US Mid Amateur Kiawah Island, South Carolina - Round #2

Today Derek played the Kiawah Island Cassique course (par 72) and shot 73. Combined with yesterday's first round that puts him at -2 (141), which is No. 3/4 seed. Derek had a bogey on #6 and #7 (which was his 16th and 17th holes of the day). On #6 he missed a 4 footer to save par, having just missed the green on his second shot. On the par 4 #7 he had about 140 yards into the green, and knowing he was going to make the cut, he went for the pin in hopes for a birdie. It came up about 1 yard short and ended up in the green side bunker. He ended up with a bodey, but rallied back with a birdie on the final hole #9 with a 20 foot putt down hill with break. Tomorrow starts the first round of matchplay. We tee off at 9:10 am.

US Mid Amateur Kiawah Island, South Carolina - Round #1

Derek was one of only 4 people to shoot 68 today in the first round of the US Mid Amateur. Today he played the par 71 River Course. Tomorrow he plays the par 72 Cassique Course for the second round of stroke play. Please follow along here.

PNGA Mid Amateur - Homestead Farms Golf Resort

Today concluded the second round of the PNGA Men's Mid Amateur hosted at Homestead Farms Golf Resort up in Lynden, WA. Derek followed his +2 (74) from yesterday with a -8 (64) today! It was a solid round of 8 birdies and 10 pars. For more information please visit the PNGA website. Tomorrow is the final round of the PNGA Mid Amateur.

US Mid Amateur Qualifying

Derek qualified for the US Mid Amateur last week, shooting a 71 out at The Members Club at Aldarra! Thanks Barrie for caddying! So at the end of the month we will be off to Kiawah Island, South Carolina! More to come!

US Mid Amateur Qualifying 8/31/09

My next event if the US Mid Amateur Qualifier out at the Men's Club at Aldarra on Monday. It is a 18 hole qualifier to get into the US Mid Amateur at Kiawah Island Club (Cassique) in
Charleston, S.C. on Oct. 3-8.

Round 1 Pacific Coast Amateur

Derek shot 2 under today (70) with a chip in eagle on hole #1 (10th hole of the day)! He is hitting the ball well and rollin' the rock! We had a lot of great putts and a few lip outs too. Fun, yet hot day of golf. But being on the course is always better than a day at work (even if it is 114 degrees)!

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-Candice

Pacific Coast Amateur 2009 - The Gallery Golf Club

We arrived to Tucson on Saturday afternoon. I had my first practice round out at The Gallery Golf Club yesterday, and have another practice round out there today. This is a picture of the first tee. It was around 110 degrees out there today, and I think Candice and her mom will be melted by the end of the week!

I'm heading out there again in just a bit for practice round 2.

PNGA Men's Amateur

Candice here:

Derek shot one under (71) in the first round of the PNGA Men's Amateur at the Home Course in DuPont, WA. Today, in the second round, he shot two under (70) to complete the stroke play part of the tournament at three under. The cut was made today at 149, with exactly 64 players at 149 or better. There was potential for a huge playoff to determine the cut, but turned out to be an exact amount of 64 guys at 149 or better.

Tomorrow starts the match play portion of the PNGA Men's Amateur. The remainder of the tournament is single elimination match play. Derek tees off tomorrow (Thursday) at 10:45 against Sean Collopy or Lake Oswego, OR. Follow along here.

Sahalee Player's Championship 2009 - Round1

First round I shot -3 (69). Results as well as further tournament information can be found here: http://www.sahaleeplayerschampionship.com/index.html

As far as I understand, you can follow along with the live hole-by-hole update on the above website. Tomorrow is a two round day (36 holes), so off to bed to get some rest!

I will keep you posted with the results and comments on my 2nd and 3rd rounds tomorrow night! Please follow along on the above site if you can't wait!

WA State Amateur - Round 4

Sorry for the late update.....

The final round Derek shot 3 over 75 in the WA State Amateur at Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, WA. On the 18th hole he had a chance to tie it up to go to extra holes, but it didn't quite work out that way. He had a 45 foot put for eagle to tie it, and missed by about 4 inches, but at least gave it a run for it. He shot the ball well and is satisfied how he played overall in the tournament.

Final results can be found here: https://www.ghintpp.com/WSGA/TPPOnlineScoring/results.aspx?id=4

Related Article: http://www.thewsga.org/sites/courses/layout9.asp?id=504&page=26062