Wayne Gretzky Classic
This week we were in a beautiful area about an hour and a half north west of Toronto. We were at the base of the Blue Mountains. This area is well known for skiing in the winter and a fun summer vacation spot for the people who live in Toronto. It was awesome to see all of the beautiful green scenery! This tournament was just like the BMW pro-am that I played earlier this year in North & South Carolina. My amatuer partner was a cool guy who seemed to have a really good time.
The two golf courses we played were very well manicured, but pretty forgiving. If you hit 80 percent of your fairways for the week then you were probably ranked 70th in driving accuracy! You could land a 747 on some of these fairways! I finished 18th this week and that was definately the worst it could have been. I played great, but unfortunately didn't get as much out of it as I would have liked. I made 19 birdies and 2 eagles during the four rounds. Too many bogies were made! My game is definately taking great shape as the year goes on and I expect to play great from here on out. I will keep you updated after the first million dollar event in West Virginia.
MattHansen on 07.10.08 @ 06:51 PM PST [link]
Chicago
This was a crazy week for weather! Monday, it was your typical warm day in the mid 80's with a bit of humidity. Tuesday was like winter though! The temp never got above 40 degrees and the wind was blowing about 30 mph. Then on Wednesday, fall arrived with temps in the mid 50's. Thursday spring was on the way with a beautiful day in the 70's and then on Friday summer was here. We had extreme humidity with warm temps and extreme thunderstorms that produced a tornado warning! Needless to say, we got to see all four seasons in a week. Aside from all of that I played some pretty good golf. The only day that was a little bit of a struggle was Saturday. But the great round on Sunday, that moved me into my second top ten finish of the year, made the week a productive one.
MattHansen on 07.10.08 @ 06:21 PM PST [link]
