Jeffrey Hill will start his quest to see if he has what it takes to be a playing golf professional. With the support of his family, friends and the members & staff of Candler Hills Golf Club of Ocala, Jeff will start playing tournament golf full-time. Over the next months, Jeff will play in Monday qualifiers for the Hooter's Tour Pro Series and Nationwide Tour along with playing in the Hooter's Tour Carolina Series , North Carolina's Tarheel Tour along with some local Florida Moonlight Tour Events. We will try to update this blog with his schedule, results and any information to keep everyone informed.

Monday, June 30, 2008

JUNE 2008

Jeff traveled over 3000 miles and played in North Carolina,Arkansas,Oklahoma and Tennessee. Jeff missed a few cuts by just a couple of strokes and sees his game improving. His results in the 3 HOOTER'S PRO SERIES EVENTS were as follows: HT Daisy Golf Classic@ Lost Springs GC Rogers,AK 74-74 (+4) the second round was rained out after 9 holes and had to be finished the next day, unfortunately he bogied 4 of his last 10 holes . Next was the Buffalo Casino Classic @ Peoria Ridge Miami,OK. Again with bad weather ,the 2nd round was suspended for 1 day. Jeff shot a 1st round 68(-4) and a second round 71(-1) he shot 2 over on his last 3 holes and missed the cut by 2. Onto Spring Hill,TN and the HT Classic@Kings Creek, Jeff shot a 71(+1),67(-3) this time he finished birdie,birdie but an earlier unplayable lie in his round cost him a stroke and he missed the cut by 1. Jeff is now back in the Carolinas where he will play in 4 events thru July.

Friday, June 6, 2008

MAY 11-JUNE 2 TOURNAMENTS & SCHEDULE

• May 12 - Jeff played in the US Open Qualifier at Gastonia GC in NC and shot a +5 77.
• May 13-15 Jeff had a bad week at the Hooter's NC Series @ Riverfalls in Duncan,SC with a 79 -78- 78
• May 19-25 - It was off to Richmond, VA where Jeff would play in a Hooter's Pro Series Monday Qualifier. He shot a 73 +1, qualifying for the event. At this point Jeff has been sick, instead of pulling out of the event, he played the first 2 rounds ,missing the cut with a 77-79.
• May 28-30 - At the Tarheel Tour @Bermuda Run Jeff shot a 75 +5 in a rainstorm the first day, his second round ,even par 72 consisted of 6 bogies,6 pars and 6 birdies. Unfortunately it was a missed cut.
• June 2 I traveled to NC to carry Jeff's bag in the Nationwide Tour Monday Qualifier for the Rex Hospital Open being held at Keith Hills GC in NC. I hadn't scene Jeff in 2 months, with a new driver and putter in his bag, Jeff shot a 70 -2, but was not in the top 7 and did not qualify for the event.
• Jeff and I traveled back to Florida where he will get ready to leave on the 8th to travel to Arkansas where he will play in 3 Hooter's Pro Series Events, Arkansas,Oklahoma and Tennesse. He will not have to Monday Qualify as he is exempt and in the fields.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

APRIL 21-MAY 10 TOURNAMENTS

Jeff had a rollercoaster ride over the past couple of weeks. He missed the cut in the Tarheel Tour Cabarrus Classic shooting a 76-79 (+11) but then made the cut in the Tarheel Tour-Northstone Open 74-70-74 (+2) T46. His second round consisted of hitting his 1st tee ball OB and birdieing 5 consecutive holes. Jeff is still having some putting issues having many 3 putts and missing a lot of 5foot and in putts.

Jeff's ranking # went from 137 to 26. This means that he should get into the Hooter's Pro Series events in June that include travel to Arkansas,Oklahoma and Tennessee.