Kelly Okun
  • Home
  • About
  • Media
  • Blog
  • Golfing with Celiac
  • Schedule
  • Sponsors
  • Gear & Apparel
  • Contact

Going Pro with Kelly O.

Bye Bye, Brisbane!

8/4/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Week 6: Brisbane

If you haven't noticed by now, I am a very chronological person.  I am excited to wrap up my Australian chapters today in order to move onto the hundreds of ideas floating around in my head.  In the meantime...

My last week in Australia - I can't believe it!  My weekend at the Great Barrier Reef was well worth the trip, and I am ready to power through these last two tournaments and end on a high note.

Our first event at McLeod Country Golf Club was a special time; this course was founded and is almost completely run by women - a perfect venue for the ALPG! Keeping up with the royal/presidential treatment throughout the weeks, Meghan and I were honored to be staying with McLeod's president (whose daughter's dog is appropriately named Royal).  After getting to know our host family, I discovered that they had lived in the same town as some of my family and even knew some of my cousins - small world!

McLeod Country Golf Club is also where I earned my first professional paycheck - 104.40 AUD.  I was pleasantly surprised because the day before, my putter grip had melted off. That Aussie sun!  The pro shop and our new friend, Josh, were instrumental in giving me a temporary solution until I got home.
Next thing we knew, it was time to head to Yamba Golf and Country Club for the last pro-am of the season.  My crooked putter was killing it, and I sunk 5 birdie putts.  My friend, Emily, who I actually met at Qualifying School in Palm Springs last year, and I were paired together and we had a great day out there.  I won another paycheck, and then it was back to Emily's house near the Brisbane airport so I could fly out the next morning.
​
While I was very happy with my score and the payout, I was more proud of implementing all the lessons I had learned the last six weeks and finishing strong. Tour life is exhausting but so rewarding.   I believe that staying positive and energized through the end really made the difference for me at Yamba.  I also felt like my visualization and pre-shot routines were on point as well as my determination to stay in the present and not worry about a potential paycheck while playing.  I will admit, though, that I had *NSYNC's "Just Got Paid" in my head the whole round since we were playing Friday afternoon, but hey, it worked!

And that, folks, concludes my Australian tour experience.  I flew from Brisbane to New Zealand to spend a week with my mom there for her birthday and then home to start my mini tour season.  I would highly recommend the ALPG to any professional golfer looking for growth in her game.  The sightseeing and new connections aren't bad either!

Thanks for following my Aussie adventures, and I hope you come back for details about my roller coaster of a summer leading up to LPGA Qualifying School.  Cheers!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Just a golfer who loves to write and a writer who loves to golf.

    Archives

    April 2020
    September 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    May 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017

    Categories

    All
    Celiac Disease
    Golf Lessons
    Travel

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • About
  • Media
  • Blog
  • Golfing with Celiac
  • Schedule
  • Sponsors
  • Gear & Apparel
  • Contact