6th February I flew into a hot Doha on Monday afternoon and headed for the hotel. An alarm call of 6am gave me a nice early start on Tuesday, it's always good to get out early before the course gets busy when it takes over 5 hours to play a practice round. The weather was nice and warm and not too windy, the course was in good condition with much more manageable rough that the week before. I played 18 holes, had some lunch and then spent an hour or so on the range working on a few things. Read More...
30th January I arrived into George airport on Monday afternoon, got picked up in a car and driven the 10 minute trip to the hotel. I played a practice round on Tuesday with Paul Lawrie and got a nice feeling for the course, it's a links but not a true links, but it kinda plays like a links but not quite! I played OK during the week but made too many silly mistakes which cost me, I had a decent start and finish but not much to write home about in the middle, I finished 30th which was a bit disappointing but what can you do. One of the main talking points of the week was the weather, Thursday saw a high of 43 with humidity, while Saturday was a high of 15 with wind and rain. I have never been so happy to see Saturdays weather after baking earlier in the week. Read More...
7th January Sorry for the lack of updates but it was a hectic end to the year. Things didn't go as I had hoped after my win and it was a rather disappointing end to 2011, I made a few cuts, missed a few cuts and ended the season withdrawing after the first round in Singapore with sun stroke! I didn't play that well late in the season and ended up missing out on the race to Dubai, which had been one of my goals for the year. Read More...