Jordan Mixed Open, Ayla, Jordan April 4-6, 2019 Staysure Tour.

The Jordan Mixed Open was a world first, bringing three different tours together playing off three sets of tees for three days. The field consisted of 40 players from the Challenge Tour, 40 players from the Ladies European Tour and 40 players from the Staysure Tour. The Challenge Tour players teeing off the back tees, the Staysure Tour players off the middle tees and the Ladies European Tour off the front tees.

On my way to Jordan to start the 2019 season.

After a 2 ½ month break from golf, I started hitting balls again in the beginning of March. I needed a break to stand back and look at last season. What to learn from 2018, and how to proceed with 2019. It is easier get a clear picture after a while and put a plan together going forward.

The final tournament of the 2018 season is played and another golfing year comes to an end. The course at the Seychelles had some of the most spectacular views I have ever seen on a golfcourse. The first 12 holes were played in a flat landscape and the last 6 holes were played in the mountains with severe drops and uphill challenges. 

I came to Mauritius with the priority to improve even more on my mental process from Spain last week. Secondly, the result I wanted was to make it in to the Tour Final in the Seychelles the following week. 32 players make it in to the final and I was 35 on the order of merit before the week. It turned out to be a dramatic week but in the end I got in the Seychelles as the last player.

I am back on the course after 6 weeks off from tournament golf. Let me start this blog with expressing my thanks to the whole organization behind the Costa Blance Senior Golf Masters. Fabulous golfcourse, beautiful hotel Melia Villaitana and great food all week. Wow, we are spoiled on the Staysure Tour, thank you all .

It is time to take a real good break from golf, I keep throwing myself up against the wall and getting nowhere. I finished 48th shooting 73 - 76 - 77 in Paris, an embarrassing performance, and so far away from the kind of golf I am capable of playing. I am mentally drained, low on confidence and motivation, because of poor results the last many tournaments. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, just darkness.  

Congratulations to a very popular champion Santiago Luna from Spain .

European Tour Properties Senior Classic, Staysure Tour, Lighthouse Golf and Spa Resort, Bulgaria.

The second edition of the European Tour Properties Senior Classic is finished with a Swedish winner this time Magnus P Atlevi. Congratulations Magnus. Magnus motto for the week worked, “work less – achieve more” .

We played at an Ian Woosnam designed course in Bulgaria, and it got a lot of positive feedback from the Staysure Tour players. With a mix of very windy to almost dead calm, we saw every aspect of how the course can vary in difficulty.

Woburn is a challenging course and always difficult to make a good score on. It is very narrow from the tee and the greens are fast and undulated, a tough combination.

I am very pleased with my game the last two rounds shooting one under par on the weekend. I had the game to be a lot more under but I still make too many mistakes and it cost a lot of strokes over 54 holes. I finished tied 18th with rounds of 75 - 72 - 71 for a two over par total. 

We are now mid week after playing the Willow Senior Classic at Hanbury Manor. It has taken me a little time to absorb last week and see the positives in finishing 24th with rounds of 70 - 73 - 70 for a total of 3 under par for the week. It took me some time to take it all in, because this week was very close to the last few weeks. Playing better than I am scoring. I got off to a bad start in the first round and fought back to play the last 13 holes in five under. Very happy with that performance.