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Full Swing of Summer!

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a great Independence Day weekend and a fireworks filled celebration! I spent mine in Edmonton, AB for the ATB Financial Classic presented by TELUS. Unfortunately I missed the cut thanks to the disappearing act my putting stroke pulled on Thursday. I bounced back on Friday to shot 70 (-1) and get some momentum back heading into this week's event in Saskatoon, SK.

I am right in the middle of a solid stretch of Canadian Tour events that, after the Saskatchewan Open, will take me to Winnipeg for our Players Cup Championship, an anticipated start in the RBC Canadian Open, and followed up by the Michigan PGA Tournament of Champions at the Boyne Mountain Resort & Spa.

Plans are also in the works for a trip to Oshkosh, WI for the 2010 EAA AirVenture to round out July. As many of you know, my long time friend John Burnside and I have launched a new and innovative flight planning tool for general aviation pilots called iFlightPlanner.com! We are extremely proud of it, and are heading to AirVenture to show it off to the 500,000 aviation enthusiasts who attend each year!

Wishing you all a safe and fun-filled summer! I sincerely appreciate all the support and look forward to catching up with many of you down the road!

All the best,

Andy

Summer 2010

Hi everyone!

We have a busy summer ahead, and it will all start tomorrow with the International Final Qualifier (IFQ) for the (British) Open Championship in Dallas, TX. There will be 78 of us competing for eight spots directly into the Championship to be held at St. Andrews Golf Links in Scotland.

Next week I'll be in Victoria, British Colombia for the Times-Colonist Open. In between I'll spend a few days with Charley Vandenberg, my long-time coach getting ready for the summer swing.

It will surely be an exciting summer and I will be updating my schedule and results as the season progresses. Hopefully I'll see some of you along the way!

Thanks for all of your support!

Andy

PGA Tour Spring!

Hey everyone!

I know it's been a while since I've last written, but it's safe to say I've been quite busy!

After putting the clubs away last fall after a strong, but disappointing run through Q-School, I started to get back into the swing of things in mid-January playing some mini-tour events around Orlando. Once my game was back in shape I submitted my entries for three PGA Tour qualifiers. I entered the Monday qualifiers for the Honda Classic, Puerto Rico Open, and Transitions Championship in Tampa.

I am happy to report that we are two for two in getting starts on the 2010 PGA Tour. Last week in Palm Beach Gardens I tee'd it up with one of the best fields of the year at the PGA National Resort & Spa. And although I didn't play as well as I did during the Monday qualifier, I closed my round on Friday with three of the best swings of the week to birdie the par-5 18th.

From the Honda Classic I hopped on a plane to San Juan, Puerto Rico where today I fired a 3-under par 69 to earn one of the four remaining spots in the 2010 Puerto Rico Open. It was here in 2009 where I qualified as well and made my first cut on the PGA Tour, and I expect more great things this week!

Be sure to follow tape-delayed coverage on the Golf Channel this week! We will be playing the beautiful Trump International G.C. in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Thanks to all of you for your continued interest and support of my career! You're the best!

Sincerely,
Andy

U.S. Open Local Qualifier

Today I played one of my favorite golf courses, Old Corkscrew G.C. in Estero, FL, for my U.S. Open Local Qualifier.

Of the 84 players competing, the 5 lowest scores plus 2 alternates would move on to the Sectional Qualifier June 8. Unfortunately a comedy of errors on my last hole of the day left me in 12th place and I failed to advance.

As a result of my runner-up finish in Mexico, several new opportunities have opened up that I have yet to decide on. As soon as my schedule is finalized I will post it to the website as soon as I can!

Thanks again to all of you who continue to check in and support my career, it means the world to me!

All the best,
Andy

March Roundup

Hello everyone! Just wanted to drop in and say a HUGE thank-you to all who have sent messages over the past couple weeks. It has been a very exciting time on this end, and it makes it that much more fun when I hear all of you are enjoying it just as much as me!

After I returned to the mainland from Puerto Rico I played the very next morning in the Monday qualifier for the PGA Tour event in Tampa. I got off to a great start with 3 birdies in my first 4 holes, but wasn't able to pull it through to the finish. My "Plan B" became "Plan A" and I committed to play the 2-day No EXemptions Tour Championship in Orlando at Deer Island Country Club. There I shot back-to-back 67s for a 10-under total of 134 and a 3-shot victory! Needless to say I have been playing some of the best golf of my career!

I am now in Michigan taking a little time away from the golf course, but definitely not the practice tee. The weather has been great (all things considered) and I am really enjoying my time here with family and friends.

My next scheduled events are Nationwide Tour event qualifiers in Georgia towards the end of April. I have made a conscious effort to keep everything as up-to-date as possible here on the site, so be sure to check back often!

Thanks again for all your support,
Andy

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