BMW Championship, Wentworth

I went to watch the last round at Wentworth yesterday and was pleased to see Jimenez win. 

I also went to watch the final round of the British Open at Carnoustie last July and throughly enjoyed that too.

But the thing that amazes me is the standard of golf that you get to see.  These guys, and as stupid as it sounds, are on a completely different level.  I cannot believe how easy they make the game look.  Watching it on TV is one thing, but actually experiencing these guys for real is astonishing.

Just makes me realise, that no matter how good I feel I've played, I've got no chance (even if I was serious enough about it!) of getting to that level!

And I'm really up for a round after watching yesterdays spectacle.  No matter how good or bad I play!

Happy golfing peeps!

I was directly opposite where Oliver Wilson was aiming when he took a penalty drop on the 17th in the holly bush.  He hit that shot off virtually solid ground.  Okay, he still dropped a shot seeing the hole out but after teeing into the holly bush, then hitting that shot to about 100-120 yards of the green was quality..

I agree that the professionals play a different game but the one thing that it is worth trying to emmulate is the ability not to hit two bad shots in a row.  I think most of us are held back because we are thinking more about the shot we've just played than the one we are about to hit.

The other interesting thing is that the pro's seem very good at knowing what they are capable of.  You do see them hit some incredible shots out of trouble but you do also see them pitch out sideways when they know that the big heave out of the rough towards the pin is not the percentage shot.

I followed Tiger Woods around the Duetchebank Open in Boston three years ago, along with 95% of all the patrons.

Watching these guys hit their second shots to the greens was what amazed me the most, not to mention putting from everywhere within a few feet.

About 5 years ago, I saw the European Tour play at Gleneagles and the following day I played the same Nicklaus course.  It's really depressing hitting your third shot from all the divots made by the pro's during the previous 4 days where their first shot landed.   To make matters worse, I was playing the yellow tees whereas the pro's played their tee shots from sometimes 50-100 yards back behind me!

Another thing about following Tiger around a course.  After he putts out, the entire throng of people start scrambling for position on the next hole.  This was truly amazing and I can see why it's so hard for the other pro's in the group in front or behind.  It's shear stampedeing and noisy.