The past two weeks I've circumnavigated the globe. I've gone from Augusta at the Masters to Chicago, Chicago to Shanghai, Shanghai to Jeju, Jeju to Tokyo, Tokyo to Dallas and Dallas to Charlotte, NC. I've had 12 and 13 hour time differences and my nights and days have been completely flipped. The best part was travelling back from Jeju. I left Tokyo Sunday morning at 11:30 am and landed in Dallas at 9:00 am Sunday morning so I gained a couple of hours which made the return trip a little better.

The results from the last two weeks don't really suggest that it was a worthwhile trip; however, I feel very upbeat about my game and that the trip was well worth it. The first week was the Volvo China Open around a new course called Suzhou Jinji Lake Golf Club. It was a unique blend of 9 holes links course and 9 holes parkland - generous off the tees but it got tougher and tougher as the week went on with wind and undulating greens. I felt like I was swinging it very well and unfortunately again the putting was just not where I want it. Although I did see a few more putts drop and birdies made these past two weeks than I have recently it's still nowhere near where it needs to be.

I feel like I did get a little down on myself these last two weeks, as some of you have noticed in comments you have made, but it's hard not to when you don't see any putts dropping. It's difficult to be upbeat when you hit it well tee to green and struggle to get it in the hole. With that being said, things are improving. It was good to get back to the European Tour as I've been away since February. It was nice to catch up and have a laugh with the guys at night for dinner - you don't really get that as much in the US. It's a lot more social in Europe and it was great to get back into that environment.

From Shanghai we had a two hour bus ride back to the airport and then flew to Jeju, which is commonly known as the Hawaii of Asia. It's a small beautiful island off the south coast of South Korea. Unfortunately, we were there at the wrong time of year with cooler temperatures and unknown weather. Last year had serious weather issues and this year saw delays, but it was much more playable. I did manage to get on the wrong side of the draw. The guys who teed off Thursday morning had rain delays; however, they did play their first 18 holes in flat calm conditions and soft greens. Interestingly enough when we went out Thursday night to start our first round and then continued on with 36 holes on Friday it was very windy and cold. It looked as if the cut was going to be -1 or -2 and after having a bad first round I was getting it back on track with a good chance to make the cut and in hindsight probably got overly aggressive to get it to -1 which ended up costing me a couple of shots. As with golf you think you know what's going to happen with the cut being -1 but when the guys went back out to complete their rounds the weather was a little tougher and evened things up by moving the cut to +1. I was very disappointed and annoyed with myself considering the experience I have and still blowing myself out of the tournament. I felt like I should have gotten to +1 with more cautious course management. It was a lesson learned, proving what golf is - tricky and unpredictable, which is why you have to fight over every shot.

I changed my putter the first round to a different neck on the Sabertooth that put my hands a little further forward, which seemed better on the putting green but when I went onto the course it wasn't really working and I was hitting the ball into the ground. This has prompted a complete overhaul of my putter and I'm going to spend this week experimenting to find something comfortable and that I can get back on track with. My golf is in good shape and I'm very upbeat and confident about the next few weeks. My plan at the beginning of the year was to peak later as I normally peak early in the season when the tournaments aren't as big. I've tried a different off season approach and I'm pretty confident that things are going to turn around pretty quickly and I hope to have my best year yet.

In Korea I played with an 18-year-old Korean lad, Seung-yul Noh, who recently won the Malaysian Open. He was one of the most impressive golfers I've ever played with. The quality of his ball striking was phenomenal. He hit the ball as long and as well as anyone I've ever seen and he hit some shots that I've rarely seen since starting on tour. I think he's a credit to Korean golf and how it's taken the world by storm. Since I've been over there I've learned a bit about the development and realised there's a lot of funding, but the way they approach junior golf in Korea is impressive. I think the world should take notice as there are a lot of countries lacking massively in this area of development. For the Koreans to have developed so quickly into world class golfers is remarkable and I think you'll start to see more Korean golfers, not just Noh, competing and winning majors like Yang.

It's a couple of months since I've been back home and I've got to admit I'm getting a little homesick. I've not been in my bed since mid-February and I'm really looking forward to getting back to England, especially since I've been watching the football on TV and the weather has been nice lately. Only two weeks to go before I get home and get ready to start back at Wentworth, the BMW Championship. There have been a lot of changes made at Wentworth, an Ernie Els redesign. I've seen the pictures and it doesn't look like Wentworth - it looks like a whole new course, which should be interesting.

I'm spending this week in Charlotte, NC where I base myself when I'm in the US. It was very strange flying back into Charlotte airport the same week as a PGA Tour event. I saw all the courtesy car staff waiting for players to come in and as I'm not playing it was a little strange to see. I'm heading up to Quail Hollow to pick up some new putters from the Callaway guys to play around with this week before heading down to TPC Sawgrass for the Players Championship. It's starting to get into the thick of the season with big tournaments coming up. I'm very excited to get back to playing.

I'm approaching 5,000 Twitter followers which is pretty exciting. I'm only about 1,000,000 behind Ian Poulter, but that's the way it goes. For anyone who is interested in my Charity Golf Day we are holding it again on June 24, the week after the US Open at The Notts Hollinwell Golf Club. We'll have a large pavilion set up at Hollinwell with some celebrity guests and great golf and food. There's the option to buy teams and also bid to be on my team for yourself and two friends to play golf with me at Hollinwell and enjoy the dinner at night. It's a great opportunity and you can follow the link on my website to bid.

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