State

On Wednesday I completed my final HS state golf tournament. I played a solid first round and shot a 73 and was five shots back starting the second day. Unfortunately I really struggled on the second day and had some bad breaks and ended up placing 28th. I am disappointed to end my HS career that way but I realize that everyone has bad rounds. I am striking the ball well and my short game has improved. I still need some extra work on my putting but overall my game is as good as it has ever been. I am looking forward to my next tournament on June 19-20. It is the Grays Harbor Men's Amateur. I am the defending champion and would love for that to be my breakthrough tournament for the year. I am looking forward to competing again and am excited to see how I play as things start to fall together.

Local Qualifier

I finished the US Open local qualifier yesterday. Unfortunately I did not advance to sectionals. I have been playing well lately and hitting some great shots but I struggled a little on the greens and with my approach shots yesterday. The greens were very fast and difficult and the rough was very thick. The course was so much fun to play but definitely different than what I am use to playing. All of the pins were in tough spots. On hole 18 I watched a player hit a 15 foot putt past the hole, off the green, and 10 yards into the fairway! I had a good time at the event and am looking forward to my next one. I have an 18 hole tournament on Saturday and then have my state championship May 25-26.