Hello my golfing friends,

What a great week for Spanish golf. Living in Spain, it was hard not to be caught up in the enthusiasm of the Spanish commentators as I watched events unfold this weekend. Miguel Angel Jiménez clawed back a six shot deficit to capture his third title of the year in China at the BMW Asian Open, then later in the day Sergio Garcia held on to his overnight lead and eventually won the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in a playoff. I haven't had time to research when, or if ever, this has happened before but I'm sure it will be a while before they stop talking about it on my local TV golf channel, GOLF+.

As you may have seen, the qualifying events for this year's US Open have started to take place and a few lucky guys will get the chance to play alongside the best golfers in the world in just a few weeks time. In the professional golf world there are just two weeks left, for those hoping to qualify on the basis of a top-50 world ranking place, to pick up the points they need to get into, or stay in, the top-50. Look out for some highly motivated performances at the Colonial and St. Jude from the likes of 2004 winners, John Daly (currently 54th), Colin Montgomerie (50th) & Zach Johnson (47th) as well as Stephen Ames (52nd) & Duffy Waldorf (55th) who seem to be hitting form at the right time. Another one to watch out for is Germany's Alex Cejka (56th) who is on home soil this week for the Deutsche Bank - SAP Open playing alongside Argentinians Angel Cabrera (77th) & Ricardo Gonzalez (64th) who are also not out of contention and are playing well at the moment.

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All the best,