Jackson, MS (Week) / Boise, ID (First Round)

I arrived into Jackson on Tuesday about midnight and checked into an airport hotel for the night. Kevin arrived about noon on Wednesday and we headed out to the club for an afternoon practice session with his coach. On Thursday, we had an afternoon tee time and got off to a great start. Kevin was four under par through six holes when play was suspended for a thunderstorm. A small storm cell just continued to build and hung around for the rest of the day. Play was officially cancelled for the day about 6:30pm and we were sent home for the night. Play was scheduled to resume at 7:00am friday morning but fog pushed it back until 7:30. Kevin continued right were we left off the day before and finished the first round with a nice 7 under par round (65). After the round, we only had 20 minutes until we had to start our second round. Kevin grabbed a quick bite to eat and we headed right back out for the second round. With the heat index close to 100 degrees, the 30 hole day was setting up to be a marathon. It all caught up to us late in the day. A three putt bogey (15th) was backed with a poor swing on the next hole (16th) leading to a penalty stroke and a double bogey. We ended up finishing the round at one over (73).

The weekend was much like our second round. We hit some really good shots but the bad shots were all big misses. Kevin putted great all week but we just could not give ourselves enough opportunities to keep pace with the leaders. We finished the weekend with rounds of 71 and 74 for a four round total of five under par (283) tied for 65th place. 

Monday was a travel day to Boise, ID. Since our plans last week changed last minute and I had to fly to Jackson, it was going to be a long day for me getting to Boise. I left Jackson, MS at 5:30am and headed back to Kansas City (via Charlotte, NC) so I could catch my original fights (via Phoenix) to Boise. I finally arrived here in Boise after 17 hours of travel. Tuesday was our normal practice day with a full 18 hole practice round and then the pro-am Wednesday morning. Wednesday's pro-am was a tough one. We were paired with one player that had NEVER played golf before. We understand the importance of the pro-ams and Kevin did a great job making the guys feel comfortable but it really did take a lot out of him. It was just a difficult day to stay focused.

Today, we teed off at 8:25. Kevin played well on the front nine, missing only one fairway and green on the front nine. Struggling a bit with the putter, Kevin made the turn with a solid two under par. Things took a turn toward the worse when a pulled 4 iron off the the short par four 10th found the water hazard. After the drop, a blocked nine iron right of the green put us is a bad spot and we could not get it up and down, making double bogey. The rest of the back nine was a struggle. We didn't hit it good, chip it good, or putt it good. The final result was a back nine score of three over par for a one over par total (72). With perfect scoring conditions, the scores were super low today with 72 guys shooting 3 under or better today. We will have do some work tomorrow to have any chance to hang around for the weekend. We tee off number 10 tomorrow at 1:25.