On my way to Qualifying School 2009
Saturday
3rd January 2009
Today my adventure Q-School is starting by playing the pre-qualification tournament in order to reach the main field of this year’s tour school. I am very excited and looking forward to the first round of a new chapter in my life.
Sunday
4th January 2009
Arrival in La Manga, close to Murcia in Spain. It is incredibly cold, i wonder if i was still in Engadin. 4 Degrees on my way to the golf course, Brrr. I am wearing almost the same clothes as i would go skiing. Frederique Seeholzer, Zusanna Kamasova and i played a practice round on the North course, which i really like.
Monday
5th January 2009
It is still so cold and today we play the South course. This course is different to the North one, my opinion: more difficult. This does not matter for me as I am confident on my golf as i practiced a lot and i am ready to show my best golf.
Tuesday
6th January 2009
Wohoo! My first stage Caddy Sheila Gut-Lee is about to arrive. I know that this week will be a successful one – thanks to Sheila’s support, although some negative thoughts still remain in my head: Is this the right choice to pass professional? Am i strong enough to compete with all these good players?
Wednesday
7th January 2009
First round on the South course. I start without being nervous. In the end a 74 (+1) stands on the leaderboard behind my name. I achieved the first step and i am sati
Thursday
8th January 2009
Today we are playing the North course. Today i fought with my score, too bad, my long game was good, but too few putts went in. Today’s score: 74 (+3). I am disappointed but still motivated to give my best until the last round. Not easy to keep up, but i had to delete all negative thoughts immediately. I practiced another 2 hours on the putting green and i knew that tomorrow it would work out fine on the greens.
Friday
9th January 2009
Due to my good ranking i started that day again on the North Course. I still have some issues open with this course… And i really could work it out. A solid round of 68 shots (-3) That day showed me that all hard work was worth it. Great feeling and great feedbacks.
Sunday
Saturday
10th January 2009
A good golf day. No Bogeys and one birdie ended in a 72 on my scorecard. One shot below par. I got the notice that i was tied 6th on the final ranking and i was just happy. Knowing that so many good players were in the field i thought to myself: This is what i want and i do belong on the Ladies European Tour!
Sunday
11th January 2009
This day will remain in my memories for a long time. I thought i was going to rest on Sunday, but i wanted to go and practice a little bit, as the final already starts tomorrow. Also the physical fitness part should be done today. The days are just too short to do everything! My thoughts are everywhere, as i know i would like to defend my 6th ranking in the pre-qualification tournament. But the final field, is a new tournament and everything i did before would not count know anymore. On top of that my first stage caddy Sheila Gut-Lee will return to Zurich and my second stage caddy would arrive soon… BUT Dani Schaltegger would not arrive, as on his way to the airport (Engadin – ZH) he had a car accident. I was relieved when i heard that except the car, he was more or less fine. I was happy that nothing worse happened. But for me what does that mean? Shall i play without caddy? Shall i look for somebody on site? No i need somebody i do know. Therefore Andy Ruch came into my mind, a good friend and my previous caddy in Losone. As he agrees to come, i was relieved and happy.
Monday
12th January 2009
I am all by myself on the driving range and it still is very cold. I try hard to concentrate on my shots but thoughts about my golfing future always appear: What shall i do if i do not succeed? Do i get any sponsors? How do i get them? How can i plan everything? Instead of thinking about what could be i had to go back to the present. First i had to deliver 4 good rounds of golf. A 75 (+2) in the first round is good for me as i started with a Bogey, followed by a double bogey. Yes i have to admit i was nervous. But after a while i could contentrate on my game and my swing got a good rhythm.
Tuesday
13th January
With Andy at my side i started into the second round. I felt confident and i focused shot by shot. The highlights of this round were the 3 birdies on hole number 10, 11 and 12. I signed a card with a total score of -3, which motivated me to practice shortly i gave in the scorecard. Practice makes Perfect!
I had good feedbacks from people all over, which showed me that my 11th ranking was good. But nevertheless the tournament was not over and many unforseen things could still happen…..
Wednesday
14th January 2009
I did not sleep too well that night and i felt that the tension got stronger. I knew that was normal therefore still motivated. But in the end after playing 3 Bogeys i lost 10 rankings and ended up on the 21st ranking. A positive Point is that after these 3 rounds i already got the tourcard for the category 10. But i wanted more!!
Thursday
15th January 2009
Again not a good rest. I always wonder if i can make it or not and what the consequences therefore would be.
The round started pretty good, but no putt would fall. I try to loosen myself but nothing helps. The birdie putts would not fall. Everything seems to be more difficult than it already is. Then finally a birdie on hole number 12. At that time i was already +5 and i knew i had to birdie another hole to get into top 30. I forced too much and instead of a birdie i ended up with a double bogey. WHY?? I was so disappointed to finish the tournament with a +6 the last round. After a while i got back to reality…
Friday
16th January 2009
I am no more disappointed as Everything happens for a reason. I had good talks to other tour players, which encouraged me to continue… I still can play tournaments but it will get a bit more complicated as i do not have the full tour card yet. In the afternoon the caddies would play a tournament and the players would caddy for them, this was great fun.
After this round we pack up our suitcases and head back to Switzerland.
Again Home
Being home and having some distance to the qualifying school i sum up and plan my future on the Let Tour. How to get sponsors, how to finance my life in general etc etc all sorts of things which were in my mind. But one thing was clear to me: I would never return to the amateur status, it is hard to live on tour, but nothing is impossible.
Therefore i decided: I want to join the LET! Now i really have to get some sponsors and planify my next steps. I am relived for taking this decision and absolutely motivated!
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