Hello World! My name is Matthew Johns, I am the Head PGA Professional at Royal Blackheath Golf Club which this year is the venue for not 1 but 2 byrecommendation golf days. Judging by last years event, plenty of fun will be had by all!
The aim of this blog is for me to keep you up to date with a wide ranging variety of events from the golfing world. I will also include a selection of tips and hints that I use every day to help golfers get the most from their game. I hope you find these of use.
With the golfing world still wondering when Tiger Woods will make his long awaited return to the fairway's, many of England's finest have prospered with Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Paul Casey currently holding positions 4,5 and 6 in the world rankings. With a good run of results over the next couple of months and the continued absence of you know who, it is not unfeasable that one of these three could become the world number 1.
A further look into the rankings shows 2 more Englishmen, Ross Fisher and Luke Donald, at positions 23 and 24. In a Ryder Cup year we tend to broaden our horizons and look to see how the European contingent are faring, and with 11 European's in the world's top 25, Colin Montgomerie may have a selection headache come the end of September.
Before the golfing world descends on Wales there will be many big events played, starting with the Masters on April 8th. For me the Masters at Augusta always signals the beginning of the golf season and is a very special event. It has it's own aura and mystique created by the exclusive nature of the venue, the fact that of all the majors it is the only one played at the same venue (and what a venue!) each year and the fact that we have been starved of Major championship golf since the USPGA Championship which is usually in mid August.
Will Tiger return by the 8th April? I'm not sure. What I would predict is that there is a very good chance that come midnight or thereabouts on Suday 11th April and Englishmen could be slipping into the green jacket for the first time since Nick faldo in 1996.
What a start to the season that would be.
