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.... I'm finally getting around to posting a video clip of a bud of mine. The name will remain anonymous in case he decides to run for public office some day.

He's already the king of the one liners, with such gems as:

"If you have a hunch - bet a bunch. If your hunch is wrong - your bunch is gone."

We were playing golf out in Phoenix a few months back and we all be him he wouldn't swim the lake on the course. After the turn (and a few beers later for him) he decided $300 was the right price, so he gave it a run.

The two big losers of the day: my bud who runs the website -- as he lost his wedding ring on the course, as well as my bud Jay - who is the member at the club. He was suspended six month thanks to Cannon's swan dive. Nice.

I'm not sure what's funnier - his dive into the water, his swimming style or the fact he's out of breath and speechless for 10 minutes afterwards. Either way, enjoy.

Hey Everyone. PP here. Checking in from Scottsdale.

At home a few more weeks rehabbing and glad to say that this go around is proving to be better than last time. I've been at Athlete's Performance so much lately, I'd be better off crashing in the parking lot instead of going home.

They're killing me there. Almost literally. They've been working on my back with this assortment of tools - plastic ones, wooden ones, you name it. My guy there really gets after it. He takes this one wooden tool and pushes down as hard as he can in between each vertebrae, opening things up. Over time, things get sort of smashed down back there and this is done to release it.

Basically, this is good for anyone with serious back pain - but a lot of people either haven't heard of it or they don't want to endure the short term pain to help with the long term. This stuff has me literally screaming when they're doing it, but I know it has to be done if I want to get back out on the road anytime soon. My only real regret is the fact I didn't get this done months ago.

After the first few treatments, the pain in my elbow and forearm completely went away. It's shocking. The back feels great also, so now I'm getting busy hitting the weights. I'm in there almost four hours a day right now. I get the back worked on, hit the weights and come back later in the evening to do some cardio.

Socially I haven't done much lately. I am treating the time home right now like being on the Tour. It's all business. Working out and resting. That's it. I plan on heading out to the Cialis in a few weeks. After that, I'm planning on playing the John Deere, Milwaukee, the Buick, the PGA Championship and might hit the Reno tourney this year to hang with Fish, as he lives there.

I'll take the BC off to head to San Diego for a week as the Phillies are playing the Padres, Hootie is playing Humphrey's and I need to talk with some of my guys about my charity tourney we're looking to launch next year.

Other than that, my dad came out to Scottsdale for Father's Day to hang with my brother Mike and I. We played some golf, hung out and had a great time. I'm usually on the road for holidays like this - so it's rare that I got to do Father's Day with my dad this year and Mother's Day with my mom in San Diego. Pretty cool.

Oh yeah, checked out the Madonna show in Phoenix a few weeks back. Really solid. I've been beating up her new CD for a while now - and I also love that new Angels & Airwaves disc. I dug the Blink guys back in the day - being we were all from Diego and their stuff was always on the radio. Really cool that Tom has launched this new project. I think this is his best stuff yet. If you haven't heard the CD, check it out - "We Don't Have To Whisper."

That's all I've got for now. Back to Athlete's Performance. See y'all on the road in a few weeks. -- P.P.

Hey Everyone. Double P here. A quick note before I head to the gym.

I had to pull out of the Barclays Classic this week, unfortunately. I was -2 after six holes and the doubled #7 and bogeyed #8 before calling it a day.

Amazingly enough, the elbow isn't really the problem right now. The pain has shifted to my forearm. I had it checked out after I got home and I'm being told it all stems from a back issue. I basically need to work out harder to strenghen my back and that will eliminate the pain from my elbow and forearm.

Seven weeks rest might've helped the pain subside in the elbow, but over that time I lost a lot of strength, not being able to work out. Combine that with the changes Owen and I have made to my swing (getting flatter up top, working muscles I don't normally use, etc.) - and I've been overcompensating. To get back out on Tour, expecting to just get after it with a two month layoff - things just didn't go as planned. I guess I got back out there too early.

It got me thinking to MLB and how those guys do it. The get injured, go on the DL, do their physical therapy and when they're ready for a comeback they go a few rounds in the AA or AAA and slowly work their way back to the big leagues. It doesn't work that way for us golf guys.

In my case I went from NO competitive golf for two months - right into The Memorial, the US Open qualifier, a Tuesday practice round this week and then the opening round of the Barclays Classic. It was something like 7 or 8 rounds of golf in a ten day span -- including practice rounds played for the Open qualifier.

I'm back in Scottsdale through June and I'm basically going to move into Athlete's Performance and workout relentlessly between now and the Cialis Western Open. If I am in top shape by then, I will head to Chicago and hope for another solid weekend there (Editor's Note: PP shot 74-66-67-70 for a t-5th finish at Cialis in 2005.)

If not, then we'll have to talk with the Tour officials and get a better understanding about medical redshirts and what that does for my status in 2007. Hoping to get back for Cialis, but there's also something to be said for sitting out the rest of this season, working out like a madman and coming back with a vengance in 2007.

I'll keep everyone in the loop. Thanks for all the emails to both my site and MySpace.com page. It's all very appreciated.


Double P

Double P hasn't had Internet access the past few days and asked me to give everyone a quick update.

>>> Frustrated with his 79-81 on Thursday and Friday, PP wasn't expecting much after a seven week hiatus. He played 36 holes of pain-free golf and knows that he'll get his groove back. The goal was to stay healthy last week and not to over do it. Mission accomplished.

>>> In his attempt to qualify for the US Open, PP knew it'd take a few stellar rounds of golf - but again, there wasn't enough time to work out the kinks. Even with six hours of practice at Muirfield on Saturday and a practice round at The Lakes on Sunday before Monday's 36-hole qualifier.

>>> PP headed to the Barclays Classic in Westchester, NY after Monday's US Open qualfier. He played a Tuesday practice round and plans on checking in with PatPerezGolf.com at some point on Wednesday.

>>> PP tees off at 7:00am ET on Thursday (Tee #1) and is paired up with Bernhard Langer and Fredrik Jacobson. His Friday tee time is set for 12:00pm ET (Tee #10.)