"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby

    This quote perfectly sums up how I have been feeling over the past 75 days.  This is a picture of my backyard in Saint Louis.  The snow has been on the ground for basically the entire 75 day period that I have been home, so when I leave for Orlando, Florida tomorrow, the green grass will never have looked or smelled so good!  In actuality this snow cover has rejuvenated my golfing senses and when I pull into Orlando Sunday night, it will mark the beginning of my 2011 golf campaign.  Without hesitation, I can tell you as I have previously posted, this is the most excited I have been to play golf since I turned professional.  It is amazing what some time off will do to get the competitive juices flowing again.  It has been something of a reawakening where sitting on the sidelines for an extended period of time really has given me a great prospective.

    I will have a week of golf in perfect weather to get ready for my first event, which is a Monday Qualifier in Cancun, Mexico.  I'm mentally preparing to have a week long golf boot camp to knock the rust off and then go get after it on Monday February 21st in Mexico.  Lucky for me I have played the course in Mexico 4 times previously so this gives me a huge leg up on the competition in terms of practicing correctly for the shots I will be facing.  I finished my last weight training session today in Saint Louis and look forward to continuing my fitness down in Florida as I attack the game from every avenue that I can to keep getting better.  I'll try and keep you posted on how my progress is going down in Florida and will post a picture from my home course, Bay Hill Club and Lodge, which I anticipate will have a nice hue of vibrant green grass!