Tournament Recap

I played the Firecracker Open in Lawton, OK, the Waterloo Open in Waterloo, Iowa, and the Monday Qualifier for the Korn Ferry Tour in Springfield Missouri this past month. I shot 73, 75, 66 in the Firecracker Open for 5th place. Then 72, 69 in the Waterloo Open and missed the cut. Then I…

Above are my scores from four tournaments on the Outlaw Tour over the last couple months. Over the last couple months I have had the opportunity to play 4 tournaments on the Outlaw Tour. The main take-away for me from these events is that I have all the tools, but I need to be more…

Overview: The East Course at Oak Tree Country Club is a Pete Dye design with narrow fairways, quite a few water hazards and tricky greens. It was in great shape for the tournament and the weather was really nice. I ended up missing the cut by 1 shot, but it was a very positive experience.…

Overview: Talking Stick is a relatively long course with only two par 5's. It's interesting because there are a few holes that have an out-of-bounds fence running along the left side of the fairway. The fairways and greens are very firm, and all of the grass besides the greens is mowed at fairway height. So there…

Overview: Talking Stick is a great course with tricky greens with subtle breaks and lots of grain on the greens. I was glad for the experience I gained, but I missed the cut. The first day I started on #1 and played pretty solid except for missing a few short putts on the front…

Overview: It was a nice day with about 75 degree temperature and 15 mph wind. The course is a desert course with only two par 5's. Highlights: #2. Driver down the left side of the fairway. Then 6-iron to just short of the green and then almost chipped it in for an easy tap-in…

Overview:  It was cold and windy with a high of about 50 degrees and a 30 mph wind. Silverado is usually a pretty simple course, but it played a little tougher with a 2 to 3 club wind all day. Reminded me of a normal day in Oklahoma. :) The greens were in great shape…

Overview:  We had an hour frost delay and I teed off in the first group off the number 10 tee. The weather was perfect and the greens were fast and smooth. I needed to be in the top 3 to advance to the Monday Qualifier. So I didn't move on, but I actually played pretty…

Overview:  Talking Stick North is a relatively long course with wide fairways and really grainy greens. The first day there was a strong wind when I played in the afternoon, but the last two days the there wasn't much wind. Also, the ball was going really far in the heat, which was a lot of…

Overview:  Papago is a long course with really good greens. The practice area and practice putting green were closed, so I had to adjust to the speed of the greens on the first few holes. The weather was good with a lot of wind the second day and no wind the last day. Overall, I'm…