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Pedro's English Golf and hockey Blog

I am going to blog about my high school golf season. This year I am currently playing on the Centennial Varsity High school golf team.

4/26

Today was are first golf match of the season and let me tell ya it was a great one. We played at a very nice course Golden Valley country club. We teed off for a shotgun start at about 11:00 am. It was a little chilly today but not to bad at a temperature of 48 degrees. Today I couldn't of started off with a better start then I did I shot a 74. But not a normal 74 all over the place with a eagle, lots of birdies, and a couple of double bogeys but hey don't get me wrong I was pumped with the round I shot escpecially on the very quick greens.

This evening I had my first skills skate in awhile which was pretty fun. I skated at the Lumberyard in Stillwater which is a really cool mini 3 on 3 rink. Today though for the skills skate we just kinda went back to the basics and just getting the hands good again cause like I said it has been awhile since I had one. So basically we worked all different variations of stick handling in tight and awkward situations and then having to get a shot off right after or make a move on the goalie. It was actually a pretty light skate and fun to be back out there again.

5/1

Let's just say Rush creek golf course got me today. It was not a lovely day on the golf course today with crazy 30 mph winds blowing in our faces. I just couldn't found my game today swing just never felt great felt like I just couldn't find a fairway or green but once I got to the green I was actually able to putt so there was one positive. But I ended shooting a very rough score of 86.

Hockey today was great but also exhausting. Today I skated with my skating coach at fogerty ice arena and let me tell ya those are the hardest skates you’ll do. You start with a warmup and usually when you do a warmup you’d think it would be easy no it is the opposite of that it is very difficult. We worked on being explosive out of turns and getting our head around to see and scan the ice in front of you. But it’s been awhile since I’ve had a skating practice but it was fun but difficult see ya next time on the blog!!

5/3

Royal golf club one word to describe is beautiful. But past that gosh did I love that course. But to the golf I started out really well thru 11 was -2 which was really good but my round took a turn very quickly. I mean there was a reason why it took a turn and it was because I got drafted in the USHL by the Chicago Steel and I was just so happy I couldn't focus back and it ended up shooting a 82 but to be honest besides my score it was a great day of golf and getting drafted. Also forgot to add this is a two day tournament which i'll add to the blog tomorrow after the 2nd day of the tournament.

We were back to lumberyard this morning. We were with skills coach Scott Bond and we were working on keeping our head up while still having our feet moving and having  quick hands. Today there were a couple of us at the session so it was fun to see everyone that got back from juniors to come home and skate. It’s always great skating with others because they make you better and it is fun to compete with others. After the skate they have a really nice shooting area so me and a couple of the guys went back there to really dial in our shots and releases.

5/4

Today was the day of our 2nd round of the border battle tourney at Troy burn a wonderful course. But even though I came into today with a positive attitude just felt like I could never get my game on track swing never felt great and my putts were always tracking just seemed like one of those days where putts don't want to drop. But hey its golf can't be great every tournament or let alone money but great course to play on today just my game couldn't match.

Hockey this evening was at Centennial high school with one of my friends dads running the skate named Jesse Ramirez. His skates are always a great high intensity with a lot of skill type of skate . Just working on really getting your feet moving and having your hands be able to keep up. We finished the skate with a little 4 on 4 scrimmage to end off the day like we usually do with those skates which was really fun my team ended up winning so I didn't have to do the terrible forfeit that you have to do for losing.

5/7

Played TPC this morning with my buddy Hayden and his dad Jason. We always do some type of betting on the course today we did 5 dollars a 9 winner takes all. I mean today I thought I played good just my game got good a little too late I shot a 78 was even thru the last 15 holes so my first 3 holes really screwed me over for trying to win money but I can’t really complain cause Hayden shot 70 and Jason shot 73 so they both played really good rounds so at least I didn’t lose to scores that weren’t to great. Just shows being on time can be too late when others start of early.

Today I didn’t skate on ice but I played my first roller session of the year and to be honest at this time in the year nothing can beat playing roller hockey doesn’t get better than it. Roller hockey is really fun cause it’s a complete different game it is all about patience and making really good hockey plays. And the group out there are great players few younger guys like my age and then the rest are guys who are older that we’re really good players when they were younger. We play roller at the hippodrome in white bear it’s a legendary mini rink I believe it’s the oldest indoor hockey rink in the metro.

5/10

Played golf at Keller this afternoon really sweet course in the Maplewood area. I’d say it’s one of the most underrated course around here cause not many play it a lot but gosh is it a really nice course i believe even back in the 40’s there was a pga tournament here which is really sweet. But on to my round it was a really back and forth round. I would have really good holes then right after I would just have a blowup hole so it felt like I could never get in rhythm and couldn’t make many putts which resulted in me shooting a 84.

For hockey had my first game in awhile it’s a showcase at Doug Woog arena with are high schools section they take the top 20 kid and build a team to play others teams. From here you can get selected to play in the NIT tournament where they take the top 20 guys from the showcase this weekend and play others teams across the country trying to win the NIT tournament. But today we had 1 game first game with a bunch of random guys is always pretty sloppy and hectic but came the third period are team started to get under control and we took the lead with 5 minutes left and ended up winning which was exciting.

5/16

Loggers trail. Today was I don’t even know how to explain it basically all over the place. Had a really rough morning couldn’t wake up kept falling asleep completely forgetting I had a match at 9 this morning until I look at the clock and it was 8:30 and I was like shoot I have a golf tourney in 30 minutes I better get going. Well I made but definitely not early I was there 2 minutes before my tee time and had no warmup so I had no expectations going into this round I was hey if I shoot anything decent I’m happy cause I’m already all over the place and I did exactly that so I’m not to mad I ended up shooting a 81 which isn’t great but isn’t terrible under my circumstances.

Didn’t have hockey today but went and watched some games this evening at the nahl showcase with my buddies. Which was pretty fun  the games were really close and intense cause they are playing in the finals of the Robertson cup to win it all in the NAHL. After that we went and got some food at Leann chin which is one of my favorites. After we ate we all went to my friend Jacks house and just chilled. So today was a pretty good day of just chilllllllingggg!!!!

5/18

Road trip to brainerd with the golf team today. Today I won’t be saying anything about hockey because there is no hockey that happened today but we’ll be just talking about our first on the Brainerd golf road trip. We started on the road early at 10 am after having to show up to school at 9 too pack all the cars with us and are luggage and golf bags. But I road in the car with Harper, Hayden, and Flint which was a fun car ride we just ate food and talked about all the stories over the years so the trip was made quick with a lot of laughter. Then we showed up to the golf course where we were going to play are first round of the trip.

First round of the trip was a really sweet par 3 course to start off the week fun and compete amongst the guys. We brought up 9 guys so we split the teams into 3 where I played with flint and cooper. Let’s just say it was a butt killing to the other teams and they had no chance. We all played great we’re making everything and hitting every green where no one else could compete with us. So the first day of the road trip I would say was great.

5/23

He we are today back at the staple of where I play my best. That is indeed victory links. Victory links is basically where I play my golf everyday in the summer with my buddies so I know the course like the back of my hand so I was really excited to play today. I shot a 77 today 6 over which to be honest I’m happy with but I could’ve shot a much lower score but some putts just didn’t want to drop today to really help my score but are team in general today played really well finishing in third place which is really exciting. Today my good friend Hayden had a really good day on the golf course shooting 1 under which got him in third place.

Today was the start of the NIT tournament which was really cool to see my name be selected for the second year in a row. Lot of familiar faces on the team from just playing with and against over all the years of youth and high school hockey. To say the least today was one of my better games in a while which was great ended up talking to a couple of college coaches after the game which is always exciting and excited to keep in touch with them. But are team one with a score of 7-2 which we pretty much beat up on the team the whole day so first day of NIT was definitely a success.