thank you all very much.
I can't say it was easy. I started off very strong by winning the first stage but living out in Japan never felt at home. Although it was a rough trip, it is still incredibly difficult to throw in the towel. But back to reality, I must find a job and get back to work.
Total costs of this trip: Approx. $10,000. Yes....OUCH.
Anyway, I'll see you all back in the states. Maybe I'll see some of you on the links.
Thank you all very much.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Stage 2 Scores
Stage 2 - Japan Tour Qualifying
Sun Hills Country Club - Tochigi, Japan
Par 72
6925 Yards
Scores link:
http://www.jgto.org/jgto_web/qualifying/07_2nd_01.html
Round 1: 74 (+2) [Leader at -8] (Currently tied for 52nd)
Round 2: 74 (+4) [Leader at -13] (Currently tied for 60th)
The typhoon has arrived. We may not get a chance to finish. =(
Round 3: 81 (+13) WITHDRAW
Round 4: XX
Total: XX
Cut: Top 30 players (Cut currently at -2)
Wow, I had an incredibly dreadful event. My last round only had 3 REEEAALLY bad holes. Otherwise I was 2-under. I'm exhausted, stressed out, and I sprained my ankle. It was a pretty wet, sideways rain, windy day with this typhoon coming in. I sliced my ball into the sherwood forest and unfortunately, I found it. Amazingly, I got the ball out but my clumsy butt didn't make it out as clean. Slipped on a muddy hillside and was saved by a tree. The ankle's tender and swollen but its nothing bad. Just a small sprain. I can't swing well enough with this ankle, I'm no where near contention to make the cut, and I've been told that the likelihood that tomorrow's round will be canceled because of the typhoon is 90%. So I decided to withdraw from the event.
It's a disappointing finish but I'm happy to be coming home. On a bright note, if I were to attempt this again, I'm allowed to start from Stage 2 next year.
Sun Hills Country Club - Tochigi, Japan
Par 72
6925 Yards
Scores link:
http://www.jgto.org/jgto_web/qualifying/07_2nd_01.html
Round 1: 74 (+2) [Leader at -8] (Currently tied for 52nd)
Round 2: 74 (+4) [Leader at -13] (Currently tied for 60th)
The typhoon has arrived. We may not get a chance to finish. =(
Round 3: 81 (+13) WITHDRAW
Round 4: XX
Total: XX
Cut: Top 30 players (Cut currently at -2)
Wow, I had an incredibly dreadful event. My last round only had 3 REEEAALLY bad holes. Otherwise I was 2-under. I'm exhausted, stressed out, and I sprained my ankle. It was a pretty wet, sideways rain, windy day with this typhoon coming in. I sliced my ball into the sherwood forest and unfortunately, I found it. Amazingly, I got the ball out but my clumsy butt didn't make it out as clean. Slipped on a muddy hillside and was saved by a tree. The ankle's tender and swollen but its nothing bad. Just a small sprain. I can't swing well enough with this ankle, I'm no where near contention to make the cut, and I've been told that the likelihood that tomorrow's round will be canceled because of the typhoon is 90%. So I decided to withdraw from the event.
It's a disappointing finish but I'm happy to be coming home. On a bright note, if I were to attempt this again, I'm allowed to start from Stage 2 next year.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Sunhill Country Club Pictures
here's some pictures for you all of my next venue, Sunhills Country Club and Resort
this is the mountain drive up. there's about 3 miles of forrest. they built the golf course in the middle of this mountain and carved out a good portion to give the course a natural feel.
entrance
#10 tee box.
beautiful tree-lined par 4 with a cliff on the right
another beautiful tree-lined fairway...now that's a jail cell.
wait til you're behind those trees...hard enough to go sideways...too tall to go over.
tight approaches...trees everywhere.
this is the toughest par 5 tee shot. ob tight left...anything slightly drawed with a 5-iron or more is ob...cart path on the left side makes the fairway that much more narrow. the landing zone for 220 yards is 20 yards wide. its progressively gets tighter to a narrow 5 yards wide at 280. right is trees but if it goes in, you cant find it so its just like ob. if u hit 5 iron to the fairway, there's more ob left and bunkers right for your layup shot. then the approach is a long iron with ob left, cliff right and ob long with bunkers in front.
a picture of the trees on the right that wait from the par 5 tee shot in the above picture.
fun fun fun. fyi for those non-golfers, OB = out of bounds (which is also a 2-shot penalty...so if u go in, you have to add 2 penalty shots to your score)
this is the mountain drive up. there's about 3 miles of forrest. they built the golf course in the middle of this mountain and carved out a good portion to give the course a natural feel.
entrance
#10 tee box.
beautiful tree-lined par 4 with a cliff on the right
another beautiful tree-lined fairway...now that's a jail cell.
wait til you're behind those trees...hard enough to go sideways...too tall to go over.
tight approaches...trees everywhere.
this is the toughest par 5 tee shot. ob tight left...anything slightly drawed with a 5-iron or more is ob...cart path on the left side makes the fairway that much more narrow. the landing zone for 220 yards is 20 yards wide. its progressively gets tighter to a narrow 5 yards wide at 280. right is trees but if it goes in, you cant find it so its just like ob. if u hit 5 iron to the fairway, there's more ob left and bunkers right for your layup shot. then the approach is a long iron with ob left, cliff right and ob long with bunkers in front.
a picture of the trees on the right that wait from the par 5 tee shot in the above picture.fun fun fun. fyi for those non-golfers, OB = out of bounds (which is also a 2-shot penalty...so if u go in, you have to add 2 penalty shots to your score)
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Stage 2 - Sunhills Country Club
I played a practice round today at Sunhills Country Club. Layout is much tighter than the first stage venue at 58 Golf Course but its definitely shorter. Shorter is a HUGE advantage for me. Tee shots are critical but the approach shots are not too difficult. Most every shot has OB left and most approaches go downhill. Greens are fairly flat and are identical to Victoria Golf Course in Carson. Rough is light and not an issue.
Shot 2-under today in a bogey free round. On a very bright note, I`ve played a total of 12 rounds since I`ve been in Japan and I`ve consistently shot under par. If this keeps up, I should pass 2nd Stage with no problems. I`m going into the event with only the sight of winning and if I keep that mentality, making the 20% field cut line should be a given. My game plan is set...just need to follow and execute.
Tournament starts September 4 through September 7.
Shot 2-under today in a bogey free round. On a very bright note, I`ve played a total of 12 rounds since I`ve been in Japan and I`ve consistently shot under par. If this keeps up, I should pass 2nd Stage with no problems. I`m going into the event with only the sight of winning and if I keep that mentality, making the 20% field cut line should be a given. My game plan is set...just need to follow and execute.
Tournament starts September 4 through September 7.
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