DIARY // 1 HOLE IN 1, 1 2ND PLACE & A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE // 18th December 2007

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Apparently Padraig Harrington had 22 second place finishes before he won his first professional event, so I suppose there is no rush! I was very disappointed to not win last week in Paarl, South Africa as it was mine to win, and I played well enough to do so but a poor performance on the greens on Sunday hurt my efforts. I have total confidence that the wins will come, its just taking a bit longer than I would like. That being said it was a productive two weeks considering I was swinging it poor for most of the two week trip but my short game was as good as ever to fill in the gaps. At Leopard Creek I achieved my first professional hole in one to win 190 cases of Terra Del Capo South African wine which I have already sampled and look forward to getting the cases for the Christmas break. Then last week my fourth 2nd place on the European Tour has got me off to a good start for the 08 campaign. I have now managed to climb the World Rankings and at 101 I am knocking on the door to break into the Top 100 just in time for the New Year. A good performance in the Middle East in the New Year and hopefully I can break into the Top 64 to get into the world events in the US in March. I would just like to thank everyone who supported me last week by calls, emails and especially the fans at the course, although they were pulling for James on Sunday they certainly didn't leave me out! Thanks and Merry Christmas! I hope you like the new website, please feel free to send me your comments to info@oliver-wilson.com To return to the main News page click here