Q School – Final Round

October 30th, 2009 by butch in Featured, Q School 2009

Today was another hot,sunny day to play golf. We started on the 10th hole with Joe Horowitz, (accompanied by his wife Julie) from Long Beach, Long Island rounding out our twosome. Yes, the infamous 10th did us in today also! We began the round by three putting from about 60 feet. Our  tournament record was 6 over par on [...]

Q School Round 3

October 30th, 2009 by butch in Q School 2009

It was an unseasonably warm and sunny day, after a 45-minute fog delay, at Grasslands G.C. today when Team O’Leary attacked the course for the 3rd round. Playing with us was  Greg McAuley from Surrey, B.C. who shot a solid 67 with his father, Paul, on the bag. The other player listed didn’t show up. Once again, John’s score [...]

Q School – Round 2

October 28th, 2009 by butch in Q School 2009

Yesterday I talked about playing better than what the score indicates but today’s score of 79 was about the best score we could have posted. The O’Leary golf team was a bit off today.  Statistics include -10 fairways hit, 10 greens in regulation and 35 putts.  The wind was not an issue as it was [...]

PGA TOUR Q SCHOOL 1st Round

October 27th, 2009 by butch in Q School 2009

There’s a day in every golfer’s life where they play better than the score reflects.  Today was that day for John. We were paired with two pleasant young gentleman, Steve Sokol, from Milford, CT who shot 76 and Brian Hollins from Philadelphia, PA who also shot 76, while our score for the day was 78. [...]

Final Practice Day

October 26th, 2009 by butch in Q School 2009

Today was a casual practice run in preparation for our 9:47 tee time tomorrow. We are staying about an hour from the Grasslands G.C. in Lakeland so needed to test the traffic going west towards Tampa from Lake Nona. We left at 7:15, I got my Java fix and arrived on schedule at 8:30. John prefers to [...]

First Practice Round

October 25th, 2009 by butch in Q School 2009

We headed to Grasslands G.C. in Lakeland today for our first look at the course and practice at the “Q” School site. Monday will be the same. John will be teeing off at 9:47 on the1st hole. It looks like 21 players from this location will qualify for the next stage.I will keep you posted [...]

Hello from Orlando…

October 25th, 2009 by butch in Q School 2009

John and I arrived in Orlando on Wednesday morning where we were greeted by our pal Huey Kimnel. John is staying at the Ritz (actually Graeme McDowell’s house — which is close to the Ritz!) while I am staying in a lovely suite at Huey’s house. We unpacked and headed over to the David Leadbetter [...]

Gearing up for Q School 2009

October 17th, 2009 by Golf Web Design in Q School 2009

John has been working on hard on his game to get ready for Q school.  We are excited that he has an opportunity to compete for a spot on the tour and are looking forward to watching him play some great golf. We will keep you posted on his progress throughout the process. Thanks for all your support!

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