Fred Funk is playing in his first event as a senior after turning 50 recently. Funk, who will play on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tours over the next year or so, is trying to join 11 other players who have won their first senior event in the first crack. This week Funk shares his thoughts with www.ussenioropen.com.

My day was the same thing as yesterday; I just [stunk].  I [stunk] around the greens and on the greens.  Hitting it well, playing good and getting nothing out of it, which is unbelievably frustrating.

I started the round well and was 3 under with three birdies and should have been 4 under through the first four, [but] then I missed a putt on five and dropped a shot.  Then I don't do anything on the only par five, the seventh hole driving is bad and I actually hit a spectator and the ball went backward, so I don't birdie there. Then I bogey the eighth and so I just screw up a good start. Then I hit it an absolutely perfect drive on the 13^th and I took the wrong iron and misjudged the wind and hit it over the green and make a double bogey. 

I know this is my first event of my senior debut and it is also a major on top of it, so people may think I am putting a lot of pressure on myself. But I expect a lot out of myself and I just am playing so much better than what I'm scoring. It's just frustrating.  I should be, would have, could have - I should be way under par and I'm over par and basically shot myself out of the damn thing.

I'm clearly out of it the way I'm playing, I can't score.  I got to have that part of my game and on a course like this—well every week you got to have that part of your game.  I would rather be hitting it poorly, but scoring.

But I'm not hitting it poorly, I've made a couple mental mistakes, but only one big mistake on No. 13 today, but it's just not getting it in the hole.  That little shot on the 18^th, I hit what I thought was a perfect second shot and it goes just over the green and I can't get up and down and make bogey.  I mean, that's the kind of chip you should chip in every now and then and I make bogey out of it.  I'm just so frustrated; it's been like this all year.

The patience level is gone and I'm playing this week with unfortunately the least patience I've ever had.  I'm just trying to force things and that's not helping. So I guess I just want to play the way I'm capable of playing and get in the hunt, and instead I'm going the wrong way. So I just feel like I'm playing a whole lot better than I'm scoring and probably a lot of guys feel like that.  But you know I usually don't cry over spilled milk, but it's getting a little frustrating here.  I love the golf course; I just really enjoy playing it.  And I'm just getting aggravated out here because I can't get it in the hole.