I haven't
written since last year, but I haven't done much since then. I
finished the year playing well in San Antonio with a 3rd,
but then played lousy in the Schwab Cup which was for the top 30
money winners at the end of the year. That was very disappointing,
and partly it was from my back hurting which was really unusual, and
thankfully it hasn't bothered me since. Oh well, I am a Senior
Golfer now!
I didn't do
much this off season except for catch up on things at home, and
enjoy some great Holiday eating. Unfortunately it has caught up
with me, but now it's time to get back to work. I came to Hawaii
with my family, and my brother and his family on Dec. 27th
and we are now heading back home to San Diego after a great trip to
the islands.
You may
have noticed, but I have 808Golf.com on my golf shirt sleeve and
it's for a web site that has everything you need to know about
Hawaii golf. Sean Lunasco runs the site and is nice enough run my
web site and one for Parker McLachlin who is on the PGA Tour this
year.
I actually
caddied for Parker again this year in the Sony Open before I played
my first two tournaments. Last year I caddied for him, he made the
cut, and then we both came in 2nd the next week, so I
thought it would be a good thing to do again. Unfortunately, this
time Parker played well, but couldn't get many putts to drop and
missed the cut by one shot. This did let me watch the Charger
playoff game on Sunday, and that was the most disappointing game
I've ever seen.
I played my
first tournament of the year at Hualalai on the Big Island which was
just a fantastic resort and such a well run fun tournament. I hit
the ball pretty well, but putted lousy and came in 30th
with rounds of 70-70-70.
Then I went
to the North Shore of Oahu and shot 70 again the first round! I
then finally got hot and broke the string with a 69 and then
finished with a 67 and tied for 10th. I finally putted
better the last round after figuring out the night before that I
wasn't turning my shoulders through but was pushing them out of the
hole. I was 6 under for 12, and was kind of disappointed I couldn't
finish a little better, but I missed some shots the last few holes.
I'm working
still on trying to make a more level turn and when I do I'm hitting
a lot of good shots. I'm going to keep working on it, and I have
the AT&T coming up after a week off where I play with Bill Murray.
I think we're going to do well this year, and I hope he's still
getting a lot of shots!
I then go
to Florida where we have the Outback in Tampa which has the same
format at the AT&T with a pro and amateur as a team, and Bill is
going to go down and play in that this year. He should be in a good
mood if his beloved Bears can shut down the Colts and win the Super
Bowl. He's going to the game, and I would have been tempted if the
best team in football was there (Chargers), but their not.
Then I have
the ACE group Classic in Naples. We sure do get to go to a lot of
nice places on this tour.
This was my
first real true off season this past year, and I got pretty lazy
which I'm paying for now. I worked out consistently last year for
months before winning at Pebble Beach in September, and looking back
it really paid off. I lost weight, felt great, and my golf got
better.
I need to
get back to that and plan to do that this coming month. I hope I
can have a good report next month. Well, take care everyone and God
bless you all. I know he's sure blessed the Simpson family and
we're so grateful.
Aloha,
Scott
