Well there goes
another year!
I hope that you
all had a great
Christmas and
New Year and I
wish everyone
all the best for
2010.
Its time for me
to start getting
back to practice,
as I have had
5 weeks off since
Dubai which is
the longest time
off in my career
to date. Its been
great not having
to fly around
and actually just
spending time
at home and catching
up with everyone.
Lauren and I went
skiing in Val
D'Isere which
was great fun
for a week then
when we came home
we had some time
in London with
friends and generally
doing all the
stuff that we
don't get time
to do during the
season. Its been
a good time, I've
really enjoyed
it.
Its time now though
to get back on
it! I started
hitting balls,
in the cold, a
couple of days
ago… its
not much fun and
I wish I was in
sunnier climates
but before I know
it I will be there
as I'm heading
to Dubai on Jan
13th to do some
practice before
Abu Dhabi.
I'm pretty excited
about things this
year. I really
feel that my whole
game and my team
around me are
all working in
the right direction
and I feel closer
than ever now
to breaking through
to a win.
On my team, I
have got Dale
who is my physio.
He's helped me
a lot to get to
the bottom of
my neck injury
so we've been
doing a lot of
work on that.
Hugh Marr is my
coach who has
helped me manage
my game immensely.
We have worked
a lot since June
2009 with my swing,
in fact when I
started practicing
a couple of days
ago after 5 weeks
off, I felt that
my swing was the
same as when I
finished the season
and that I just
need to get a
bit of timing
back.
I've just started
working with Paul
Hurrion on my
putting. We started
working just before
Christmas so that
I could do some
practice over
the holidays and
I have done a
little. More importantly
though I feel
that I have more
structure and
a blueprint to
return to when
things aren't
going quite right.
So now I feel
that things are
really coming
together and that
I have just the
right team around
me.
Rich, my caddie,
will be starting
again with me
in Abu Dhabi and
that will be our
6th year together.
Obviously we are
both pretty excited
and hopefully
we'll have a big
year this year.
Our goals are
to try and qualify
for the Ryder
Cup obviously
and also to have
at least one win,
2 or 3 would be
even better and
I feel that I
am ready to do
that. Another
goal is to improve
on my world ranking,
I'd like to try
and break into
the top 20 in
the world this
year and on the
Race to Dubai
and try and improve
and to contend
for the title
in Dubai at the
end of this year.
It's a pity about
last year, I feel
that if I would
have had a better
event in Hong
Kong then I would
have been in contention
for Dubai but
it wasn't meant
to be.
So for now I have
a couple of weeks
of practice and
then we will be
off again. I wish
you all the very
best for 2010
and a huge thank
you for your continued
support.
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