Professional Career Begins!

Hi All. I thought a great way for you all to keep up with my golf career would be to create a blog that you can keep track of my progress. It has been a while since I have given you all an update on my life living in The United States and goal to become a professional golfer on The PGA Tour.

In the beginning of May I played in my last college tournament representing The University of Minnesota, this was The Big Ten Men's Golf Championship. I finished 20th Individually and the team finished 8th. Unfortunately We needed to win Big Tens to extend my college career to Regionals, and Nationals. I was lucky enough to have my parents come watch me compete in the Big Ten Championship and attend my graduation ceremony at The University of Minnesota. In my four years of college in USA I managed to complete both an Undergraduate, and Graduate degree. I gained a Bachelors in Science in Sport Management, and a Masters in Education in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport and Exercise Science. Since then I have had two months to fine tune my golf game, and I feel I am ready to take the step to begin my golf career as a professional. Over the next couple of days I will continue to prepare for my first professional golf competition this Saturday and Sunday. I will begin my professional golf career playing mainly on the Dakotas Tour July through September. Bakker Crossing is my first tournament this weekend @ Bakker Crossing Golf Course in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The following weekend I will be competing in the Waterloo Open in Waterloo, Iowa.

Luckily I will not be traveling alone to most of these tournaments. I will be traveling with Ben Pisani, Patrick Datz and Andy Paulson, three other recent graduates from the University of Minnesota who have similar goals to become a successful professional golfer.

Below is my schedule of golf tournaments until September:

July 10-11 Bakker Crossing Sioux Falls, SD

July 17-18 Waterloo Open Waterloo, IA

July 20 Britton Pro-Am Britton, SD

July 23-25 Minnesota State Open, Bunker Hills, MN

July 26-28 Marshall GC Marshall, MN

Aug 2 Nationwide Tour Monday Qualifier for Preferred Health Systems Wichita, KS

August 5-8 Nationwide Tour Preferred Health Systems Wichita, KS

August 12-14 Arrowhead GC Rapid City, SD

August 19-21 Minot GC Minot, ND

August 27-29 Fargo GC Fargo, ND

August 30 Millbank Pro-Am, Millbank, SD

September 1-3 Dakota Tour Championship, TBA

I plan on updating my blog regularly while on the road, and will post pictures and stories during my process to become a successful professional golfer.

See you in Sioux Falls this weekend.

Thomas