Q School Update

At the first stage of Q School, I was down in Dayton Valley GC in Nevada.  I had a solid first round, of -4 (68).  The last three rounds felt pretty solid and overall were decent rounds, however I did not like my finish of each of them. Nevertheless, the number at the end of the day was enough to move on to the 2nd stage of Q School. My rounds can be seen here.

I have been assigned to Panama City Beach, FL for 2nd stage.  So next week I head down to Florida to get acclimated and prepare for Hombre Golf Course. You can follow along with second stage here. The first round starts on Nov 14th, finishing on the 17th.

Stay tuned for more info.

DB

Recap and Ready for Q School

Well a lot has occurred in the major lapse of time since our last post. Derek and I are sorry that we haven't had the time to update this blog, and moving forward we will make this a bigger priority. As a brief update, here is the skinny on what has occurred this past 9 months with Derek's golf:

• January through April Derek spent playing on the Gateway Tour down in Phoenix
• July through September Derek ventured down to the Southeast and played on the NGA Tour (formerly the Hooters Tour)
• September we got married!
• Fall 2012 Derek will be playing at PGA Tour Q School

Right now Derek is already down in Dayton, Nevada for the 1st stage of PGA Tour Q School.  After a slight hiccup in the transportation of his precious golf clubs, his clubs arrived! Not the first time this has happened to him.  That only cut into one day of practice, and then Derek spent Sunday and Monday practicing (see pictures).

Today was round one and it was a smooth round for Derek. He shot a bogey-free -4.  Full results from today's round can be found here.





Tomorrow Derek tees off at 9:38. Stay tuned for more updates.


















-Candice

Heading South for the Summer

My visit to Seattle for a month an a half was nice, despite the rainy month of June. Home is always missed, so it was a nice refresh.  Last weekend I got down here to the Southeast; Georgia to be specific this week. I will be spending the next 7 weeks traveling down here playing on the NGA Tour. In the next 7 weeks, there are 5 events that I will be playing in. The tour summer schedule can be found here. After the 7 weeks I will head back home to get married and enjoy some time with family and friends. Then it will be time to focus on PGA Tour Q School.

This week's tournament is at Achasta Golf Club in Dahlonega, GA.

DBerg

T-3 Going Into Final Round at Papago Tournament

Today I got off to a bad start with a 3 putt on my first hole of the round, but then I played solid the rest of the round.  I had a total of two bogey's today, along with six birdies.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow and playing the same way. 

Results from today's round can be found here.
For more tournament info, along with tomorrow's tee times click here.

DB

T-2 at Papago Gateway Tournament #8

Yesterday Derek shot a great round of 66 (-6).  He had 6 birdies, an eagle and a double bogey. After the first round he was tied for 2nd place.  As I type he is out on the course playing his second round.  I will be joining up to watch his second 9 in a matter of minutes. 

Results can be found here.

We will update more tonight.

-Candice

March Update

Well February came and went very fast despite having an extra day in the month.  My schedule involved playing in three 3 events as well as a few days to travel home to Seattle to celebrate my engagement to Candice with our families. 

February was a so-so month, having not finished as well as I would have liked. However I am still making the majority of cuts and bringing home a paycheck. I am struggling with ball striking but feeling great about my putting. 

The Gateway Tour Events that I am playing in can be followed here.

Until next time,
Derek

T-2 Finish this week, now on to next week's tournament

My 3rd and final round today started off windy.  The windy conditions lasted for my first three holes, and on my first hole the wind physically blew me off my putt. 

Throughout the round I hit the ball okay, but I also made some unfortunate bogeys because I didn't hit the ball solid earlier in the day.  During the round today I had a couple wedge shots that I just didn't hit close enough to give myself a decent putt for birdie. On #4 I had a great up and down to save par, and on #8 I made a 15 footer for birdie.  I finished the round with a total of 7 birdies and 4 bogeys (-3), putting me at -10 for the tournament.  I was pleased with a T-2 finish, and I look forward to going out next week for the tournament at Raven GC.

The results from the tournament this week can be found here.

DB

T7 Finish Tourney 1; Tourney 2 Status

In last week's tournament I shot even par (72) in the final round, finishing at 211 and tied for 7th place. The final tournament results can be found here.

This week's tournament started yesterday, and I shot -4 with 5 birdies and and bogey. One of my birdies included making a 60 foot putt on my second hole of the day (#11).  Today I shot -3 putting me tied for 2nd place. Tomorrow is the final round and I tee off at 9:24am. Results can be found here.

Tournament 1 - Anthem G&CC

Yesterday I had a descent round, shooting -3 (69). I felt okay about my round, but of course left some shots out there; I had 6 birdies and 3 bogeys.    Then today I went out and initially had quite the ho-hum round by parring my first 8 holes, and then my scorecard got colorful.  For the next 10 holes I didn't have a single par, mixing it up with a bunch of birdies, bogeys, double bogey and an eagle. Check it out for yourself here.  The greens are prettty undulating and when I manage to leave myself long puts it makes it hard to avoid some of those bogeys. 

This is a three round tournament, so tomorrow is the final round. There is a cut that is made tonight I believe, so you can view the full leaderboard here.

Gateway Pro Tour Begins

Last week I played in a two round Sponsor kick off event for the Gateway Tour winter series. It was a mini tournament where the players were competing for first place, which was the prize of a fully paid winter series.  I finished tied for 4th, shooting one over par (73) and then a solid round of -6 (66) to finish two off first place (139).  It was a great two days, and felt great to be back into competitive play finally! We played this event at McCormick Ranch Golf Club, and the full tournament results can be viewed here. Thank you everyone for your texts, emails and messages.  I appreciate all your support.
The first official tournament of the Gateway Pro Tour winter series starts tomorrow out at Anthem Golf & Country Club .  I tee off tomorrow morning at 8:30am.  More tournament information and results can be found here.