Hey everyone,
The last pro am I played was at Long Reef Golf Club and I was lucky enough to have Melitta come up and caddy for me. I shot 3 under par 70 which was the 4th best score for the day. The next day we drove home from Sydney.
The last few weeks have been quite busy after playing all the pro ams up in Sydney I came home for a couple of days before heading down to Torquay for the Victorian Open at 13th Beach Golf Club. For the first two days I was paired with Becky Morgan from Wales and Marion Ricourdou from France. Both girls have status on the LPGA so playing with them was a good opportunity to see where I was at.
I played well in round 1, shooting 1 under par 72 which in the wet conditions was a good score.
My playing partners shot 74 and 75 and I could see that if I stay patient and keep persevering there's no reason why I can't be out there also in time to come.
Round 2 was fairly windy and we were out on the beach course which is quite exposed. Afew mistakes and I made the turn 2 over par. I was a little frustrated because I made a couple of small errors and paid the price.
On the tenth hole I paid a big price for a poor tee shot, I pushed my drive right of the fairway and was in the tee tree. I had to take a drop back, I rushed it a little bit and dropped it too close to the tee tree and didn't have a great shot at getting over them. I need up making a 7, and after doing so much good work I was now in danger of missing the 2nd round cut.
I pulled myself together and played the remaining 8 holes in even par and signed for a 78. Not my best work but I had made the cut and had another shot at it the next day.
I ship out 73 the next day hitting 16 greens. If a few putts had have dropped I could have shot 4-5 under.
For the first year ever they had a 3 round cut, and on the website it stated 35 professionals plus amateur plus ties will play the final round. I had a nervous wait but figuired I was sitting around 38th but when you remove the amateurs I was within the 35. I was getting excited to play.
At around 6pm I looked on the web to see I had been cut, and was sent an email saying the wrong factsheet was released on the Internet and apparently we had been given the correct one in our player pack.
Obviously I was pretty disappointed not only that I wouldn't get to play on Sunday but that such an error had been made.
There was not a lot I could do, the fact was I wasn't going to be playing and I had to come to terms with it.
I'm learning so many things in this world are out of our control, I missed out on being except in the Australian Open by $200. That was tough but there's nothing I can do except focus on what I have achieved so far this year and be proud of the inroads I have made.
In saying that there is a long way to go and a lot more challenges to face.
Thanks for the support and I head to the Gold Coast on Sunday for the RACV Ladies Masters.
Cheers
Grace
The last pro am I played was at Long Reef Golf Club and I was lucky enough to have Melitta come up and caddy for me. I shot 3 under par 70 which was the 4th best score for the day. The next day we drove home from Sydney.
The last few weeks have been quite busy after playing all the pro ams up in Sydney I came home for a couple of days before heading down to Torquay for the Victorian Open at 13th Beach Golf Club. For the first two days I was paired with Becky Morgan from Wales and Marion Ricourdou from France. Both girls have status on the LPGA so playing with them was a good opportunity to see where I was at.
I played well in round 1, shooting 1 under par 72 which in the wet conditions was a good score.
My playing partners shot 74 and 75 and I could see that if I stay patient and keep persevering there's no reason why I can't be out there also in time to come.
Round 2 was fairly windy and we were out on the beach course which is quite exposed. Afew mistakes and I made the turn 2 over par. I was a little frustrated because I made a couple of small errors and paid the price.
On the tenth hole I paid a big price for a poor tee shot, I pushed my drive right of the fairway and was in the tee tree. I had to take a drop back, I rushed it a little bit and dropped it too close to the tee tree and didn't have a great shot at getting over them. I need up making a 7, and after doing so much good work I was now in danger of missing the 2nd round cut.
I pulled myself together and played the remaining 8 holes in even par and signed for a 78. Not my best work but I had made the cut and had another shot at it the next day.
I ship out 73 the next day hitting 16 greens. If a few putts had have dropped I could have shot 4-5 under.
For the first year ever they had a 3 round cut, and on the website it stated 35 professionals plus amateur plus ties will play the final round. I had a nervous wait but figuired I was sitting around 38th but when you remove the amateurs I was within the 35. I was getting excited to play.
At around 6pm I looked on the web to see I had been cut, and was sent an email saying the wrong factsheet was released on the Internet and apparently we had been given the correct one in our player pack.
Obviously I was pretty disappointed not only that I wouldn't get to play on Sunday but that such an error had been made.
There was not a lot I could do, the fact was I wasn't going to be playing and I had to come to terms with it.
I'm learning so many things in this world are out of our control, I missed out on being except in the Australian Open by $200. That was tough but there's nothing I can do except focus on what I have achieved so far this year and be proud of the inroads I have made.
In saying that there is a long way to go and a lot more challenges to face.
Thanks for the support and I head to the Gold Coast on Sunday for the RACV Ladies Masters.
Cheers
Grace
