Today I made my professional debut on The Desert Golf Tour, hosted by Wigwam Golf Club, a true Championship golf course playing over 7400 yards. I opened with a birdie and a narrow birdie miss on #2 and was still a little unsettled going bogey after being bunkered on a long par 3, par, bogey after my tee shot found a fairway divot and I hit it over the green, bogey; +2 through 6. I settled down and hit every green from there on, giving myself a lot of looks at birdie, making 3 in a row on 14,15, and 16. I finished par, par on 2 tough holes for a 1 under 71, good for 7th place and in the money, just 1 shot back of T3rd and a much better paycheck, the eventual winner was a seasoned pro-golfer with an impressive 65.
My goals before teeing off were to have fun and to play 1 shot at a time, disconnected from my score or the results. I had a lot of fun playing with my fellow competitors and I had no idea what I shot until the scorers tent- it was a successful day! My course management was excellent as I stuck to my game-plan of hitting irons and woods off some tees, and setting myself up in the fairway for the best angles to pins.
The Winter Gateway Tour comes to Wigwam this week, I may buy in to the event, otherwise my next event will be The Desert Golf Tour, a two day event early March at Tatum Ranch.
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