Saturday, July 15, 2006

Down by the Bayou in Louisiana



Sunrise, thursday morning in Shreveport Louisiana, the day was looking bright for some good golf. I started with a great morning to go with the awesome sunrise. I just started to have a stirct pregame routine that includes half an hour set aside to prepare spiritually; reading the bible, praying and meditating. After my pregame routine I felt great, ready to go out and conqure the course. I got off to a good start, 1 under through the first 3 holes, but then really lost it making 5 bogies in the next 6 holes to shoot 40(+4) on the front nine. Pretty discouraged, but keeping my head up and trying to keep my concentration sharp I started the back nine attempting to get myself back in the tournament. Again like the front nine I was 1 under through the first three holes of the back nine to put me 3 over total for the first round. As the same as the front nine I finished the back nine very poorly, with two double bogies and a three putt bogie to shoot 40 on the back nine. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that the heat index was about 105, a very high humitidy rate, I was so exausted and dissapointed and frustrated by the end of the round that I sat in the club house for about an hour and a half doing nothing but watching TV. After getting some energy back I went out to the practice tee and worked on my game. The next day I didn't tee off until 1:21 PM, where the heat felt even worse because there was very little breeze. Since I wrote so much already I will give you the highlights of the second round. I shot 73 which I am very happy about coming back after shooting 80 the first round, but it wasn't a round that had 17 pars and 1 bogie. I start off the round with a double bogie, but finished that nine with 5 birdies and a bogie to shoot 2 under par. Then birdied the first hole on the back to get to three under, then for the last 7 holes I had 4 straight bogies between 2 pars on each side of the bogies. Even though looking at it as a whole I am happy to shot 1 over par, but you can understand why I was very frustrated by the end of the round. To make 6 birdies on your round and finish at 1 over par is not very fun, but again I keep proving to myself that I have the talent to play at this level. I played six straight holes in the middle of my round at 5 under par going birdie, birdie, par, birdie, birdie, birdie. Next we head up to Byltheville, Arkansas ( In the middle of nowhere) for the next tourney. Please keep praying for me, for that is one thing I am always in need of.

4 comments:

Sarah said...

Awesome pic, Joe!

Anonymous said...

Keep it up, Joe! I'm praying for you!

-Sarge

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