Baryla still upbeat despite struggles

Tomorrow morning, the final PGA Tour event of the year gets underway in Orlando, Fla., and all those hoping to stay within the top 125 and top 150 will give it one last try.

Among those will be Chris Baryla, the Vernon, B.C., product who has, to put it mildly, struggled in 2011. In 19 starts, he's made just one cut and earned $66,000.

"A whole pile of crap," is how Baryla bluntly described his year, punctuating the comment with a chuckle. "I haven't hit the clubface in 10 months."

After graduating from the Nationwide Tour in 2009 with a 19th-place finish, Baryla played seven events in 2010 before shutting it down due to a torn labrum in his hip. He had surgery and took the rest of the year off until Q-School where he tied for 11th.

That led to this year where it's been one tough week after another. His scoring average is a lofty 73.31, which isn't even in the top 187 of players listed on the Tour's ranking. Now it should be pointed out that Baryla suffered a broken foot and spent seven weeks in a air cast. But he refused to use that as any kind of excuse.

As for this week, is he hoping for a last-chance miracle, a win that would pull him out of the depths?

"I don't expect much," he said matter-of-factly. "It's not there yet. I don't want to build expectations."

Baryla works with Sean Foley and has been re-tooling his swing to make it more efficient. But there is still a ways to go before they get it into proper shape, one that will allow him to compete on the PGA Tour. His eye is on the long game right now.

So after 20 weeks on the road, and only one cheque, I had to ask Baryla the obvious question: how are you doing financially? Simple math says that lots of expenses without much revenue is a bad model.

"You don't have to worry about me," he answered confidently.

As you read over all this bad news from a year gone wrong, you'd think that Baryla would be down and in despair, but nothing could be further from the truth. Over the course of our conversation, he seemed pragmatic about his place in the world at the moment, even upbeat. That's not a huge surprise to those who know him. He's a smart guy (like, really smart) who seems to understand the world far beyond the golf course. He's one of the more intriguing guys on tour to talk with and I've always enjoyed his view thoughts on golf and other topics.

"I don't really attach too much to my golf game," he said. "Maybe I should. It would probably be beneficial if I did but that's just not me.

"Life-wise, things are good and golf-wise, it's not a bad thing, really."

Now there's a guy with perspective.

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Stephen Gallacher on-the-spot in the World Cup is still in balance

MARTIN Laird will make its debut in China later this year, World Cup, but Stephen Gallacher has been submitted to the biennial event for the Scottish team perspiration in the other spot.British Open golf tournament in the next ranking leader in the 18 Nations automatically qualified for the 11th place in Scotland, and alleged No 26 seated, thanks to the Laird.

Two-time PGA Tour winner, has confirmed that he will be playing Mission Hills

in November, but his partner's identity is still unknown.

Having remained in the Top 100-he had the leading Scot after finishing 99th sits at Royal St George Gallacher-was also considered clinched his place.

However, he has now told to August 22 is the Laird to decide who he wants to play, and he is getting married this weekend due to the fact it is likely to have his main priorities at the moment.

I admit, though, the Laird also that he is looking forward to emulate Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren, after they are posted to the user the possibility to receive the first of Scotland's World Cup in 2007.

"I really cannot wait for the World Cup and representing Scotland," he said. "I remember that how much fun it was playing for my country when I was harrasterakentaja and it is quite equal to the thrill of traveling to China, and hopefully, the Saltire in the top of the leaderboard."

The latest ranking Gallacher has fallen and the 103rd Paul Lawrie 138th, Richie Ramsay 145th and 155th Jamieson, Scott, it is possible that you may either skip the above him in the next month.

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Three times as a finalist in the still hunt, Ayrshire

The sun kissed game of waterways that have been with colourfully clad young people fill up the lovers, who hit Sayid, scattered in the area of operators, 256 this year in the Scottish Amateur Championship ball has been restored to provide a heartening reminder of an odd old yesteryear's head.Allan Thomson, service contracts, for example. Thirty years ago, the same, of course, he reached the final in this case, repeating the feat five years later before its conclusion, the third of Monifieth, once you're lucky, when lifting will win over the name of Alan Tait at Moray in 1989.

Then, on two occasions, Thomson has reached the SGU's flagship event, the semifinal-Prestwick each time, the last in 2007-and he is not enabled and running again in his native Ayrshire 2 and 1 after the first round to win the Stafford n to Simon over the Barras.

the 53-year-old Scottish Selector these days looked heading for the suffering of one of his matches in the 1981 event Flashback and fearing the tables before the passage of the pantograph shall be much happier were going to use more than this terrific links to closing the holes-in him.

"The five, four, amounted to go, but had visions of what happened to Frank Coutts played here 30 years ago," said Thomson, since 1997, the host Club member, although, as always, he has become a commonplace, Belleisle Ayr at the home of the Club ran out.

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Coutts, at the time of the Scottish international and now at Deeside, in exactly the same position, was professional, but lost at Thomson's fightback, that he went to shake hands with the opponent is thinking in the 18th century, he had lost at this stage, on the left-such an extraordinary first daze hole.

After birdie on 14 and 15, and after three putting the next release was the first-Thomson, the man from yesterday, as he ended with a number of successful 16 rot away in the next before closing the match.

"What I have noticed today, in this case, is that these guys on the young hit it miles," he said. "The Distance is not so important here, however, several other courses. You must direct the rough is totally incorrect. "

Playing off one, when he once triumphed at Lossiemouth, Thomson is now down to three plus-he never had the lowest. "But that is only because of competition from the beginning of the standard, this is usually around 76 par 71 against," he commented.

Transaction already lost last year in Home Internationals, the first day of the accident, Greg Paterson, Allyn Dick and Peter Latimer had joined by Philip McLean Scotland Group of four members. Peterhead from six feet to lose the player missed Pollok's Conor O'Neil, who was unable to play for four months after hurting his wrist a scholarship in America at the beginning of the end of the last financial year, and still needs physiotherapy last.

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