Solid Play Leads to Top 5 Finish

A final round 70 was good enough to jump up 4 spots to a tie for 5th and a $5,691.00 paycheck. This is the 5th Top 5 finish in the last 8 events of the summer series and was good enough to jump up to 5th on the money list. It was nice to play a course where a 2 under round of 70 was good enough to move up the leaderboard instead of getting passed by half the field. The Chiricahua course at Desert Mountain Golf Club is a tough test with thick desert rock and brush left and right of every hole. Missing grass with a shot was an instant double bogey or higher. I wasn't able to avoid making double bogeys but I did make enough birdies to offset those mistakes. I am pleased with the way my swing felt for the first time in a couple of weeks. I am looking forward to the last Gateway event next week and getting ready for the Tour Championship in Des Moines, October 10-13. The Tour Championship will have a $400,000 purse with a 1st place check of $65,000. This will be a great warm up for Q-school that will start a few weeks later.
Thanks for checking in, I will post again after the completion of next week's event. To follow the scoring, stats or to check out the money list go to: http://www.thegatewaytour.com/
Matt