On our travels back to the East after the Big D in the Desert, Val and I played back to back tournaments in Kentucky. The second event being the Disc 'n Dat Bluegrass Open, one of favorites due to the courses and vicinity to my parents home in Ohio, an annual tournament that I used to play every year when I lived back home. It is also great to see some old friends that I have not seen in years, great time to catch up on some past DG stories.

The season is now in full swing, we have played 3 tournaments thus far this year. Including a 7th Place at the Gentleman's Club Challenge in Las Vagas, a 12th Place finish at The Memorial National Tour Event in Phoenix, AZ and a 2nd Place at the Aloha Sushi Classic in Walla Walla, Washington. I shot some amazing rounds, including a hot round to start the year off in Vegas and my career best round of 1088 the last round in Phoenix.

The off-season was very short and exhausting. I began teaching Disc Golf 199 at the University of Oregon for the winter term. I had twenty-five students and I learned that teaching was much harder than I had anticipated. I will be teaching again in the spring with sixty students in Disc Golf 1 and 2.

The Winter Warmth Tour is in my opinion the best stretch of the year, your fresh and excited for the season and the weather is summer like! I'm talking about the South West; Pasadena, Monterey, Vegas, Phoenix, Long Beach (and in years past Arcata, CA Bigfoot and Orangevale St Pats) I hit the road on Feb. 11th and will fly back on March 17th. Can't wait to get back home! I can't imagine trying to pull off 8 months straight like 2006. It's a MOUNTAIN of a journey!!

team huk keepin' it real after the first round.  way to start off boys.  nate, avery, and brinster are all on the lead card after day 1.  huk girl Val stayin in contention.

Wish i was down there too, but with all that we have going on, i haven't been able to play much.  workin' workin' workin'.....all for the good of LOVE.   steve and I are working so hard to get our house done so that we can move in by the New Years.   And, we are also planning our wedding, which will be in Warwick, NY April 25th. so for now, i'm playing disc golf in my dreams.

However, i had a GREAT time playing in September at the Eric Yetter and Sugarbush Open in VT!   then we we're off to USDGC, where i was steve's caddie for the 7th year in a row....he finished tied for 7th.  one of the funnest weeks of disc golf each year.  it was a thrill to watch brinster battle the course. 

A month ago I injured  my pectoral muscle at the Canadian Open just before the final nine.  It was painful but I decided to play the finals anyway and although I finished second I lost more then I gained.   The injury side-lined me for the next couple of weeks which included the Skylands Classic (at Warwick my home course), Pittsburgh and the Brent Hambrick.  I planned on attending all of them especially since I've done very well at each of them in the past.  It was now three weeks and my injury wasn't getting much better.  I was starting to come to the realization that I might not  be able to play for a long time.  But then one day I forced myself to start throwing. I started off throwing only  50ft,  then 100ft, once the pain started, i would stop.  I went out every other day and tried to add 25ft or 50 ft. each day.  Now I'm up to 350ft and I'm basically pain free on hyzer shots.  Sooo I said I'm going to Worlds baby!  Its interesting because I've never been side-lined because of an injury.  Now I have such an appreciation for being able to play at all.  When I go to the course now I'm just happy to be playing.  Its a great feeling and hopefully that kind of attitude can lead me to a healthy and sucessful worlds.  See you on the course- steve

  Our fearless Huk Leader is out here in the midwest mounting an impressive finish to the 2007 AM Worlds in Milwaukee, WI!  Jay Harbour has shot three straight rounds above his player rating!  
 ~Your only 8 strokes back Jay, Keep it going!!!!~
  Congrats to Iowan Alan Wagner!  He's currently tied for 1st going into the semi-Finals!  Wow, another huge showing for the Iowa UP-N-COMERS!!!!!!!
  Now off to practice for my Worlds run!! 

Its been a great couple of months on the road..

Starting in May i won my first National Tour in Los Angeles and to top it off i finally turned 21! It was a great tournament! Surrounded by great friends and celebrated to the max!

 We then traveled up to Grass Valley to play Motherlode.. The strong womens division consisted of only Burl, Kathy Manley, and I.. but as usual it was a battle until the end. Burl and I tied, but Burl pulled out strong in the Rock Paper Scissors and got the points for the tourney.

 Next stop was Masters Cup in Santa Cruz. I love coming here every year. You've got the great DeLa course, the beach, and Tacos Moreno! What more could you ask for? We camped out at the Hardings house, and had a blast every night. They ended up housing about 10 people for the weekend, definately the place to be that weekend. I struggled with my putting but i kept my mental game together, and tried to maintain. When playing at DeLa you can have all the skill in the world, but when it comes down to the cliffs, roots, and elevation much luck is needed. You DO NOT want to get DeLa-ed. I had some trouble during my last few holes of the tournament and ended up taking 4th.

This seems like the best way I can think to let everyone know what I've got goin on here in the Mid-West.

I flew into to the very hot St. Louis, MO last night around 11:45 pm. I'm staying with Dave McCormack at his pretty sweet little bachelor pad but not the whole month I'm here. Justin Bunnell is on his way over to pick me up for a trek to Kansas City for the Kansas City Wide Open.

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=6271

I will keep you informed on the progress of my tour. I have four tournaments on the schedule, as well as some factory/shop time for Gateway.