His "heart wasn't in it" Monday morning during U.S. Mid Amateur Championship qualifying at Silver Creek Valley C.C. in San Jose, CA. J.R. carded his highest score in relation to par in the past 14 tournament rounds and he attributes it all to a "lack of motivation." Knowing that he could not afford to miss work and pay for travel expenses to Pennsylvania for eight days, he subconsciously made sure that he didn't qualify.
Life provides an amazing opportunity to learn and grow everyday. On this day, J.R. gained very important knowledge through an unfamiliar experience. He cannot recall a time in the past during tournament golf when he had a feeling similar to the one he had Monday. He did not feel any passion driving him to perform to the best of his ability in the moment. He felt bored, lazy and found himself looking to the future, manifesting a non qualifying score.
The good thing is that it is all good! He wasn't meant to qualify for this event and all of the feelings he experienced on this day will only guide him closer to God. He will be more prepared to make better decisions when deciding which events to enter. Moving forward, J.R. will only compete when he is absolutely in full belief that his sole priority is to dominate the competition. This will be his only goal when playing tournament golf in the future, regardless of monetary circumstance. If he is teeing it up he will be playing with passion, walking ahead with the purpose to win!
His next event has not been scheduled yet but you can expect him to tee it up again in 3-4 weeks!
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