The Official 'Double P' Blog

Happy New Year to all. I'm writing this blog whilst sitting on a plane Monday morning with Mr. Michael Hartford, on our way to meet Pat in Honolulu.

During the off season PP and I worked a few times out in Scottsdale. Pat has never liked his footwork on the downswing and feels his right heel comes too far off the ground, causing him to have problems maintaining his spine angle. The result - him losing some shots to the right, particularly with the longer clubs.

He's been working pretty hard on this the last few weeks ... so much so that he remained in Scottsdale last Sunday to work on things solo while I was front and center at The Q watching the Bolts in the Playoffs with our buddy JD from New York, in PP's place.

We'll see how things are looking Tuesday morning when PP plays his first practice round of the year, with one of my other horses, Robert Gamez.

After a very solid 2007 season, I know PP has some pretty lofty goals for this year. His main goal - as with every year - is to win golf tournaments. However there are a few other carrots!!!

PP is currently 70th in the World Golf Rankings. Top 64 would get him into the Match Play event in Tucson, mid-February and of course Top 50 gets him into all majors, including the US Open at Torrey Pines, which would mean a lot to him. There's plenty to play for these next six weeks.

If PP can have another injury-free season, there's no doubt in my mind that he can achieve all his goals for 2008.

Here's to a quick start on the west coast. Check in next week after the Sony wraps.


Go Low.

Coach MO