Hi all,

To say I was excited about returning to Moonah Links for the Nationwide event last week in Mornington Peninsula area of Melbourne would be an understatement. Moonah Links Golf Course was the scene for my best result on tour 3 years ago when Moonah hosted the Australian Open where I lost by 4 shots to eventual winner Robert Allenby. A week where I finished number one in the putting statistics and tied 10th overall. So, I had some very fond memories of playing well coming into this years Moonah Classic. However Moonah served up a dish of strong winds to upset my plans of a repeat performance of 2005. My putter let me down as the wind played havoc with my ball on the greens this year. Whilst dissapointed at missing the cut, it was great to get back to a venue I enjoy playing so much even if it was a brutal test of golf.

No time to rest now, as i have one more event at home at Royal Pines in a week from now. I go back the the United States after Royal Pines for a big year on the Gateway tour in Phoenix Arizona. A place i like to call my home away from home. So some hard training this week in the gym and some time spent on range and course with my swing coach(Kevin Healy) and some discussions with my mental coach (Andrea Furst) and i will be back on track to shooting some low scores in no time!

I never enjoy missing cuts and this time is no exception. Even though it was my first event back from a lengthy break of 6 weeks i felt like i was going to play well. However it was not to be. Eventually missing the cut by 2 shots. I had my chances and with 8 holes to go i was 1 under for the tournament and the eventual cut mark was plus one. So i was well within range and making a move on the leaderboard when i hit a tee shot in water on par 3 then a chip out from a poor drive on a reachable par 5 and then an unplayable under a bush on the 2nd to last hole. All of these cost me dearly. There where some positive signs apart from these obvious errors and i worked hard on my iron play over the weekend as i know i have a lot of golf coming up. No more important than the British Open Qualifying next tuesday. Royal Birkdale here i come!! 36 hole qualifier in the one day will be a test of patience and endurance. I cant wait to get back to my best golf. Ill have my fingers crossed and hope my best game is on show this tuesday.