Australian Classic

Hey Everyone!
I have just returned home after driving back from Sydney. I have been up at Twin Creeks Golf Club playing in the Australian Classic which is a new tournament with a limited field comprising of players from the China Ladies Tour and the Australian.
I drove up last Sunday the 12th , and spent the week staying with my billet L.J, Stacey Keating and her boyfriend Darren.
I went out early Monday morning to have a practice round and met with Gregg, a member at the club whom I had organised to come out for a walk and show me the in's and outs of the golf course.
The course looked really nice, with some tough holes especially if the wind was to get up.
I spent the next two days getting familiar with the course, and doing a lot of short game practice.
After practice on Thursday night there was a Gala dinner at the Star Casino in the city.
It was pretty extravagant, we even had lobster for dinner!
It was a relatively early night as we had a big few days ahead. My billet L.J was on the bag and I had a 10.am tee off.
The first round was a wet day, with constant rain all morning. I was a bit nervous on the first tee, as it was my first comp in over a month. My nerves settled pretty quickly though as I pretty much slipped on the first tee and sent my ball straight into the water hazard on the left of the fairway.
Nerves quickly turned to anger, but I settled and limited the damage to a bogey followed by a birdie on the 2nd, a par 3 of 135m.
5 birdies for the day, alongside 4 bogeys and I settled for an opening round 71.
I had mixed emotions after the first round, I missed a couple of putts that I wanted to make but overall was happy with how I played.
Day 2 -
Conditions were a lot nicer in round 2, no rain was present.
I struggled a little bit mid round and shot 75. That put me at tied for 18th out of 55 players and was looking forward to a good final day.
Day 3- the last round I played fairly steady, I missed a couple of fairways which resulted in bogeys but I hung in there to shoot 74, helped by a chip in on the last and a birdie at 17.
That put me in outright 24th position and helped me go up the rankings a little.
The week gave me a lot of confidence knowing I'm better positioned to compete even when things aren't perfect.
I'm looking forward to the next month of training and hopefully save up enough money to play in the Hong Kong Open in early June.
Thanks to everyone for the support!

-Gracie

April 2015

Hey Everyone!
Just a quick update with what I have been up to and what's coming up. I have been back in Melbourne for roughly the last month. I have practicing and playing at Kingston Heath as well as training in the gym. Tomorrow I am driving to Sydney to play in The Australian Classic, a new addition to the ALPG Tour and it is co sanctioned with the China Ladies Tour.
Its a three day event starting Friday and ending Sunday and the tournament is being held at the Twin Creeks Golf Club.
I am looking forward to getting back into tournament conditions and feel that the things I have been working on will hold me in good stead for the events to come.
I will keep you all updated with my progress throughout the week.
Good Golfing,
Gracie