The Colonial (Fort Worth, TX)

The week got started with a Monday proam. Since Kevin never played here, he felt it would be best to get in a round on Monday. JT came into town on Tuesday and we had an afternoon practice round and practice session with him. Wednesday was our normal routine.

The winds were up all week which made the "old style" golf course play difficult with tight fairways and dogleg holes. It was difficult picking the correct clubs and birdies were hard to make. Two three putts on the first nine on Thursday coupled with two bad swings on the back led to three bogeys and a double. We finished the day with a five over par (75).

Playing late on Friday, Kevin and I met with JT for a morning practice session. Kevin was just a little out of sync yesterday and didn't feel good with things. A little fine tuning and he was back hitting it solid. We took a break for lunch and then started our normal warm up routine. A missed green with a wedge on seven and then a poor course managing decision by me on nine cost us two bogeys. We made the turn one over (6 over for the tournament). But Kevin hung in there and kept doing what he has been doing. Three straight birdies on 10, 11, and 12 put us back in the game and a chance at making the cut. A missed up and down from the front bunker on 14 was followed by an 8 iron to 3 feet on 15 for birdie. Needing to make two more birdies to make the cut, Kevin hit a perfect iron on the par three 16th to seven feet. He was unable to convert the birdie put but rolled in a 30 footer on 17 to get us within one shot of the cut number. One more perfect drive on 18 left us 120 to the hole. But a slightly pulled wedge, that landed about two yards short and left of the hole, spun down the slope and off the green into the water hazard. It was a tough way to finish but he did great things just to give us a chance coming down 18. I was proud of him for the effort. His two under (68) on Friday was one of the lower rounds for the day. 

After missing the cut, Kevin flew back to Aiken for a couple days home with Brittany. She is only two weeks away from her due date so Kevin is wanting to spend as much time at home as possible. He will be flying up to Columbus on Tuesday. Since this is a new venue for both of us, I decided to fly straight to Columbus and start my preparations for the week. As of the deadline Friday afternoon, we were first alternate for the Memorial but at the time of this post, we are now in the field.