Spring Flingin' It!

So this past weekend was the local Spring Fling here in Colorado. I made the brilliant decision to play both the Am and Pro day so I ended up playing a total of 4 rounds. The arm is not feeling like itself right now and I may had some pulled minor muscles in my left hip. On the whole though it was one of the best disc golf weekends I have had. It really all amounts to a lot of small things that happened.

• On the am day I played two round under par during the am day at a course that somehow manages to kick my butt.
• One of the top pros in the state of Colorado, who just happens to be sponsored by Vibram, watched me play a few holes and saw me make a couple of really nice shots, after which he would always make some comment about Vibram.
• The same guy also ran a clinic on the am day with another one of the top pros in Colorado and during the Q and A time he singled me and another one of the guys I played against as two players he has seen make a big improvement over the past year. I actually spoke at a clinic and gave advice to other players! Thanks Mitch!
• I played with some people in Colorado who are legends of sorts in the Local Disc Golf community who I had yet to play with or get to know all that well. It was a blessing to get to know one person in particular as he was rather encouraging and helped me stay mentall focused. Thanks Max!
• I got to play in the same tournament and same division as Paul Ulibarri and then watched him loose to his wife by two strokes over two rounds playing the exact same layout.
• I ended up finishing 5th in Advanced on the Am day after making a big comeback in the second round shooting the thrid best round of all the players playing that round.
• I finished just below the middle of the pack on the Pro day after shooting my best rated round to date in the second round.

I continue to be reminded that part of the reason that I play this game is meeting the people that I do. I may not have much besides disc golf in common with some of these people but they are still some of the most respectful people I have met. That being said I also witnessed someone get disqualified for changing scores on the scorecard. That is a first for me.

There are a lot of things that I learned from this past weekend. One is that I do not play as well in the morning as I do in the afternoon for some reason. Ha, well this is purely a cooincidence as far as I am concerned. I remembered just how important it is too keep others around you encouraged as it made a huge impact on me when others were making the effort to keep me encouraged. It really is a lot of fun no matter how well you are playing. And of course since I relied on solid second rounds both days, it is always important to keep yourself mentally in the game because you never really know what is going to happen.