Well, my partner, Tom, and I competed in our club’s Member:Member tournament.  This was a team competition, best ball, with full handicaps as of the beginning of July handicaps.  It is in a single elimination bracket format, seeded by team aggregate course handicaps.

What a stressful tournament.  After working all night and not sleeping, Tom was ready to go on the first day.  We managed to play ourselves to dormi down, with 3 holes left.  Strategically, probably not the best place to be.  I felt I was playing well, but had some issues trusting my new swing.  I have been working on tempo and rhythm, and trusting it under pressure.  Not the best environment for it, as I noticed that my swing shortens under pressure, and I don’t have a way to get through that yet.  But, it’s all I had, so I played it.  Somehow, we won 16, got extremely lucky on 17, and played well on 18.  Tom woke up on 18 and won it with a par.  Winning in that manner gave us the sense of playing the rest of the event with house money, lowering the overall pressure.  More from the next round in a bit.