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May 2004
1/2 May, Peugeot Challenge de León, 3rd Round, 77 (+6),
4th Round, (72(+1)
Not much to say about Saturday. The start was bad, the middle was not
much better and the end was just the same. Played poorly all day and never
got any breaks when I needed them. Couldn't find the middle of the club
and when I needed my putting to save me a few shots I couldn't get the
ball to drop. Disappointed as I had got myself into a good position and
to shoot 6 over-par 77 for the day was not in the script. It has dropped
me back down the leaderboard but hopefully I can pull thing together tomorrow,
shoot under-par and clime back up. Sunday was not much better except from
the score. I managed to scrape it round in 1 over-par 72 to finish the
tournament on 4 over 288 and in a tie for 32nd place. A very disappointing
weekend but I made the cut and made a cheque. Played some good stuff early
on in the week so hopefully I can take that play into my next event and
forget about this weekend. David
6 May, Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata, 1st Round,
69 (-3)
Had a good opening round of 69 three under-par today here in Italy. The
first couple of rounds are held on two different courses with one round
on each. Today I was playing the Metaponto course which is the longer
of the two. The weather is sunny but very windy also. Played very solid
and putted pretty good all day. I started on the 10th hole today and got
off to a great start with birdies on my second, fourth and sixth holes
to get to three under-par. My birdie on the 11th, my second, came by way
off holing a 60 footer! Got unlucky on my 7th hole when I caught a flier
and made bogey and also made bogey on the 18th when it took me three to
get down from the fringe. So I reached the turn in one under-par 35. Played
the front nine, my final 9 holes very well with birdies on the 2nd and
on my final hole the 9th. It's always good to birdie your final hole off
the day. I drove the ball much better today and was aiming it in the right
direction and hitting the ball in right place most of day. Good start
and hopefully I can keep it going tomorrow. David
7 May, Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata, 2nd Round,
72 (+1)
Played the par 71 Tessali course today and shot one over-par 72. I played
pretty good all day except for one hole. I had a nightmare on the sixth
when I made a very bad triple bogey. Hit it OB with my tee shot, which
was a dumb play, then with my second ball I missed a short putt for double
bogey, giving me a 7 on the par 4. That put me behind the 8 ball and under
undue pressure but I played a really solid back nine, with birdies on
10, 14 and 16. I hit a lot of good putts from around 15 feet today that
did everything but go in. Happy with the way I came back but mentally
it was such a poor triple. I'm sitting on 2 under-par 141 so I should
be OK for the weekend. Off to get something to eat and then hit some balls.
David
8 May, Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata, 3rd Round,
69 (-2)
Shot 69, two under-par today. Played really solid but got nothing much
out of it. Didn't get off to the greatest of starts with a bogey at the
first but birdied the next two holes and another birdie followed at the
long par 4 8th. I pared the 9th to make the turn at two under and 4 under
for the tournament. Needed a good back nine to challenge at the top of
the leaderboard but I couldn't find a birdie as I pared the first 6 holes
on the back nine. I eventually made birdie on the 16th but gave the shot
straight back with a bad bogey on the 17th. I pared my final hole to shoot
2 under-par 69 and finish on 4 under for the event with 1 round to go.
I struggled with distance control of my wedges today for some reason.
Might have been due to the weather as it was very windy again today. In
a good position, so a good score tomorrow and then I can enjoy three weeks
off. David
9 May, Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata, 4th Round, 76 (+5)
Very disappointed after shooting 5 over-par 76 today. It was looking good
early on but things went from bad to worse and I dropped back down the
leaderboard and eventually finished tied for 29th. Bogeyed the first again
for the second day running but got the shot straight back with a birdie
at the par 3 second. Birdied the 4th to get to 1 under but when I reached
the 7th things started to go wrong. I bogeyed the 7th and 8th holes and
eventually made the turn at 1 over par. Still thought if I made a few
birdies coming in I would be right up there but it didn't happen. Bogey's
followed on the 10th, 11th and 12th holes before I stopped the rot with
a birdie at the 14th but it was only a temporary improvement. I bogeyed
the 16th before a final bogey at the last and I was home in 40 for a 76,
not great! Have three weeks off now to sort my game out and get ready
to challenge once again. David
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