Purely Amateur Hour Here
My last two posts have been about pros on the horizon, the names to watch challenge the "one namers" on occasion on the top cards. Yeah. One namers. You know, like Paul, Eagle, Ricky? Yeah, those guys. But as I always say, more importantly, back to me. Enough pro stuff, it's back to Amateur Hour. Third time's the charm I played in my first Azalea Am in March of 2019, the normal time of year for this event. I averaged 17-over and 806-rated in MA3, finishing T15 out of 18. I averaged per round what the winner in my division shot for the entire event. It was only my second ever PDGA-sanctioned event, coming in at a whopping 789 rating, so overall, not terrible. There were some updates to Castle Hayne during the end of that year and the beginning of the next. Mainly, the installation of short tees. I had suffered through the longs before, and decided that I wasn't going to play the shorts in my second go round. So I signed up for MA40, because I'm old,