Letter From David
Dear Golf Fans, I had a good day, shooting 9 under with no bogeys in the first round of the Humana Challenge. I’ve always thought that LaQuinta Country Club is one of the tougher courses in the rotation because the greens are fairly firm and it's a tight golf course. But the golf course is in such good shape that if you had birdie putts, you could really start to make them. And that's what I did today. I had a lot of opportunities, I made a couple of long putts, but I kept the ball in play all day and had just had a lot of birdie putts and I made some. I played the first four holes really solid and didn't make any putts at all. And then I birdied the fifth hole, the par?5. And then the 6th hole, another par?5, Phil made eagle and I had a long putt for birdie, about a 30?footer for birdie. He had just made his for eagle and everybody's going crazy. And then I just made my long putt as well and that kind of got the crowd energized. And so it made for a fun day. And after that it was just a lot of solid golf.
I haven't really had much conversation with Phil since the President's Cup, but we have texted back and forth a few times. Today we caught up on some things that went on during the holidays because our families are close. So it made for a fun day, especially because there are a lot of people are out there. That's probably the biggest crowd I've ever had playing golf here, to be quite honest. So it was nice to play a good round and have people energized and out there cheering for your birdies. Humana is one of my sponsors so it is good to be playing well in their event. And I played with one of their executives, Bill Tait, and that made a comfortable pairing for me because I've known him for many years and we have played some golf together. It helped me to have somebody that I knew right out of the box and we had a great time. We had a lot of conversation and it was just a good day.
I didn’t play very well in Hawaii, even though I felt like I was prepared going into the start of the season. I got to Kapalua and it was windy and seems like you never hit a normal shot there because you have so many uphill, downhill, side hill lies. I kind of lost my swing a little bit. But I came here and worked hard on my game for three days and felt like I had some keys that started to work in the golf swing and putting and so forth. And it carried over to a nice day today. But obviously it's just a start, and I will have to play well for three more days. Thanks, David Toms
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