My second start in a professional event. The EPD Tour is the German PGA tour, a gateway to the European Challenge Tour and the European Tour. The setting was much like the first EPD I played in Coburg. 140 players at the start with about 20 amateurs allotted places in the field. Top 40 and ties make the cut after 2 rounds and play one final round. Sponsors have their stands where players receive free gifts such as Pro V1's, gloves, hats and as a pleasant surprise, new Footjoy Icons. These sponsor gifts are supposed to be "pro only", but I passed pretty easily as an amateur and bagged a few $100 worth of accessories. Good start.
My first round was simply awful. I triple-bogeyed the 5th - I'd rather not get into details. I ground it back to even par only to settle for two 3-putts coming in for a 74. (+2) put me in T68. My plans of contending for the win quickly turned into simply "making the cut".
Round two was a little better as I was able to turn up the heat on holes 7-12. I birdied 6 straight and finished rather discontent with a 68 and a total of (-2) after 2 rounds. The cut was at level par. I was able to play the final round.
The final round was more of the same as day two. Excellent ball striking from tee to green but I spent more time chiseling the frost off my putter than making putts. Figuratively speaking of course. Final round 69. Total of 74 68 69 put me at (-5) and a T18. As an amateur I had to of course forfeit the pay check. Experience is my reward... along with the new pair of shoes. Props to Ben Parker from England for firing a tournament total (-15).
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