Out of Texas, On to Europe...Swiss Chocolate & French Souffle'
I flew into El Paso and stayed at the hotel for only one night. My travel partner, Kelly and I were introduced to a very gracious host family who welcomed us into a beautiful home for the entire week of the tournament. So I just want to send out another thanks to Bob and his family for their generous hospitality. It sure beats hotel life week after week.
cSwing video shoot
On Tuesday, I spent the afternoon at the range with the team from cSwing Golf Software. They video taped my swing from different angles and with different clubs for their upcoming release of the cSwing 2006 version. The cSwing CEO, Phil, was very nice and we played 5 holes together, while still being taped by the video crew. I truly enjoyed it, and I am glad to be associated with cSwing for all my instructional software alongside great PGA players' swings in their library like David Toms, Luke Donald, Fred Funk and Chad Campbell. Can't wait to get my own copy of the 2006 version.
Numbness in my left side
Thursday during my practice round, at about the 11th hole, I set up to a shot and felt a burning tingling pain shoot straight down into all five of my fingers and I couldn't even grip the club. That really freaked me out. I had been having some issues with my left side for about 5 days and ignored it for too long. Amanda, the local massage therapist was excellent. She stretched, iced and massaged my upper back. Most of my pain was gone the next day and actually stayed away throughout the weekend. That was a huge relief. I will keep up with my stretching from now on and hopefully stay pain free!
Three-footer hell
The weather was gorgeous all weekend, with a few wind gusts up to 20 mph. That was nothing compared to McAllen last week. I started off the weekend with a 75. I struck the ball very well all day but had issues with my putting - 3 footers to be specific. I missed 4 of them. It was difficult to give up 4 shots that way just because it makes such a big difference on the leader board. But because of how well I was striking the ball I felt that I could make up for it on Saturday.
No peeking! Thx Doc!
After having a conversation with "Doc" Parent, my mental coach (pictured above), and doing the drills that he suggested, I was a lot more confident about those 3-footers. I found out that part of the problem was mechanics but the main problem was that I was moving my head. So if I keep real still and feel my arms travel more down the target line, my percentage of making those short putts gets much higher. So no peeking!!!
Can't I birdie them all??
Saturday was the complete opposite of Friday. I actually started off with a birdie, and I thought back to what my friend Andy always says to me when he witnesses me with an immediate birdie. "You can't birdie them all if don't birdie the first one!" So I was excited after the first hole and was ready for more. Unfortunately, that was my only birdie of the day and had to put up with my awful ball striking for the rest of the round. But contrary to Friday, I putted great!!! So the conversation and drills from Doc definitely helped. This game is all about staying consistent. Physically and mentally. I bogeyed the last hole by going for a par 5 in 2 and hit it in the water. I missed the cut by 1 shot and definitely learned a little something about course management from that.
Post-tourney unwinding
I tried to get a flight home Sunday but nothing was available, so I kept myself busy by going to my favorite group exercise class, spinning early Sunday morning at a local gym. I went shopping at the mall and finished the day at a Barnes and Noble bookstore doing some research on Switzerland, France and The Netherlands since I will be traveling there for a Month to play 3 Ladies European Tour events.
Yeah I missed the cut, but this is only the beginning. I have a lot more opportunities. I am flying out to Switzerland on Thursday and have already set this weekend aside to visit and play tourist around Lugano before the Deutsche Bank Ladies Open next Thursday.
Bye,
Meg
11 Comments:
megan, happy belated bday. nice site. I liked your pics with your red hot ford mustang! betcha they don't have those to rent in Europe; forget swiss chocolate. turn that field into swiss cheese over there! best wishes to come back with a big stach of euros.
Hi Megan,
You really have a terrific site. Much better and more comprehensive then most. We liked it so much we added it to our women's pro websites directory at golfdash.com
check it out, you'll love it.
Hello Miss Megan,
This is very impressive. Your list of sponsors is a who's who of corporate America. This is quite a list!
I hope you are gaining valuable experience on this tour and your game finds itself. You are very marketable from a presentation standpoint and by that I mean you get it and you know how to deal with people. That alone has great value and when your performance catches up with the rest of your market presence, you will have something very special.
I think any player would love a web site like this one. It is incredibly well done.
Keep up the good work,
C.M.
Hi Megan,
It was very gracious of you to spend time with us on your birthday for the taping of your swing.
We plan to integrate the video into the Swing Library by early next week. We will provide you with an updated copy of the 2006 cSwing and the library on CD once we have done this.
We also added a link to your website on our Links page at the top (www.cswing.com/links.html). We will put a news item on our home page after we integrate your swings into the library.
Best wishes for a successful season.
The cSwing Team
Hello Megan.
Thank you for the nice comments about my blog. It sounds like you are doing some traveling this year. Best of luck. I hope you will be playing full time on the LPGA tour next year. I will look for you on the Futures tour and in Europe on the Web.
Interesting info about the pro-am money. I really think the women have their heads together so much more than the guys on the Nationwide tour. I am sure their are plenty of exceptions on both sides but the guys seem like they are still having a frat party and trying to figure out how to do their own laundry. Maybe I’m wrong but just my impression...
I grew up in the 70’s when girls had little opportunity for sports in school, and ending up appointed to a commission on the status of women for a county government, where I helped monitor title nine issues at a state college. Things changed, but not nearly enough. So I have some strong opinions, and offend some people, but I do love promoting ladies golf!
Good Luck
Renee Cain
Theforwardtees.com
Yeah, thoes massage therapists are something else. When all else seems to fail, they always seem to get rid of the pain.
I've actually been having problems putting recently too. I'm going to try the "no peeking" technique ;).
Megan - Best of luck with your pro golf career. I am a financial advisor who works with professional athletes, mainly in football and baseball. I'm just starting to talk to the LPGA players and agents. Please keep my contact information and if there is anything I can do to help, including some free advise, please call. My website is www.fa.smithbarney.com/mike_ferrara Regards,
Mike Ferrara
PS - If you are looking for an agent I know a number who are very good.
You have an amazing site. Very well done with lots of great info. Good luck in Europe and good travels.
An "old school" suggestion for your iPod: "I Drove All Night" by Cyndi Lauper. Great song!
Renee
theforwardtees.com
Megan,
It was great to play with you in Las Vegas, NV as few weeks ago at the Finacapital event. I really enjoyed it. I hope your success on the tour continues and our paths cross again one day. I do visit LA for business and maybe when you're not traveling we could catch up and have lunch. I promise I will not talk about golf too much.
Play well, Donald
Hi Folks,
I am going to hop on my flight to Paris & then Lugano, Switzerland, this afternoon.
I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your comments. What a great group of fans I have!!
Special thanks for compliments on my website, go to Douggie, DF from golfdash, Cricket from Gaylord Sports, Phil from cSwing.com, Renee from theforwardtees.com, Mike from Citibank.
Jason & Donald Curran - thx for the tips and great playing with you in my tour sponsor's corporate event. I love those events because they are more relaxed, I get to sign tons of autographs and I meet great people. Keep attending them!
Come back often to my blog for my reports from Europe (or sign up through "my Yahoo" or My Aol", or one of those little feeder icons on the right side of my blog page.
Ciao,
Meg
Hello Megan
I'am a french golfblogger and also amateur freelancer photographer.
I saw your post on Mike Sigers's travelling golger blog, very happy to see you in europe.
I will be sure at the French Open in Arras, and perhaps in Switzerland this week end if it is not raining...
Will be happy to meet you at this occasion.
My golf photoblog is here :
http;//www.onedayoneshot.com
and my golf pictures galleries here :
http://www.pbase.com/isogood/golf_tournaments_year_2006
Hope your stomach goes better now, wish you good time and great results.
Patrick Micheletti
pamicheletti@free.fr
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