Month: May 2022

This time I’m writing on the way home from Vienna, via Naples!   The tournament starts tomorrow so, yes you guessed it, I didn’t qualify for a spot in the tournament proper from Monday’s 18 hole shoot out.  

I shot 79 which was way too high and learned two things from the experience – you can’t have double bogies in 18 hole qualifying and I need to allocate much more time to understanding the greens during practice.  Looking back I was knocking different putts around during practice but I wasn’t spending enough time really getting to know the greens, their pace and how to read them. I gave myself ten chances inside 15 feet and only converted two.

The whole experience was brilliant though, and hopefully I’ll manufacture more chances to start a Legends event.  We also had the excitement of Austrian lightning which stopped play for an hour or so.  By the way the qualifying scores for the two spots were 3 and 2 under par – tidy golf.

GolfClub Murhof was really brilliant, both the course and the set up.  Their hospitality was tremendous and they run a really great event. 

Next we’re back in the UK and off to the Lake District at the end of the month, so a few things to work on with Coach Pete ahead of that.

Catch up soon……Calum

I’m writing this on the flight out to Vienna, heading to Monday qualifying for the Austrian Senior Open at GolfClub Murhof south of Vienna, a beautiful looking parkland course in the Austrian valleys.  I’m particularly excited as, apart from the Senior Open, this is my first Legends Tour event and a potential route into a Legends tournament.

I was away last week with some great friends social golfing. Three games with loads of encouragement from my mates was great preparation for Monday.  My game seems in good shape so am really looking forward to giving it a go.  Another step on this amazing journey…..

So an 18 hole shoot out to try and gain one of the two wildcards into the tournament up for grabs……as always will let you know how I go.

All the best
Calum