Skybrook Wrapup, Hospice Donation, Career Earnings, Southern Open Article, Yardage Books
Yesterday I shot a second round 73 in the Tarheel Tour event at Skybrook. This wasn’t good enough to make the cut. My toe was really bothering me again throughout the round. Between the injured toe and the 10-day layoff from the flu and the injury, I just couldn’t get anything going. I’ve got over two weeks before I compete again, so I expect my toe to be better by then. I’m hoping it will be better in time for my lesson with Jack Lumpkin on August 8th.
I made my third donation of the year to the Capital Hospice. This donation was over $1,800 which included a percentage of my Southern Open earnings. To date I have donated over $3,700 to the Hospice. Thanks to my sponsors for allowing me to make these donations.
As I was updating the site for this week’s event, I noticed that I have passed the $100,000 mark in career earnings.
Howard Ward of The Pinehurst Pilot wrote a good article about my win. The article can be found here.
I decided to bow out of the yardage book business on the Tarheel Tour. Ben Case and I produced what I believe were good quality books for 3 events, but never sold more than 46. When we began, I decided that we needed to sell at least 40 books per event for it to be worthwhile…this would net about $125 and would cover my extra costs and substantial time investment. Unfortunately, sales at the other two events were substantially lower, and I decided it’s just not worth my time. Ben plans to continue producing the books on his own.