Don Pooley
Don Pooley
Sheldon George "Don" Pooley, Jr.is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour...
lead normally shot
I shot a 65 with a three-shot lead and normally that would be enough.
deserved eight guess nine shot
I guess I made one too many bogeys this week. I made eight birdies after that, shot a 30 on the back nine and still lost. He deserved it.
forward looking round shoot ways
I'm looking forward to this year. I still have a ways to go, but I like where it's going right now. You never know what you're going to shoot in the first round of the year. All of a sudden, things started working just fine.
ball course foot kicking longer missed played range three travel
The ball didn't travel as far, so the course played significantly longer today. I made some long putts, but I missed three putts in the 6-8 foot range that I'm kicking myself over.
bad mistakes swing wrong
I made a bad swing at the wrong time. It was a three-shot mistake.
control might people playing sitting
I'm playing well enough. You don't have any control over what other people are going to do. If I keep playing well, one of these times I might be sitting on top.
falling few front good mistakes nine poor score tale ugly
Tale of two nines. It started falling into place on the back nine. I made a few mistakes on the front; a ugly front nine but managed a good score out of a poor start.
beating guy played
I've played well every week, but there's this one guy that's been beating me every week.
guess
I guess I had one too many bogeys this week. I had one.
college since
It's been since I was in college since I made 7 on that hole.
fun good greens hitting percentage
It's been a lot of fun hitting a lot of good shots. Hitting most of the greens and making a real good percentage of those putts - that's a good combination.
dream great opportunity played tournament win
It's been a dream to win the first tournament of the year, some year. I've played for 30 years and haven't done that so this is a great opportunity for me.
conditions grind
It's a grind out there in conditions like this,
fall line tale
It was a tale of two nines. Everything just started to fall in line on the back.