Merry Christmas

Its great to be home, I enjoy travelling around the world and know how fortunate I am, but there is still nothing better than coming home especially after a long month at Q-school. Things have been busy since I got home as I have been asked to do a number of TV and telephone interviews which are always good fun, but it has been hectic trying to get ready for Christmas, prepare for next season and find time to see the press. Matfen Hall has been a great host to most of these interviews as it is such a great venue the photographs always come out well.

I had the pleasure of presenting the two chosen charities of The Ferrie Foundation for 2007, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Marie Curie Cancer Care, each with a £6,250 cheque, which will be used to help people here in the North East of England. Sir Hugh Blackett the owner of Matfen Hall kindly helped to present the cheques and the ladies from both charities explained how the money will be used; this has made me certain that I will host a charity event again in 2008. I have found working to make my charity day a success very rewarding and will be looking to raise more than £12,500 next year so that we can help even more people.

I am looking forward to having my family over for Christmas day, it is our first year hosting but my Mam is still going to do her roast potatoes, nobody else can do them like her! I will try and catch up with my friends, as I am not sure what my schedule will be in 2008 so it may be a while before I am back for a lengthy break.

I will be at St James' to watch the Derby match on the 23rd and am hoping Newcastle United will win and go into the New Year in good form. Newcastle is a different place when the football team is playing well and hope they will have a good run and start pressuring for those European places.

New Year will be a quiet affair as I will be travelling back to Florida on New Years Day to spend a few days practising before I travel further west to Hawaii, where hopefully I will be playing in The Sony Open. The website will have a facelift for the New Year and this will be updated during the first week of January so you will be able to see what equipment I will be using in 2008.

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and to thank everyone for their messages of support throughout 2007.