Well my endeavours to keep up to date with my blogs is going as well as my promise to myself to hit a few more low scores, but after an amazing final round at the London Club yesterday I thought it about time I put a few thoughts down on paper again.

Ross Fisher made the game look very easy in hitting 16 greens to cruise to victory and put himself in line to make the Ryder cup team, on a day so windy even the Jockey, bib fitted with safety pins for a tighter fit, spray on vest and all those muscles to boot , nearly blew off the side of Kent's highest hillside, other wise known as the London... MORE »

Sorry everyone, its safe to say I have been really lazy of late and five weeks of no blogging is totally unacceptable. Consider myself reprimanded and please know that I vow not to be so lazy again.

So what has  been going on during these past few weeks.    Golf wise it has not been worth writing about. Tired and jet lagged after China I decided to take an extra week off and wait until Ireland to return to competitive action.  This resulted in missing the cut by one shot after making a hash of the last two holes.

Wentworth started promisingly and ended in disappointment with a terrible weekend performance to finish at the back of the pack and then we headed... MORE »

Well that was some week, let me tell you. After teeing off on Thursday, having played terribly in the pro-am and with no real confidence in how I was controlling the ball, I endeavoured to keep an open mind as to how the day would pan out. Stood on my 15th hole at five under par, it just goes to show what keeping an open mind can do for your score.

However, after dropping all five of those shots over the final four holes - including two thinned bunker shots, one of which ended in a water hazard to lead to a triple bogey eight on my final hole - I did not know whether to laugh or cry.

The week continued... MORE »

As you know, I normally only add a diary piece after every event that I've played in. However, I thought I'd make an exception to that rule for the major weeks of the year so here are my thoughts from the year's first big event.

As a boy I used to turn on the television on Saturday night with great anticipation, to see Steve Ryder present coverage of the first big golf tournament of the year from the stunning Augusta National. The spring time colours were always a pleasure to tune into and it always felt like the start of the golfing season.

Back in the late eighties the coverage of The Masters was very limited as I remember it, with only... MORE »

They say no one remembers who came second and of course they are right, so Gregory Bourdy will always be remembered as the 2008 Portuguese Open Champion - a title he fully deserves after leading all week and then having to come from behind to force a three way play-off on the final day.

Alistair Forsyth had to head home disappointed at not winning his second event in a month, when he fell short on the second play-off hole. A pulled drive left his ball in a bush on the uncompromising 18th hole of the wonderful Oitavos Dunes course, just outside of Lisbon in the sublime little town of Cascais. After finishing with two birdies to force his way into the... MORE »