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How's practice going for the state am? I know you were pumped after seeing Brian and just wondered if you're ready.
 
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shortgamer said:
How's practice going for the state am? I know you were pumped after seeing Brian and just wondered if you're ready.
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Well, I withdrew from the West Texas State Am last week. Several things conspired to force me to withdraw.

First off, my job has absolutely fallen apart. My company has restructured my salary and I am currently failing to make a living. It looks like I will have to probably relocate if I remain in my current career. After 28 years with the company, this situation is very sad for me. I like where I live, but I have to be able to pay my bills and I still have one daughter in college.

Second, my play has been erratic at best. My ball striking is better overall but I have swings that are a combination of my old swing and my new. I tend to revert to my old flippy swing when the pressure goes up. I can shoot a couple under if the putter is hot, or I can shoot 80. I just didn't think that I could hold it together for 4 rounds and not have a major blow-up. Not only that.....I am just flat tired.

It's probably best that I did withdraw and give myself a chance to breathe a little. I practice quite a bit normally, but 7 days a week and 3-4 hours a day for the past 3 months has come close to burning me out. I felt a lot of pressure on my practice because I had to be sharp on July 22. Whenever a practice session or practice round went badly I would get so angry that I wanted to quit the game. It didn't help that I played a practice round at Abilene Country Club (site for the tourney) with a friend of mine two weeks ago. He shot 69, I shot 81. I couldn't find a fairway with a wedge. It was hard to take and forced me to take an honest look at my game. It ain't so good right now.

So.......my return to serious competition is on hold for awhile. I am disappointed in myself. I honestly felt like I was going to get the swing changes ingrained in plenty of time to make a serious run at a top 20 finish

Twas not to be.
 
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A work in progress...

"Otto" had a pattern that could just be "adjusted," it needed serious redeployment, so to speak.

He is coming to see me in New Orleans in the near future, and if he is anything like the many golfers I see one or twice a year, the second time is much less "work" and more "refine."

I'll keep ya'll posted, this is a real good player, who WILL BE a much better good player real soon.
 
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