Womack Masters Blog: It's All Positive


April 5, 2007

  • Palmer Kicks Off Masters With Ceremonial Ball

  • U.S. Amateur Runner-up Kelly Soaking Up Masters Experience

  • Mid-Amateur Champion Womack Sees Dream Come Into Focus

  • Ramsay Taking Analytical Approach To Season


    • Dave Womack, who won the U.S. Mid-Amateur last year, is playing in his first Masters. The Georgia native, one of four reigning USGA amateur champions in the field, shares his thoughts with www.usga.org after carding a 12-over-par 84 in Thursday's first round .

    Augusta, Ga. - All I can say after my first round in the Masters is, where else can you shoot 84 and still enjoy it.

    I'm disappointed in my round today. I'm disappointed that my driver let me down. It cost me a few strokes. But my nerves also were a factor. I knew I would be nervous, but I got in my own way a little bit. Still, I'm proud to be here this week and I will look at this as a learning experience for sure. It's all positive, really. There's nothing I'm going to think negatively on. This will help me with other tournaments I'm going to compete in down the road.

    The course was playing very difficult. I can't really compare it to anything I've faced before. Maybe East Lake Golf Club (in Atlanta) during the U.S. Amateur. But there's nothing like this. It's playing hard and with the wind the greens keep getting harder as the day goes on.

    I'm not going to think about this round too much. I'm going to go have some dinner with my friends, and enjoy the evening. I've had a lot of good support since I've qualified for the tournament, so everyone was there with me for those bogeys and tough holes.

    The practice rounds I had were really good. They really helped me, but we all knew if the wind blew a little bit the course was going to get hard, and it did. I'll go back and watch the rest of the day, not for any kind of learning experience but just to see how everyone else is doing. I doubt there will be many good scores at the end of the day, and I just hope I can come back tomorrow and do a little better.

    The bottom line is that it was a disappointing day score-wise, but a great day to be here.