Well after a fair first half to 2010, I am now settling into a 4 week break from tournament golf to refresh and get the body into shape for an aggressive assault on the remaining tournaments for 2010.

The last tournament I played, the Capricorn Rydges Classic in Yepoon was extremely challenging for me. It was a week where my ball striking (which is usually my strength) really let me down so I spent way more time than usual on the range trying to find “it”. As the week progressed, I was striking the ball really, really low and just struggled to get it with any sort of flight. It wasn’t until the final round that I was able to strike it the way I would normally and all my hard work on the range paid off as I shot 2 under in demanding winds on a strong golf course which elevated me from 28th position starting the day to finishing the tournament in 12th position. I am really excited about the way I have been finishing off tournaments on the last day this year. When the conditions have been demanding, I seem to be able to “go to the next level” and climb the leader board with ease!

A tremendous positive for the week in Yepoon, was that my chipping and putting were as good as they have ever been which is a great sign for when my ball striking comes around! As always, it’s just a matter of gelling the 2 together and when this happens, it’s usually a winning week!

As I said earlier the next 4 weeks are going to be resting up with the family (first week or so) and getting the body feeling strong again working with my physical trainer at EGFA. One thing I am going to incorporate which is a little different for me is to introduce a little running every day (not too much as I know it’s tough on the knees!) which will help with my fitness coming down the stretch of the 4 rounders towards the end of the year.

Well that’s it from me so stay tuned for my next update and I will let you know then of my progress leading into the next event, The Thailand Open at the end of August.

Good Golfing

Michael