November 2002

Friday November 1 - Southern Farm Bureau Classic, 2nd Round, 67 (-5)
A much better day today and a solid round of 67, which included my official first hole in one on the PGA TOUR. Starting from the 10th tee I was off to a good start with a birdie on the par five 11th. Standing on the 15th tee, with a 7 iron in my hand I was trying to put a good swing on it. I struck it well and watched in delight as it rolled in to the cup for an ace. That moved me to -3 for the day and with another birdie on 18 I was out n 32. An up and down back nine followed with bogies on 2 and 5. I bounced back well from these with birdies on 3, 6 and 7. This gave me a score of 67 and I moved back into contention in 23rd place. I'm looking forward to a good weekend and a top position is in reach if I keep playing as well as today. After the round Jill and I went to see Jackass, the movie. It's enough to put you off your dinner - there are some really gross stunts in there! Thanks for all the emails. Catch up on Saturday night after the round, Per

Saturday November 2 - Southern Farm Bureau Classic, 3rd Round, 70 (-2)
It was 42 degrees this morning when we got up….Brrr!!! It got warmer as the day went on but I don't think it ever got above 60. I played well today, made some really good par puts and missed some short birdie putts. Going the whole way round without a bogey on any course is an achievement - I would have liked to add to my birdies on 5 and 18, but I am in good shape to make the top 20 and the goal on Sunday is a 68. The Money List will take care of itself with one more solid round of golf. After warming down, Jill and I are heading out to the movies again - for the third day in a row. I think we have only been to 2 movies all year before this week! - we're making up for lost time! Catch up with you all once we are back home - Bye for now, Per

Sunday November 3 - Southern Farm Bureau Classic
It rained this morning when we drove to the course and didn't stop. As I said earlier in the week if it rained hard the event was going to be struggling to finish - so it has turned out to be. I only played 3 holes and having found the bunker on 1st hole with my tee shot I made an early bogey. The bunkers are almost unplayable in the rain. The are filling up fast. At 1 pm the Tour officials told us that they thought the rain wouldn't stop until late. So we all headed back for another unexpected night in the hotel. On Monday we will need to be in position on the golf course to start agian by 7.30am So, we went to another movie! Sweet Home Alabama, which was ok to kill a couple of hours, but not great. Then off to dinner with Brett and Amy Quigley and Mike Sposa. That was good fun! I think we are all looking forward to playing and getting back home. Let's hope we all can finish tomorrow. I really want to play to move up the leaderboard. Catch up on Monday!, Bye for now, Per

Monday November 4 - Southern Farm Bureau Classic
Well, unfortunately we never had the chance to go back onto the course after another rainy night here in Madison. So my 3 rounds proved good enough to earn a cheque and finish the year in 121st on the money list. Not where I was hoping for as the year began, but it means I am in gainful employment in 2003 and have a solid base on which to build. It's been an up and down year on the course and I have some work to do in the close season before it all starts again in January. I'll continue updating the site periodically including the "best of the Tour" list which has proved to be very popular. Look for that later in the month. Congratulations to Delyth from Wales who won last months competition from a record number of entries. Catch up later in the week, Per

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