Greetings for the first time in 2011.
I trust you weren’t hurt by the flood, and If you were that your recovery is heading in the right direction.
I have just returned from the first China trip for the year. We went to Zhuhai (near Hong Kong) and the Chongqing (in the middle). Again, lots of fun stuff, and a lot of work. We had a few hours in the city of Guangzhao which was really interesting. 
This building is in the new CBD and is around 130 levels.
I’ll be here for all of April until just after Easter, then I’ll be in NQ for a couple of weeks, then back to China. Sounds pretty full on, but it’s all good.
July will see us at the Scottish Open with Andrew and then a couple of the practice days of the British. That should be such a great learning curve.
Later in the year, I expect to be having a reasonable major surgery, which will take me out for up to 8 weeks. Not sure about exact times, but we hope to have this done and back to “normal” by the end of the year.
Our players have either started their 2011 campaign, or are about to start.
Andrew had 5 events in the Middle East in Feb Mar, with mixed results. There were some promising signs there, and we hope to have a good year.
Gavin kept his Asian card and will aim for a good OOM finish this year.
Adam has full playing rights on the US Nationwide tour. A bit of a slow start, but he’s good enough to stay there by the end of the year.
Chris kept his Japan tour card and will start on schedule in April. He has some One Asia events before that.
Kurt gained full One Asia status at the 2011 Q-school. His improvement has been steady and consistent, and we hope for good things.
The other guys will be trying their hearts out on the various Australian tours. This week sees them at the Australian Fourball on the Gold coast.
Tip.
What’s consistency?
Almost every player I meet lists consistency as a goal. My question to those players is “how will you know when you’ve achieved consistency?”. The general answer might be “when I shoot a target score every week”, or “when I hit every shot straight down the middle”. Since the best players in the world don’t do that, then it’s probably a tough project.
I think a closer answer to the question is to develop consistent processes, and the results will follow. That might mean doing similar things before the round. It should mean having a solid pre-shot routine (which doesn’t have to take too much time), making decisions before getting the club out of the bag and many more. Of course the golf swing itself must have a level of consistency (tempo, balance, etc), but that is only one part of the job at hand.
When the processes are in place, then more results will follow.
Thanks for your time.
Hope to see you here again soon
Jim B
