Event #2 - Torshalla Golfklubb

76 and a 82. The 76 could have easily been a 72-73 while the 82 with a triple/double start, followed by 11-12 holes at even par could have been at least 6-7 shots better. Things are loosening up and the swing is starting to take some kind of stability, while the short game is improving almost on a daily basis - I am enjoying the challenges of trying to get everything where it needs to be after a long winter break. Golf is so much about feel and confidence and both those things are coming around. Played with some nice guys and enjoyed my stay at Torshalla. The golf course was in pretty good shape, the only criticism is that the greens had some spots that were often pretty deep, which was not so cool when they came in the middle of your putting line.

The club could have easily filled these areas with sand so that players had a chance to keep the ball online. This coming weekend is my third event this season and is at Koberg Golfklubb just a couple hours from home, one of the closest of the season. Played there in 2014 and had one of my better finishes of the season. 

Gotta run now to pick up my little man from school. Check in later and maybe write some more. 

Playing hurt, knowing when it's time and getting ready again...

Lucky for me I'm not even close to having all these possible injuries now, but having some lumbar or lower back problems has been bothering me the past couple of weeks and the it reared it's ugly head on Thursday, I drove to Skåne from where I live in Norway to play the first tournament of the season on Wednesday and when I awoke on Thursday morning I knew I it was going to be a struggle. I have played hurt before, both in basketball and golf but this time it was hard to produce anything close to my best. I did everything possible to get things in order, stretching, rolling and more stretching but because of the very cold and windy conditions my lumbar never had a chance to loosen up and stay in working order, 

Those who know me, know I have struggled with some lower back problems the last years, but I really thought it was going to be ok with all the preparatory work I have been doing this winter but alas it wasn't to be this time around. I was going to play three, two day tournaments up until the start of May and then there is a month laps in the schedule that I was going to use for practice in getting ready for the summer season from June to Sept - that's when the bulk of the tournaments are being played and knowing now it was time to rest a few days, get some treatment and then back at getting ready again... that's the plan anyway and that means I have almost 6 weeks until the summer season starts, which should be more than enough time. 

Hope everyone that follows along is doing good, have no injuries yourself and that life is treating you fair. Hope that the summer brings many a warm day, lots of time to be outside doing whatever it is that you enjoy. I'm trying to think that everything happens for a reason, and that my back was incorporating and making it hard is just a sign that I need to have patience and keep doing the leg work in order to compete,,, 

Again, thanks for all the good thoughts and encouragement I have been receiving. Know that it's so much needed, especially when things don't go according to plan and one has to reevaluate which steps forward will lead to the results and goals one has...