The Impatient Perfectionist

Hello there,

        Bruce and I made it back from Ontario safe and sound, but unfortunately I didn't play anywhere close to as well as I was planning....

        For those you who know me well, know that I keep a pretty positive attitude and not a whole lot upsets me. However, recently the lack of good results in competition is starting to get to me. I am working harder than ever and the results have not fallen into my lap. I believe that in many things in life, you get out of it what you put in. Like a term paper, a relationship, or a perfectly construted cake, when you put a lot of effort and hours into those things, you can usually predict the results will be pretty good. I am slwoly learning that golf doesn't fit into that category....not even close.  You can practice, prepare, strive for perfection on the golf course all you want, but you have to know, as I am learning, that sometimes you will not play well. You will have bad days, weeks, and sometimes years.... Look at some of the best players in the world. Michelle Wie, for example, all but fell off the face of the earth for 4 years, and now she won the US Open last week, and is up at the top of the leaderboard again this week! Being the impatient, perfectionist I am, this is a very hard lesson for me to learn. When I have rough weeks like last week, I have to be reminded by Bruce that this has been a very successful first year of my career. Just to name a few....I have found my game and confidence that I lost in college, I have gotten to see new places and play amazing courses, Bruce and I have gotten to work as a full time team and relized how much we love doing this together, and I have had 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 10th place finishes. Not so bad!! I have to remember how lucky I am to have this opportunity, and remember that others would love to be in my position. Even when I keep those things in mind, sometimes it's hard to swallow a tough round, but I am so lucky to have so many people supporting me and believing in me. I couldn't do this on my own. With that being said, I need to be patient, keep working my butt off, and press on. My time will come. 

XOXO,
Team Burbank

CDA Summer

Greetings from Coeur d'Alene!

Beautiful Coeur D'alene River 

        I hope this post finds you all happy and healthy! Last time I posted, Bruce and I were heading for Seattle for the US Open qualifier, and then heading "home" to Idaho. So I'll pick there.... I won't delay and I will just say it, Rainier golf and country club in Seattle just hit the top of my list of "most challenging course ever". I was warned by many that this course was hard to score on, and they were certainly right. The fairways were tight, and the greens were diabolical! Although it was another great experience to add to the books, and Bruce did a great job for his first time carrying the clubs for 36 straight holes, we came up a bit short of qualifying in the end. This qualifier reminded me to always fight until the very end, because you never know what scores will make it!! Also, I want to give a HUGE thank you to my good friend Gary, who drove all the way from Eugene to watch me play. What a friend!

        Arriving back in Coeur D'alene is always wonderful. It's our happy place. It's hard not to adore a place that has a world class golf course that supports your dreams and does everything they can to help you succeed. Another HUGE
thank you, this time to everyone at Circling Raven, for hosting me for another summer. Such an amazing group of people!! Since arriving back, Bruce and I have been working out some kinks in the swing, planning for the rest of the summer, and continuing to improve every day! We continue to love working together and we are excited to see where to summer takes us.

At Circling Raven

     On a final note, Bruce and I were supposed to leave for Las Vegas today for a Cactus Tour event. However, a few days ago, a random swing tweaked something in my shoulder. Not wanting to irritate it more, we decided to withdraw from the Las Vegas event so that my shoulder would be better for Ontario. Although I am very stubborn, and dislike changing plans, I know this was for the better. We leave for Niagara Falls on the 17th, and the event starts the 23th. Watch our results at, http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga147/contest/13/leaderboard.htm

Thanks y'all!
XOXO