On June 24th, I competed in my 2nd OGA tournament of the year at Forest Hills in Cornelius, OR. I played a practice round the day before with 2 regulars. This helped me trememndously as I had never played the course before. I knew which clubs to select off the tee, where to aim my tee shots, and when to stay below the hole, which helped me develop a solid game plan for the tournament.
On tournament day, I started strong, with 2 birdies on the first 4 holes. I threw in a couple bogeys, but I remained even par through the first 14 holes. After that I followed a bogey with a double bogey. Then a birdie and another bogey and a finale par. 3-over 74 on a par 71.
I didn't add up my score until the end and I was shocked that I went that low. I tied my lowest score ever. The question was: Is that good enough for first place?! I never expected to contend for first place. My only goal was to play my best.
Our group was one of the last to turn in scorecards. I turned in my scorecard, looked at the board and saw a lot of scores in the 70s but nothing below a 75. As the last scores were written on the board and I saw that mine was the lowest, I was in shock. Complete shock. "Really, I just beat 46 other people - all men and several who are sub-5 handicaps - to win?!"
I've never won a golf tournament before, and I would have to say the highlight was beating 46 dudes. "Sorry guys, I know your ego is brusied." ;)
Check out the results here:
http://www.ghintpp.com/OREGONGA/TPPOnlineScoring/Results.aspx?id=90&archive=None&type=players
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