July 27th 2011, Links at Lang Farm Match Play Event
Played an 18 hole qualifier round the 26th and finished in 6th place the top 16 players qualify for the match play event.
I had my 1st match this morning at an 8:40 Tee Time and won my match on the 17th, earning me a spot in the second round against Troy Evans a great player from Barre Country Club in VT.
We went at it tooth and nail until the 17th when I hit an errant drive into a bunker causing me to lose the hole and the match on the 17 th hole, not happy I lost of course, but happy knowing I played well, just not well enough.
Picture of me on the left and Troy on the right on the 17th tee green.
Played an 18 hole qualifier round the 26th and finished in 6th place the top 16 players qualify for the match play event.
I had my 1st match this morning at an 8:40 Tee Time and won my match on the 17th, earning me a spot in the second round against Troy Evans a great player from Barre Country Club in VT.
We went at it tooth and nail until the 17th when I hit an errant drive into a bunker causing me to lose the hole and the match on the 17 th hole, not happy I lost of course, but happy knowing I played well, just not well enough.
Picture of me on the left and Troy on the right on the 17th tee green.
Well you all can see from looking at my schedule that I have had a busy spring, doing tournaments in Boston, and in Vermont regularly since spring Basketball was over.
I've had a pretty good year so far but have gotten off to a slow start and have been unable to get the little subtle aspects of the game in place on a regular basis.
Dad has worked hard to help me, but everyone knows that most Dads and son's are not able to receive and transmit information openly and affectively between each other so we had to resort to a PGA instructor who would be open and frank about what I needed to do, and how, plus me being able to listen intently while he critigued and taught me better and more conistent ways to execute those crucial short game golf shots.
From local recomendations it seemed that Steve Gonzalves the PGA professional from "Links Farms" in Essex VT was the unanimous winner regarding his teaching methods and his ability to connect with golfers, especially the younger golfers.
Had my second lesson yesterday and I can see a marked improvement in my game already and I'm sure it will improve as times goes on.
We played a few holes last night after the lesson and he gave me some good drills and showed me some good methods to excecute some critical scoring shots especially in the bunkers and around the greens.
It was a really hot, record setting, day in Essex yesterday so we were hot and tired when we finished.
However it was a beautiful evening so Steve was gracious enough to take a couple of pictures with us.
Steve and I with the practice green and the 18th hole as a back drop
I've had a pretty good year so far but have gotten off to a slow start and have been unable to get the little subtle aspects of the game in place on a regular basis.
Dad has worked hard to help me, but everyone knows that most Dads and son's are not able to receive and transmit information openly and affectively between each other so we had to resort to a PGA instructor who would be open and frank about what I needed to do, and how, plus me being able to listen intently while he critigued and taught me better and more conistent ways to execute those crucial short game golf shots.
From local recomendations it seemed that Steve Gonzalves the PGA professional from "Links Farms" in Essex VT was the unanimous winner regarding his teaching methods and his ability to connect with golfers, especially the younger golfers.
Had my second lesson yesterday and I can see a marked improvement in my game already and I'm sure it will improve as times goes on.
We played a few holes last night after the lesson and he gave me some good drills and showed me some good methods to excecute some critical scoring shots especially in the bunkers and around the greens.
It was a really hot, record setting, day in Essex yesterday so we were hot and tired when we finished.
However it was a beautiful evening so Steve was gracious enough to take a couple of pictures with us.
Steve and I with the practice green and the 18th hole as a back drop
Picture of Steve, my Lil Brother Riley, and me in back of Steves car with his tag depicting how I'm going to be playing when I'm finished my lessons
