The 63-hole tournament in Bad Saarow is taking place on June 21st this year. After last years great experience (and the net win on the Nick Faldo course) I just called the club and wanted to sign up.

Houston, we have a problem.

Last year, the handicap limit was 28. This year, it is 24. My current handicap is 26,7. So, to be able to enter I have to reduce my handicap at least 6 points to 23,7. Which means, that I have to score 42 stableford points next monday. That should do the job.

I haven’t been out to play for some weeks and the range hasn’t seen my ass for a long time. Plus, my wife is complaining that I should spend more time with her. Dayum.

On the other hand, I scored my best results in tournaments I didn’t prepare a lot for. My best scores in tournaments stablefordwise was 51 respectively 49. So, on a good day, anything should go. I will report on this mission!

It is The Players week again and everybody is looking upon Ponte Vedra and the famous #17 of the TPC Sawgrass course.

To get you in the mood for the tournament, the guys over at InGolfWeTrust.com have produced an interesting eZine about the tournament really worth checking out.

To get inside-the-ropes updates from The Players Championship, check out their Twitter account. Enjoy!

Edit: the PGA Tour website has some nice player stats around the tournament, for example Bernhard Langer only need one more start at the TPC to equal the tournament record of 24 starts.