Hello to all.  Here I am in Saint Louis on my couch thinking about my year in 2011 and what lies ahead in 2012.  This is always an awkward time of year for professional golfers because we are fresh off our season and already beginning the preparations for the coming year.  After my 2 week sabbatical from the game when I got home from Europe I finally picked up a club December 20th.  I have had some great competition with some of my good friends around town and old teammates from Mizzou.  My game has been a bit rusty from lack of practice, but I feel really energized and excited about starting things off in 2012 in a great fashion.  Last year, I took a bunch of time off at the end of 2010, and started the 2011 season off rusty, but really refreshed.  This year, I didn't take quite as much time off, but I wanted to make sure that my game is really in good form from the moment I put a tee in the ground in 2012.  I can tell you one thing, I have a lot of inner burning drive heading into this year, so I am really ready to get the ball rolling in Hawaii in early January.
    I read a quote not too long ago by the painter Andy Warhol.  He said, "As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it."  I find this really to be true for what goes on in my head with golf.  Over the course of my professional golf career playing full time on the PGA Tour has been everything I have ever wanted.  Everything I do in my life, from nutrition, to exercise, to outworking everyone on the range, to being strong mentally has all been directed to this goal of playing successfully on the PGA Tour.  I believe it is great to have goals that you set out to attain, but the way I have been trying to accomplish this I strongly believe needs some tweaking.  I have been so one dimensional in my practice the last few years in terms of all the time that I am putting into my game I am banking mentally on that being the "fuel/ingriedients" that is going to take me to the next level on the PGA Tour.  Now, by no means am I saying I need to just cut loose, go start eating cheeseburgers, skip practice sessions, and just turn up to the golf course and see what happens. 
    I still need to practice every bit as hard.  However, I want my practice habits to serve an entirely different purpose.  I want to come home from the gym, golf course, or wherever it is and just feel good about getting better at the game that I love.  Golf is so simplistic, and I often times lose sight of that.  It is flat out just a game.  No man has ever conquered it and no man ever will.  While golf is my job, I want 2012 to be all about me just loving the process of really loving the game of golf and becoming the best golfer that I can be.  The PGA Tour isn't a result of outworking everyone, the PGA Tour will be a result from getting back to the grass roots of the game for me.  Playing golf because I love it.  I have more that enough talent to play out there full time, I just need to harnass that talent in a new light.  That is where I am headed in 2012 and I look forward to everyone of you enjoying the ride with me.  Thanks for reading and it really is going to be a great year.  My year.