I'm finally done with my 7 tournaments in a row, and let me tell you, I don't think I will be doing that again anytime soon! It just takes too much of a toll on my body and mind to play that many tournaments back to back.
This last tournament was a little more relaxed, because it was an invitational tournament for 36 pros (18 players and 18 instructors). The 18 couples had guaranteed money and we had a drawing on Wednesday to find out who your partner was. I drew Pedro Russi, who is Maria Jose Uribe's instructor, the girl that won the US Women's Amateur this year. He caddied for her in that tournament and he was a great amateur player himself, before turning pro and deciding to teach instead of play.
We played 3 different styles: Best Ball, Canadian Foursome and Aggregate Score on the last day. First day we had a good day, we made 6 birdies, but we both three putted from 6-8 feet on a par 4 to make a best ball 6, and then we bogey the par 5 18th to finish at -3, 4 of the lead. It was unfortunate, because we should have taken advantage of that round. It felt like we left a quite a few strokes out there.
Second day we shot 74 (+2) Canadian foursome (best tee shot, alternate shot from there). Again, we didn't play bad, but we just didn't capitalize on good opportunities and we made some silly bogeys.
Last day, I figured something out with my ball striking. On my 3rd hole (#12) I made was 183 out and I hit a pefect 8 iron to about 10 feet, with perfect hit, perfect trayectory, perfect line and perfect distance. I felt something different there and I kept it thru the whole round. Unfortunatedly, I made a triple 8 on hole 18 and ended up shooting +4 for the round. Pedro shot 79, and we finished 14th/18 groups.
I don't have any tournaments until October 9th, when I play a PGA Colombia Tournament, which has a pretty good purse and it will be hosted by San Andres Golf Club, where I grew up playing at. Now I will work on my swing for a couple of weeks with my swing coach Jorge Mesa. I feel like there are some things loose on my swing that I need to work on. I will keep you guys updated!!
Feel free to write comments, its been a while since someone commented anything!!
Cheers
Golf Swing, 6 iron, FO and DTL 10/20/2008
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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