Gateway Tour & Tendonitus

I the last few weeks I played a 1 day Southwest pro-tour event in preparation for The Gateway Tour in Gilbert, AZ last week. The 1 day event was great as my mom and dad were there and I was playing alongside fellow Canadians, 25 year old Mitch Gillis and 15 year Canadian Tour veteran Kent Fukushima. Kent and Mitch played very well to 67 and 65 respectively, while I struggled to a 72 highlighted with many missed putts. The week after I felt very good about playing in The Gateway Tour event after shooting a 67 in my practice round with Gateway Tour money leader Brady Stockton. My first round started well with 2 birdies in my first 3 holes. I missed short birdie putts on 4, 5, 7, & 9. I turned in 1-under then drove it just short of the green on a short downwind par 4. With a large crowd watching my chip for eagle lipped out, then a pure return putt never broke and lipped out, and finally I yanked a 3 footer and walked off the green with a bogey. While not physically rattled, I think the exchange crushed my mental confidence, and I started steering the ball. My putter went cold and 2 penalty strokes later I finished with a 76 and went on to miss the cut of -1.
Last week I played the Monday, Tuesday skins/ low gross games at Continental and Mountain Shadows with Kent and 2 very good young local golfers, Julien Trudeau and Mike Derminio out of ASU. While matching them tee to green, it was clear my putter was not at their level. After Tuesday, Kent kindly took me to the putting green and gave me a much needed putting lesson. With the aid of his putting tools, we revealed my eyes were on the inside of my line, the ball was too far forward in my stance, and my head was rocking too much. I have been working out in the gym daily and my bicep tendon gave out last week but is feeling much better after a cortisone shot and ice. I had to WD from the tourney this week but I have been putting/chipping 3-6 hours a day. I look forward to taking my new stroke to competition next week.