Golden State Tour event at Twin Oaks GC. Feb. 1st

[Ben]

Well, good day at the office. Golden State Tour event at Twin Oaks GC, San Marcos, CA. This course holds San Diego Open (Farmers Insurance) qualifiers. I'm getting the hang of this place now. Been about my 5th time here. Finished at 2-under par 70. Got me a tie for 10th in a field of 45. GSTour started a new little additional prize to certain events. Being the first event of the month, winner gets the entry fees paid for the month. That drew a big turnout, solid field.

Super front nine. Finished 3-under par. Three solid birdies, no bogeys. Two-on, two-putt on the par-5 2nd hole. Birdied the next par-5 too, hole 5. Then a nice little chip in on 9. All pars in between were nice. Solid tee shots, solid approach shots. Two nice up-and-downs too. One from a greenside bunker, the other from being short-sided on an 40* downhill lie. Birdie putts that didn't drop all looked like they had a chance.

Same thing on the 205y par-3 10th. 5iron, 2-putt.

11-18. 11, dumb little missed par putt. Whatever, chalked it up as an anomaly after I made my par putt on 12 from the same distance. 13 was fun. Donkey pull drive into the trees. Smallest of a window through the trees out of jail. Hit a laser of a punch 7 iron under then over the trees, also right over the flag. Another solid up-and-down. Finally made up for the bogey on the par-5 16th. Good drive, good lay-up 2hybrid, good 58* wedge from 59y, one-putt from 5 feet. Three par 5s, three birdies. 17, a par-3, had 200y to the hole. 6iron, 30 feet. Left putt in the jar. Gave it a go. 18, par-5 to finish. Licking my chops! I bogeyed it. hahahaa. A 3-shot hole for me, and I played it as such, just had a little trouble with my 4iron lay-up. Hit it solid, felt like a good swing, just pushed the push out of it. Ended up behind a tree and 100y out. Had to play way left of the pin, but I caught a piece of the green. 25 feet, had to manage a tier. Just brain-farted on the first putt. Wasn't thinking about speed for some reason. 3-putt bogey, blech. What a dumb finish. Look at the final standings, that putt cost me. I got lazy, it cost me. Won't happen again!

Neat side note for the day. I got to play with Jason Cook, John Cook's son. Really fun and cool guy. He rocked today. Even on the front. 5-under on the back! He was knocking shots close and making some monster putts too.


http://www.jcgolf.com/courses-twinoaks.php

http://gstour.com/results.php?tourna...OAKS+GC+020110

[kpaulhus]

And we envy you for getting to do cool stuff like this! If only I could win that Powerball I could join a tour like that and not have to worry about work and $.