Hello followers and faithful wackos! I just began another full season on the LPGA and although it didn’t start on the best note, I’m really optimistic and excited about the year ahead. It’s been awhile since I’ve done a blog but I’ll give you a quick summary on how I got back on the LPGA.

For the first tournament of this year, the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, I had the first tee time (7:05am) on Thursday of the tournament. Warmed up mostly in the dark and I was ready to go! I had Travis on the bag, my In-Laws; Stan and Margaret Stoelting and good friend, Michelle Marx there to root me on. First hole I hit what I thought was a perfect hybrid to find out I had too much club and flew the green. Maybe adrenaline, maybe a miss-club. 2 holes later I three-putt for a bogey. 2 over after 3 to start my year. Whoops! I proceeded to birdie 3 holes before making the turn until a bad swing caused a bogey on 12. Even par with 5 holes to play. Come to a long up-hill par 3 and mistake after mistake with a 3 putt on top left me with a triple bogey. All of that hard work washed down the drain. I stayed with my game and birdied 2 holes coming in but faltered on the last with a bogey. I shot 2 over for my first round but still felt positive about my game. I had a few unforced errors and one really bad hole. I still had a great mindset with the second day knowing the course was producing really low scores and I knew that I could do the same.
Unfortunately, I became very ill with what I think was food poisoning that night at dinner. I was up all night very sick and wasn’t sure how I was going to make it through the second round. Thankfully I had an afternoon tee time, but I was still not doing very well when it was time to play. I have never withdrawn from a tournament and this was the first time in my professional career that I really gave it some thought. I decided to give it a try and fight through it. If anything, this was going to be a good learning experience and see how I can fight through sickness on the golf course. I walked pretty slow to my ball and was hitting the ball about a club less than normal. I was 3 over through 12 holes when I finally managed to make a birdie on 13. This was the first time in about 20 hours that I felt a little less queasy. I made 2 more birdies coming in to shoot even par. After the night I had, I was proud of my round and learned a lot about myself. It was an unfortunate missed cut but I’m still feeling great about my game.


