Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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.

Monday, January 16, 2012

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.

My Tournaments

Derek Berg


Pro Events
Washington Open Invitational (2011)
-Tied 7th
Oregon Open Invitational (2011)
-12th
Rosauers Invitational (2011)
-4th
PNW PGA Assistant Championship (2011)
-Champion

Pro Events (played as an amateur)

Oregon Open Invitational (2010)

-Champion

●Pacific Northwest Open (2006 & 2005)

-Champion

●Washington State Open

-2nd (2008)

-Tied for 2nd (2007)

-6th (2009)

Amateur Events

●U.S. Mid Amateur-Participant (2009)

-T3 in Stroke Play

-Round of 32

●USGA State Team Championship (2009)

-Team 8th Place

●U.S. Mid Amateur-Participant (2008)

-Round of 32

●U.S. Open Local Qualifying Medalist (2007)

●U.S. Amateur Public Links (2006)

-Sectional Qualifying Medalist

-Seeded 8th of 64

-Round of 16

●U.S. Amateur Public Links (2004)

-Sectional Qualifying Medalist

-Seeded 8th of 64

-Round of 64

●U.S. Open Local Qualifying (2004)

-First alternate

●U.S. Amateur-Participant (2002, 2003,2006)

●U.S. Amateur

-Sectional Qualifying Medalist (2006)

●U.S. Amateur (2002)

-Sectional Qualifying Medalist

-Round of 32

●U.S. Mid Amateur-Participant (2006)

-Sectional Qualifying Medalist

●Sahalee Player's Championship-T8th (2009)

●Sahalee Player’s Championship-11th Place (2008)

●Sahalee Player’s Championship-Tied for 1st;lost playoff

(2006)

●Sahalee Player’s Championship-Tied for 5th (2000)

●Sahalee Player’s Championship-8th Place (2002)

●Pacific Coast Amateur- 5th Place (2007)

●Pacific Coast Amateur- 7th Place (2009)

●PNGA Men’s Amateur-Quarterfinalist (2005)



●Washington State Amateur-T2nd Place (2009)

●Washington State Amateur-2nd Place (2008)

●Washington State Amateur-3rd Place (2007)

●Washington State Amateur-5th Place (2005)

●Washington State Amateur-6th Place (2006)

●Hudson Cup Team Member (2005 & 2006)

●Puget Sound Amateur (2006, 2004)

-Champion

●Glen Acres Amateur (2002, 2004, 2005 & 2007)

-Champion

●Bellingham Men’s Amateur-2nd Place (2005)

●Fort Lewis Amateur-Runner up (2004)

●Seattle Amateur-Tied for 5th (2004)

●Seattle Amateur-3rd Place (2002)

College Golf Achievements

●Golf Scholarship to the University of Washington

●4 Year Letterer (1999-2003)

●Co-Captain (2003)

●Northwest Shootout Invitational (2003)

-Champion

●NCAA National Championship-Participant (2000, 2001, 2003)

●NCAA West Regional Championship-Participant (2000, 2001, 2003)

●Pac-10 Championship-Participant (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

●Oregon Invitational-Tied for 5th (2003)

●Western Intercollegiate-8th Place (2003)

●Topy Cup Championship-6th Place (1999)

●Pac-10 Honorable Mention (2003)

Junior Golf Achievements

●U.S. Junior Amateur (1997)

-Round of 64

●U.S. Junior World-Participant (1997)

●U.S. Junior America’s Cup-Team Member (1996, 1997)

●Hogan Cup-Team Member (1996, 1997)

●WJGA State Championship (1997)

-Champion



High School Golf Achievements

●4 Year League Champion (1995-1999)

●District Champion (1999)

●4 Year First Team All Conference

●4 Year team captain

●69.1 Scoring Average (1999)

Other Golf Accomplishments

●Shot 59 twice at Carnation Golf Course (course record) (2002, 2003)

●Currently hold Trilogy Golf Club course record (60)

●WJGA Sub-District Tournament-shot 62 (19