Gove looking to turn it around

After the hype of kicking off a brand new PGA Tour effort in Hawaii, Jeff Gove quickly found that it takes more than getting through Q-School to find success on the PGA Tour (not that he didn't know it already). Gove missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii and the Humana Challenge, and is off to an 0-for-2 start.

At the Sony Open, Gove got off to a respectable start with an even-par 70, putting him in position to make the cut with a solid second round. But rather than moving forward, Gove went backwards, bogeying three of his first five holes and never recovering. His 2-over 72 left him four shots outside the cut line in his season debut.

With a chance to quickly rebound in California under more conducive scoring conditions, Gove started weakly and wasn't able to make the necessary push to get inside the three-day cut line of 10-under. An opening 73 put him immediately ten strokes behind the lead and severely behind the eight-ball. He would have needed to go 11-under on Friday and Saturday (there was a three-day cut) to stick around for Sunday and cash a check. His 7-under effort (69-68) was respectable but not nearly enough.

The road doesn't get much easier for Gove, as the stars get ready to jump into the meat of their schedules and fields become tougher to enter. He is in the field this week in San Diego, though, alongside the likes of Woods and Mickelson.

We'll see if he can get things turned around.