The Official 'Double P' Blog

Michael Owen checking in. Just got back from Silvis, Illinois where I was this week for the John Deere Classic. I'm working with both the boys - PP, Leggo and Fishy. Great to have the gang all back together again.

This week marks a special week in PP's career. In 1993, a then17-year old Patrick Perez won the Junior World Tournament at Torrey Pines, by beating many future Tour stars -- including a guy named Tiger.

This victory put PP on the national stage. During our practice round in Moline, PP played with my two horses -- Leggo (Ian Leggatt) and Fishy (Todd Fischer). Chris Riley - another past Junior World Champion - was in the mix as well.

The two San Diego Junior Golf prodigys were reminscing about their early days. A few thousand miles away - at Torrey Pines - TAIII's son TA IV was playing his very first round at Junior World. TAIII was giving us updates throughout the day, as we were all interested in IV's progress.

Unfortunately, TA IV didn't play as well as he can - however, I did watch him play 15 holes on Thursday after I returned. Let me tell you, it's in the genes. TA IV has a TON of game. He birdied the very difficult par4 12th, hitting an increditble second shot from over 220 yards - to within a couple feet of the pin. It was a shot TAIII, PP, Fish and Leggo all would've been very proud to hit.

PP opened with a 70 yesterday. Great to see him battle back from +3 on the front nine. He kept his composure, grinded it out, got back to fundamentals and pulled out a hard fought round of 70. Hopefully today he'll pick up where he left off.

Go Low. Coach MO.