Danville

Hello,

Back in Los Angeles after a fun week in San Francisco where I year after year seems to play well, I finished 10th today @ 8 under par.

It was an exiting tournament for me and loads of energy were spent keeping the game together and concentrating on each and every shot for the 4 days. At Blackhawk CC you have to keep your mind focused at all times especially with the hills, up and downs and the super fast greens. If you are on the wrong side of the pin it is pretty much an automatic bogie. I like courses that way and I always seem to play much better then the field when I have to plan my game around the course to my strengths.

I am now sick with a cold, it started after the 3rd round and got worse once I relaxed after finishing the tournament. with a birdie on the 18th. After back to back birdies on 17 and 18 my fever went up and I been in bed since. It is interesting how the body works once you relax from anything that has been very intense, if you have any kind of virus in your body it will for sure break out when vacation or relaxation is around the corner.

I was going to tell you some about what goes on in your head when you compete at this level that I am part of each week. I am so driven because I want to develop myself each and every week and learn more about how I work under pressure as a person. Pressure is a hard beast to handle and you have to play head games with your self to be able to preform to your ability. If you think you made some thing too good to be true you can almost bet on the next hole you will make a bogie to even it out, but if you made something too good to be true and you tell yourself that it was nothing special and that I belong here and should be making 5 more birdies, then suddenly the next hole might be a birdie. It’s so interesting but it’s so true. It’s not the most exiting deal to be out on the golf course during those pressure moments but once you conquer the pressure it’s the best feeling in the world!

I have learned to deal with pressure in many different ways, one way for me personally is too look at the leader on the scoreboard and know it’s the goal to beat that number and be at the top of the list. Also if you see your own name all over the scoreboard and you feel you belong there, once you and your unconscious mind has excepted that you will be ready to win if you get the opportunity.

Until next time,

Mikaela

Zingo checking out the golf balls

The tee box on hole 16 is on the top of a hill that golf carts can barley get up to, then there is a 35 yeard drop to the green. Its a fun hole espesially if you add some wind in the afternoon.

Hole 17

Greens are amazing and fast!