THE TOUR: My Chance to Play in the US Open

how are we feeling right now frustrated I was trying my hardest to be positive during the tournament that I'm just beside myself how bad I drove it this week like literally everything with my driving was I thought pretty freaking good mental game was great I needed that ass kicking at Fort Smith I have a feeling that's going to be a big turning point for me going forward because the way that I feel right now I don't want to feel that way at US Open qualifier I don't want to feel that way in escogi I don't want to feel that way at the Watson Challenge and I sure as hell don't want to feel that way at Q school so I think it's time to get to work the US Open is a very unique major championship in that every year over 10,000 players are just three rounds away from qualifying you don't need a t card you just need a handicap index of two or better and a dream I went to fire keeper golf club with hopes of advancing through local qualifying into sectional qualifying one step closer to Pinehurst you US Open just days after missing the cut in Fort Smith with a very suboptimal driving performance I'm hoping to get my feet back under me and my second event back since my return to professional golf the winds are high the rough is nasty and my tea time is now let's get into it first from shaune Kansas Ben Haden there you go thanks completing at 10:40 a.m. starting time from wock Kansas Brent ranes uh yeah we got two guys filming in this group today I don't think the odds of that are incredibly High I'm going to guess there was some tilting of the scales here maybe a thumb put on the scales to put the two filmers together well that was stressful I think that was 2 minutes and 55 seconds found the ball though okay that is firm holy smokes I knew it was going to be firm but that's actually crazy thank you yeah I went from thinking I was going to have to grind for bogey to make it a birdie but you just need good luck sometimes in these things oh wind holy smokes I think it's fine it's just rough that was struck so good we can work with that it's going to jump I need to hit 58 do what you're supposed to [Music] release I'll take that not good not bad that's crazy that go fast thanks for left what it's a good angle from over there I mean I yelled for that's that's kind of like at a certain point it's like what else could I have done do I run up there and Tackle him before the ball gets there the ball's traveling 185 M an hour I can't get there that was a hot pole that might have been 190 honestly that was that was hot fly oh it did not fly yeah it did it did fly we're on the green that's chill I'm honestly so happy with that hitting into these greens out of the rough is not what you want to be doing today only took us three holes it's been an hour since we started I just made a par we got a length 277 flag wowy how did that get there that was so good how did that wind up there I don't know what' you hit four iron from 278 and I kind of didn't catch it that great if I'm being honest that is a flyer and a half yeah H this is going to be tick Licious I don't know if the people at home are going to appreciate how ticklish that chip was they should because it was perfect this is youed it dead perfect it's like a 12° slope yeah than that's two that is not good go ball [Music] that's so fast wow about good as I could have done I think [Music] [Music] should be hacking it out again [Music] ah that lie was so bad all right [Music] that Li was a little better at first lie I was like lit it was in a trench I was not thinking I was going to be able to get it onto the green but I thought i' would at least be able to get it up onto the shorter grass let's make a putt make a par get the freck out of here lost my spot not ready to hit that butt oh that's that was such a good butt 4 6 44 [Music] 65 go go just haven't really been visualizing shots the way I want too yet and when you can't see it it's kind of hard to hit it we're working on it we're activating the imagination honestly when I can see shots like vividly I can hit pretty much any shot I want trying to not try so much if that makes sense let the let the universe reflect off my brain and then transplant a golf shot onto it we're building that up a little bit felt good about that one too like [Music] all right right [Music] there sit sit sit that's it I mean this is just the rough is so tough out here I mean just hitting the fairways are great I should hit it there because that was a N9 iron from 180 into about a 20 mph wind and I just flew the green there the one thing you can't do there dude [Music] thanks let's get the wheels back on the bus three Bogies in a row is not good don't want that four Bogies in a row holy [Music] smokes how are you going left I don't get it man supposed to cut 116 I have chopped myself up real good I got squatched [Music] up sit oh my God it's on the green I'm going to break 40 on this side hitting zero Fairways which I mean like with how thick this rough is look at this stuff if you told me I'm going to throw you into the rough or the Weeds on every single hole off the te what are you going to shoot a lot back n's going to be better we're we're going to shoot 300 on the back I think Even's got a chance we broke 40 we'll break 30 on the back it's going to be sick me a slight swing change is kind of disconnecting my swing from the shot that I want to hit so that's been tough to adjust to but it's turning around starting right now the cut it's progress kind of babied it but I didn't think there was that much wind up there dang [Music] I really thought that was [Music] enough okay there's the momentum we needed that is exactly what we needed it's a good time to get some momentum right [Music] [Music] and that right there folks that is backto back [Music] Fairways go oh how does that not kick onto the green oh maybe 2 ft farther that's in the hole [Music] two birds thank you all right a few more of those I got like 270 to it [Music] could you tell if that went to the rough that's awesome be the be the number as exactly the shot I wanted to hit it just didn't didn't kick the way I wanted it to I don't know if you guys have picked up on the flow of this at all yet but I'm trying to not talk much before golf shots focus on the shot and then do a little bit of talking after that was unlucky hit a really good drive there just barely crept into the rough so really hard to know how that was going to react it almost did what I wanted it to I wanted to land it like five fiveish yard short of the green kick it up on the fairways are a little softer than the green which makes for some tough conditions especially out of the rough which I've been doing plenty of today I'm so happy I went in the hole [Music] that's fine I mean that's honestly fine just stay on the green golly I'm honestly happy with putting that on the green this rough is so thick man it's in the territory of if you hit an inch behind it would you kind of have to if you're trying to hit that shot it will grab your face and wh and like whip it open I'm not upset with that no that's a fine shot I just got to make a [Music] putt that went left hm did not see it doing that there this big ass Mound right here should be pulling everything to the right looks to me like it broke up the hill still looks like that this was probably my best struck shot of the day as you can see by the walk after it and just a perfect example of how this golf course was so frustrating Big Bounce right through the Fairway into some thick rough it just kick into the Fairway somehow and it's in the rough sick golly man being a foot into the rough basically all day when perfectly manicured Fairways we can pretty much hit any shot you want or just feet away from me was torture having to literally just hack everything out and hope to get it somewhere near the flag left myself a 15 footer here but 15 Footers just don't fall if you never give yourself anything closer than that you're just not going to make putts and at this point it really did start to feel like well driver is just not an option I got to hit two earn if I want to put it in play and I'm realizing that my number one priority when it comes to getting my game back in shape to where I can compete in professional events is going to be the driver cuz putting your two iron into the crap and leaving yourself in a position where you're leaving yourself with 40f Footers downhill that are just pretty much impossible to tput is not a recipe for Success good and then running those slick putts by and missing the comebacker I mean at at this point I'm pretty much out of the event um just kind of going through the motions trying to get a get the routine a little more [Music] solid I've always thought that you should just finish out the event get as many holes in an under competitive situation as possible just see if you can gut it out and this up and down was cool for momentum like these these are little things that are going to be important going forward like hey I made an up and down even when when my game wasn't that good just little momentum things like that and you can see why the driver was just not really an option here uh tried the old just swing hard and hope it goes where you want it to approach didn't quite work out but able to find it which was honestly shocking I thought this ball was an Narnia but we were able to locate it and hack it out barely got it out of the grass the long grass into some slightly shorter grass still rather thick and honestly this is probably my best golf shot of the day had about 60 yards here bunker tucked up against the pen with the green running away and just took it straight vertical dropped it out An Elevator Shaft and was able to hit it to 4 feet give myself a little par putt which I did not in hindsight probably deserve this is just the kind of thing that like even if I was hitting it good like if you're missing putts of that length it just isn't going to matter so driving and putting which I believe to be the two most important parts of the game just not quite there for me right now um some changes are going to need to be made going forward just like evaluating today what did I do well didn't putt that great and put myself in some pretty bad spots off the tea if we can putt better and put ourselves in a halfway decent spot I like where the game is other than that and me just got to be able to drive it better good it get it into good spots off the te and not in spots where I'm having to put a h mon or Club head speed on a 58° just to get it over the bunker and then leave ourselves 60 Footers down the hill just a lot of stuff here that is not incredibly optimal but said 57f footer I was happy with this speed control on this was crazy crazy good just look at this weight able to knock this in for a finishing par grinding for par from 57 yards that's just what happens when you miss the fairways when they're rough is like this and going forward you know I got a lesson with my coach the day after this event really hoping what he has to say is going to be able to turn my driving around because where it is right now I just very simply am not going to be able to compete five-time PGA Midwest section teaching professional of the Year Hall of Famer for the PGA Hall of Famer for Kansas Golf Hall of Fame just pretty incredible coach and I'm really excited to bring you guys just a little look into what a lesson between me and him looks like I have a feeling that his input is going to be huge in getting me back into tournament shape so subscribe hit the Bell if you want to make sure you see those videos when they come out thank you again for supporting always press and I will see you guys in the next one [Music]

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Length: 19min 52sec (1192 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024