The Recap
by Pat Sheridan on 06/05/15I'm a few weeks removed from the tournament now but I felt I should do a final tournament recap post. There isn't much from the tournament proper that I haven't already touched upon in my previous few posts but there are a few final items:
- A big thanks goes to Dave and Mary at Champions Golf Learning Center for putting on the event. It's no small effort to host the U.S. Open and they had the course looking great.
- In the 3.5 days I was there, I estimate that I made just around 1000 putts (333 in the tournament plus roughly another 700 in practice rounds (about 16 of them) and practice putts). From what I know of the other competitors I was definitely on the low end of the number of putts made during the week.
- I was extremely happy that I did a shot book for all 18 holes at this tournament. It came in handy several times but I also didn't "trust the book" a couple of times when I should have. Lesson learned.
- I'm still trying to figure out how I took a 4 on hole 12 in one round and a 4 on hole 17 in another round - and neither were the fault of the shot book. Just goes to show how easily you can throw away 4 shots during the course of a tournament.
- My Irish skin surprisingly didn't burn and I actually got a decent tan.
- I'm already excited to play in my next tournament, whenever that may be. Getting the first tournament of the year in turns on my competitive juices.
I hope everyone marks their calendar for May 2016 and the USPMGA U.S. Open at Putt U in Pennsylvania (if not one of the earlier USPMGA tournaments like the Western Open or the 2015 Masters)!
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