Practice is going well

I've gotten really bad about not posting here as often as I had intended. I've hit a ton of balls in the last two weeks...really focusing on yardages and distance controll. I've spent a lot of time with the wedges, really trying to get where I can dial in the perfect shot from anywhere inside about 130. It's going pretty well, actually.

Last week in a practice session I did something I've never done. I holed out for a 2 on #17 (par four), barely missed an eagle put on # 18 and made birdie, then continued playing and knocked in a 5 foot eagle putt on the par 5 1st hole. Eagle/birdie/eagle, and it was nearly 3 eagles in a row.

I'm trying to start figuring out where I'm going to play in the spring. The Adams Pro Golf Tour has a winter series in Houston, so I may try to play in at least 1 event in December. Then the regular seasons start in the spring. There is a NGA/Hooters ranking school in Houston in January, which I'll probably play in. That might guarantee me a few starts on the Hooters Tour next year. The Adams Pro Golf Tour is basically a pay to play type of thing, so I'm sure I'll try that a time or two as well. Then there are Monday qualifyers for Nationwide Tour events, which I plan to try a few of as well.

I'm also starting to write letters for some of the very early season stuff begging for a sponsor's exemption. I'm hoping that my story is intriguing enough that a couple of them might let me in. All it takes really is one good opportunity, then playing well in that opportunity. One good thing, one exemption into a field can follow another if you're playing well enough.

I really want to make the cut in a nationwide tour event early in the year it I can. It would be big in terms of confidence, plus I do need to make a little money now and then too! The Hooters Tour seems like a good place to try and break in...they are 72 hole events that are put on just like the regular tour stops. Practice rounds, pro ams, shootouts...everything.

Anyway, now comes the tedious part of writing letters and begging for sponsorships in the evenings, and practicing all day during the day time. Not that I'm complaining, of course, but I sure wish I had someone else to do the boring stuff for me. I'd much rather go practice.