Senior ready to return to starting line-up after personal loss

In the last couple of weeks a familiar name to IU men's golf has not been posted on the leader board. \nComing back from a two week hiatus from team competition, senior Aldo Jordan said he is excited to get back on the five man team and finish the semester on a positive, if not winning, note.\n"I am excited, very excited in fact. This is the last tournament of the fall, and we are on the right track," Jordan said.\nHis break from play was unexpected, but at the same time helpful.\nThe 5 ft. 8 in. 21-year-old from Lima, Peru went through a period in which a string of events led to a loss of concentration and then to a loss of position on the starting five. \nBecause of school and the loss of a friend, Jordan's game slowly declined, which prompted coach Mike Mayer to remove Jordan from the five men competing team for the Northern Intercollegiate and the Wolverine Invitational, in which he finished tied for ninth a year ago. \nIn the Northern Intercollegiate Jordan was able to participate as an individual for the first time in his career at IU. \n"Being an individual played with my mind," he said. "It didn't affect me, but it did at the same time. I wasn't used to my outcome not affecting the team and only affecting me," \nThe week leading up to the Northern Intercollegiate was just one of those weeks, Jordan said.\n"Everything went bad that week," Jordan said.\nBut it seemed as if everything began to unravel the week before at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational at Ball State. \n"Nothing went my way at Ball State. I made a lot of mistakes, and I had too many bogeys," Jordan said.\nThat is all history now. Beginning the season with a disappointing finish at the Badger Invitational, and the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational, Jordan said he hopes to finish the fall season on the opposite end of those tournaments, and he is ready to do it.\n"I needed a week to refocus. I think I can go out of this semester with a win, and a top two or three finish for the team. I have seen this team improve a thousand times each week," Jordan said.\nHe earned his spot back on the five man competing team with a solid week of practice and a good weekend of qualifying. \n"He had a good weekend in qualifying and made it clear he can play. We were counting on him to help the team all year, and now especially," Mayer said.\n"My game is much better now," Jordan said. "From the driver to the putting stroke, I feel very confident."\nHe has stressed that confidence is a major factor in his game. He can now step over a shot, whether it be a 500 yard hole or a three-foot putt, and knows he can make the shots he needs to win, he said. \n"I just had to tweek some glitches in my game, and it is going a lot smoother now," Jordan said.\nThe one thing that has caught his attention is the Hoosiers tendency to get caught with one bad round, which leads to a poor finish overall. This has been brought up numerous times and can be seen in their round-per-round scores from every tournament.\n"I've been thinking about that for a few days now, and we just need to get motivated from the start," Jordan said. "We all play well the second round because we are either in the hunt for the top three or out of it, and we know we have to keep it up.\n"We need to do whatever we can to stay motivated. Whether it is singing a song or whatever can get us motivated we need to do it," Jordan said.\nOne thing that he stresses is how the team needs to get ready to play once they arrive at the course. \nThis is coming from a senior who has played since his freshman year, reaching the number two spot in the lineup his sophomore year.\n"It always helps to get seniority back in the lineup, and Aldo is a good source," sophomore Heath Peters said. "He is pumped to be back in the lineup"