Played with Thomas Björn and Thongchai Jaidee today and it was really inspiring…Thomas hit it so good all day. Such impressive iron shots. Straight and low into the wind. Great control. Tongchai is a very good player. He makes it look really easy to play golf and has one of the best attitudes out here. He takes a bogey with a laugh and gets on with it. 

Started great but had a terrible 5th hole, a par 5. Hit it left off the green with my second shot on the carpath and it bounced down into heavy rough. When we didn’t find at once, I decided to stop looking for it since it was such a bad spot and it would be better off playing my provisional ball from the greenside bunker. The spectators didn’t understand what I meant and kept looking for it and found it. The rule says I have to play that ball if it’s found within 5 minutes. It was a bad lie, but I could still hit it out. Hit it ok but the ball hit a wooden pole a bit forward and bounced further back into a really bad spot. From there, I had to take a penalty drop and I ended up making a triple bogey, 8. I was furious. If they would have stopped looking for my ball when I told them, I would have made 5, 6 or 7. Now, I made an 8. I felt like all the energy just ran out of me. I started so well with birdie chances on every hole and now I was three over after 5 holes.  

All i tried to do after that was to hit a few good shots in a row and get my game together again. Started playing better and better and when the round was finished I shot 1 under, 71. I was really proud of myself. I did it! This is what I’ve practiced the most at. To try to move on, whatever happens and focus on the next shot. If I give up in the middle of a round, it’s the same as giving up golf in whole. Always play the next shot with total focus and koncentration. You can’t do that if you’re still mad about the last shot. My college coach told me that! 

There were a lot of good scores today and I’m not even close to the top but I’m still happy that I got it together today. There is still a chance with three rounds to go. Anything can happen!:)

Thanks for the videos some of you guys sent me! I posted some comments in the comments box and if anyone else wants to send some videos feel free. I’d love to have a look and maybe help out…I have a lot of spare time at night here. Room service almost every nigh and good internet connection:) Could it get any better!!??

Later!