Goslings Final Round
December 7th, 2008
Entering the final round 14 shots behind the leader was a margin that seemed impossible, knowing that 63 was the magic number we turned the front nine at 33 with a bogie on the ninth hole. After birding the holes that were down wind 10, 12 and 13 and narrowly missing a short putt on the 14th for another birdie meant that we had to play the last 4 holes at 1under par. Making a birdie on the 16th made it very difficult to club the down hill 17th ; were the second round we hit a 52 degree wedge 170 yards and the third day a 4 iron 150 yards. Having the tee on the 17th left a very difficult club selection, taking the option of going long of the green we played for the front of the green and came up short drawing an unfortunate plugged lie in the bunker and almost having to hit the ball sideways away from the pin and making a four . Posting a a 65 for the day left me one shot out of a playoff and almost made the impossible Possible!
Brian Morris the retired Head professional used to say with a grin on his face , ” Welcome to Belmont and have a nice day .” I’ve never played a facility that would bring a player to his knees with 100yard par 3’s with 7 different shelfs and slopes, wind blowing into your face at 20 km and out of bounds three feet over the green. The only time you have to relax is after you make the last putt on the 400 yard bowling alley 18th. Belmont is a test like no other !
cheers
dk
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December 1st, 2008
Stories were written today despite the windy conditions for Round One of the Goslings Invitational.
Joe Horowitz fired a tremendous -4 under 66 leaving him in first place by one shot over fellow Canadian Tour Player, Danny King who shot a 1 under 69.
Bermuda Open Champion, Brian McCann and fellow Canadian Dennis Hendershot, CEO of the Great Lakes Tour are in joint third after posting even pars for the day. Former PGA Tour Player Mike Donald fired an impressive 1 over 71 despite having to rent clubs as his did not make it to the Island last night. Defending Champion Tim Conley is also on 1 over par. Local Professionals, Dwayne Gibson and Dwayne Pearman continue their fine play with 1 over pars 71.
Andy Wright is leading the Amateur Division after recoding an impressive 2 over par 72 and one shot over defending champion Daniel Augustus who posted a 3 over 73.
In the Senior Division, local Jeffrey Lindo and US resident Glenn Kelly are tied for 1st place after recording respectable 5 over 75s. Millard Beach is in 3rd place with a 7 over 77.
Net Division - Open Amateur
Andy Wright has set the pace in the net division with a 7 under 63 and is leading by a commanding 4 shots over Simon Onabowale who came in at 3 under 67.
Net Division - Senior Amateur
Harold Madeiros is leading the Senior Net Division with a 2 under 68.
Scores and tomorrow tee times can be viewed on www.islandstats.com and www.toateebermuda.com
Round two continues tomorrow at 7am.
DK
Canadian PGA Championship
November 24th, 2008
Unfortunatley the end result wasn’t what I expected , going into the final round I felt perpared to claim another win.
Making the turn with 9 holes to play at 4 under par I knew that even par on the back nine would have a good chance to win.
I had made a poor decision with my appoach shot into 10 and 11 which lead to two boggies, which put me behind the leaders at 4 under. Finishing at 1 over par was very disapointing but understanding that my swing mechanics and head space were great all weak and my bad round happened to be the last.
That’s golf.
Cheers
Dk
Canadian PGA Championship
November 24th, 2008
Canadian PGA Championship
November 9th, 2008
I’ve had a couple of days off to spend time with the family and to recharge the batteries for a great fall finish. I’m really looking forward to playing well at the Canadian Championship at the PGA village in Port St. Lucie, l feel very confident with the swing and look forwrd to the challange of winning this event for the third time.
Ill be blogging after each round commencing November 17 .
Cheers
Positive Turn on Q School
October 27th, 2008
It sure would be easy to lay down and dwell on the negitive!
Not this cowboy! We ran into a “mother nature” of a final round, everyone has a story but the gusty winds up to 50 mph and rain sideways at times made it difficult to catch the “number” of 3 under par . Looking back on the final round we turned at even par for the event ,after making a birdie on the 460 par 4 9th we had some wind in our sails for a exciting back nine, unfortunatly the back nine won that day.
There is always two ways to skin a cat! ill start perparing for the Canadian PGA Championship next month along with the Goslings Invitational in Bermuda and get ready to monday for the Nationwide tour commencing in March 2009!
cheers
dk
Q School / St John’s Day 1
October 21st, 2008
We hit a lot of good shots today and left a couple of putts out there on the icy greens. We hit 16 greens in regulation producing 5 birdies and 4 bogies, a little disappointed in the final result but 71 will leave us in the hunt. I’m confident with my routines between each shot today and look forward to round two.
Upwards and onwards !
BELIEVE!
Road to Q School
October 16th, 2008
A road less traveled has more obstacles! Perparing for the Q school has been a 5 year journey that has had some ups and downs.
I just finished spending three days in Orlando with Sean Foley and Dr. Craig Davies at Orange County confirming and validating the progress of the changes we have made in developing my ball striking to another level. Im really excited and confident that the preperation this year will have memeriable results.
Cheers
dk
Moe Norman Cup
October 7th, 2008
The last event of the year starts today at the beautiful Brantford Golf Club , playing with my amature team from Magna the first round then tournament professionals play the final round tomorrow.
As a past winner of the Cup I feel very perpared and the course sets up for my game!
Ontario Quebec Matches
September 30th, 2008
Looking forward to compeating in the Titelist Cup at Mount Bruno this fall, I feel that this years team will be very sucsessfull with Tim McCutchin as our Captain . We owe this years win to Captain Kevin, who narrowly missed retaining the cup in 2007 at the lovely Essex CC in Windsor.
Its a different emotional high, and a great week to get to know your fellow competitors during a great week of matches .
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