Not a great start

Well, Hooter's Tour Ranking School came and went last week for me. I had probably the worst four consecutuve days on a golf course that I can remember. The practice round on Monday went well I thought. Then that afternoon the brain started thinking too much and doubts about being out there with "those guys" starting creeping in. I ended up way back in the pack, I have no idea when I will get to play any events this year. I will tell you one thing, there is nothing like trying to tee up a ball on the first tee of your first professional round and barely being able to keep the thing on the tee because your hand is shaking so bad.

I doubted my swing all week and tried to play the field. I checked each afternoon to see how far I was out of the lead so I could try to post a low number the next day and that just did not work. I ended up trying to play the guys in my group instead of playing the course. I must admit, the course was tight and keeping it in the fairway is a must there (duh!), but for someone on their game it was for the taking. One guy shot a 63, tying the course record set by Chris DeMarco, in the second round.

I am chalking last week up to a big learning experience and now know that I need more competitive experience to learn to deal with the pressure of truely competitive golf.