Good news, but not at Tudor!

I meant to say in my last blog that I had an upcoming pro-am tournament at Tudor Park (just outside Maidstone).

It was an interesting experience to say the least as I was paired with 3 non golfers who had absolutely no clue about rules or ettiquette in the game. This isn't a dig at them at all, they didn't know how you are supposed to conduct yourself on a golf course and it was an extremely difficult position I was in, having to continually 'shush' them and tell them to mark their ball on the green, not stand in my line when putting and stand still and quiet whenever you are near somebody else playing a shot.
If I had a pound for every time I had to do one of these things, I reckon I could fund myself on the european tour for a season! I knew I was in for a long day and that it would be an extreme test of my patience and renewed dedication to my temporament I have had recently.
Considering I started double bogey, double bogey on my first two holes, 78 was not a complete embarrasment considering I felt like 'throwing the towel in'! Under normal circumstances I would be extremely disappointed but I was majorly feeling the nerves again. The lack of tournament golf I have played recently is not doing me any good as I keep feeling engulfed by nerves and my own adrenaline. I am able to cope reasonably well with it. Lets face it, it's not like i'm shooting in the 80's or anything. This tells me that if I could just feel more relaxed I could shoot some decent scores. I'll get there, i'm just lacking the practise in that situation this year.

Anyways moving on, I'm extremely excited to say I found out today that I have passed the first year of my PGA Training Programme. I'm extremely relieved as I didnt think I had passed my technology exam so this is very good news. I don't have to worry about year 2 until october so its a stress free couple of months for me now. 2 years to go and i'll be fully qualified which is great, i'm a third of the way there. I guess i'd kind of taken it for granted, but I am definitely 'over the moon'.

For now, it's goodbye from me.....