Thursday, July 28, 2011
July 9-10 German Open Qualifier successful
Two day event - top 10 receive a spot to the German. I was quite surprised to encounter such a strong field in a simple qualifier. This field had a few more additions as it was one of only 4 qualifying spots in Germany. I'm glad I took my coach's advice to go a few days early and grind out the rudimentary preparations. Rounds of 69-71 secured me a tie for 5th and I am now able to play the German in September.
June 2-5 First start, first win!!
The Bavarian Open was played as a 3-day event in GC Augsburg - a course that punished those not straight off the tee. The wind blew hard the first two days but settled a bit on the last. 70-73-67 put me at (-6), giving me a 2 shot margin over Sebastian Kannler. What a wonderful honor it was to play in front of all my friends who came to support me. The field was relatively small with ~80 invitees, but some definite quality near the top. Hopefully a fundamental stepping stone for the future.
May-June 2011. The Beginning
May 10, 2011.
After nearly a year of planning, organizing and strategizing - I have arrived in Germany. It feels wonderful to take this first step and of course helps to have my coach, friends and the Smart car aptly awaiting my arrival :)
Together with my coach we have worked out a trainings plan and a tentative schedule of events. Below is the list of "larger" scale tournaments which will have live internet scoring or television coverage.
June 3-5 Bavarian Open - Augsburg, Germany
July 2-4 EPD Coburg "Brose Open" - Coburg, Germany
July 9-11 German Open Qualifyer - Schwabisch-hall, Germany
July 21-24 International German Amateur - Neuhof, Germany
August 2-5 EPD Bad Waldsee Classic -Bad Waldsee, Germany
August 11-14 International Swiss Amateur - Ascona, Switzerland
August 16-18 EPd Pfaffing Classic - Munich, Germany
August 22-25 EPD Christnach Classic - Luxemburg
September 2-4 Olching Club Championships
September 8-11 German Open - Hannover, Gemany
September 18-22 European Tour Qualfying School stage 1- Berlin, Germany
Dec 2-5 European tour Qualifying School Stage 2 (if successful) - Cartagena, Spain
I will post links, photos and summaries of the tournaments here.
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