Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Minneapolis/Reorder/Tamarack

After 45 holes of very mediocre play in Minneapolis, I shot 31 the back nine, 69 for the day.  Funny how you just never know when it is going to turn around.  I played with Dave Stockton on Saturday and after we finished, he gave me one small idea with my putting and Sunday I finally made some putts.

 

It was a great week, my Dad was able to come watch and Jeff caddied for me.  And I seem to have a lot of golf friends in the Twin Cities.

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Not all of you are aware but there is a reorder of the Qualifying School spots after the Minneapolis tournament.  In essence the 15 players that got spots in the fall, continue to compete against each other over the year and we were reordered on Monday for the rest of the year based on money won.  Obviously, I didn’t come out very well in that process, so I’ve gone from 4th and in every event, to 14th.  In talking yesterday to a number of officials, it looks like I will get into Seattle (I’m right on the bubble there right now) and maybe Hickory, NC.  My only other option is to Monday qualify.  I will play in the Monday for Seattle if I have to and Pebble Beach later in the month, but am not going to play in a lot of those qualifiers.  I will post on my journal, who and how the other qualifiers fared.

 

On a more positive note, Tamarack has extended the 2 for 1 offer for the rest of the year.  Call, mention that you are on my list, book a tee time on any day of the week (after 1pm unless they have space otherwise) and two play for the price of one.  The course is in nice shape, and the Idaho mountains are beautiful this time of year.  I appreciate all of the feedback in regard to the course, Tom Altmann and his crew are continually striving to improve the experience.

 

And thanks again for all the positive support, I really appreciate it.

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