Come back in Belgium

Bruges, Sunday 1 December 2014

And what about a nice trip to Bruges for 3 days to celebrate my come back in Belgium...

World Cup Royal Melbourne

Melbourne, Saturday 23 November 2013

Finishing with a long putt for birdie and a par round is worth a smile! I just have to blame that 76, otherwise this 25th place is an encouraging one... Ok now two days of sightseeing around Melbourne with my childhood friend Chris Legein who traveled with me here, then Bahrein for the GP Grand Prix invited by pilots André Letterer and Bertand Baguette...

After that, back to some private life and also back to work...

Cheers to the Junior Bombers training in cold Belgium in Hulencourt GC.

Melbourne, Saturday 23 November 2013

Played well today, I liked my back nine with 3 birdies... This course is a gem, it's a pitty I'm not 100 % because it's a delight to test your skills around this masterpiece. The greens are really unbelievable, hard and fast... One more round here in Royal Melbourne tomorrow...

Melbourne, Friday 22 November 2013

One day is not the other, I don't blame the bogey but well the two double bogey... Two more days in Melbourne...

Melbourne, Thursday 21 November 2013

A good finish with 3 birdies on the last 5 holes, good for 70 and a Belgian Flag on the 9th place. Very inspiring but demanding course, not easy at all to score on...

Melbourne, Wednesday 20 November 2013

I have great memories in Australia and Royal Melbourne is a masterpiece of golf design. The best par 3's in the world have been designed by the legendary Alister McKenzie, also the golfarchitect of Augusta National and other masterpieces like Cypress Point.

Pro-Am day today.

The World Cup has an individual ranking with world ranking points and a team ranking. it's a new format. Belgium has no team, Thomas Pieters is not yet qualified for this kind of tournament.

This my last tournament in single for the year, I will play the Royal Trophy just before Christmas, a team event opposing Europe vs Asia. Looking forward to finish this long, too long season for me.

Race 2 Dubai Final DP World

Dubai, Sunday 17 November 2013

What a win for Stenson! -8 today with an extraordinar eagle on 18, he's the N°1 this season, without a doubt... Congrats Henrik!

And another 71 for me, this time with a good finish. Still with a cold putter but I managed to finish with the par total. And once again it was not easy, to play with the frustration of not holing enough birdies.

I need to thank all the Belgian crowd that walked with me the 4 days. they have been fantastic...

Now, direction Abu Dhabi to fly directly tonight to Melbourne for the World Cup!

Dubai, Saturday 16 November 2013

Even in the Dubai warmth, my putter stays cold... I changed putter this morning, went for an Odyssey Mallet, but it didn't help... I certainly left, at the minimum, 6 to 8 birdies on the greens, like on 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18, all normal birdies putts. 2013 is like this, nothing is dropping!

Hopefully, next week is the last tournament of the 2013 season and after it, we will then begin a new story...

Dubai, Friday 15 November 2013

A good birthday -1, even if -3 was in the putter, but an awful +2 today, with a very cold putter. It's a pity because the display of long game was great with 15 greens in regulation again.

We change my routine for a better alignment but il feels so weird that I couldn't find any confidence in my putting. Not my best day at all...

Fingers crossed for Thomas Pieters but he will succceed!

Dubai, Wednesday 13 November 2013

"Come on Thomas, keep your chin up, the road is still long, don't look at scoreboards, keep going for birdies, one hole after the other, accept the bogeys and trust your long game!".

Quite warm here in Dubai, over 30°, played yesterday the Pro-Am,  with a great Rolex team, we finished in the prizes. The prizegiving was at night at the "European Tour" cocktail at the Atlntis hotel to celebrate the end of the season... 

Some pictures this morning with all the ambassadors Rolex because Rolex announce an extension of their partnership with the Europeantour and the Ryder Cup!

Turkish Airlines Open

The Montgomerie Antalaya, Sunday 10 November 2013

There are weeks like that... I hated that double just when I was cruising...

Did you know that Dubuisson, we call him "Dubuche" or "Dubush", has a Belgian passport as well because his father is a Belgian! Well done, great achievement man.

The Montgomerie Antalaya, Saturday 9 November 2013

A great day for France and a very bad one for me... so angry at myself...

The Montgomerie Antalaya, Friday 8 November 2013

Feeling a little better with 6 birdies today, 12th score of the day, this looks more like it!

Indeed Tiger's 9 birdies and 9 pars deserves some respect!

The battle between Poulter and Stenson is quite exciting...

Now that I grab a few places to come in the top 50 of this tournament, I need 2 more good rounds...

The Montgomerie Antalaya, Thursday 7 November 2013

Not the kind of start you hope! I've three putted 3 times in the 4 first holes, I'm 1 over and I should be 2 under! Due to the rain, the greens are much slower, I'm not confortable on them! Shaky start it was...

After 13 holes I'm level par... We will finish tomorrow and move on with the second round just after...

The Montgomerie Antalaya, Wednesday 6 November 2013

Beautiful setting here in Antalaya, the hotel is class and the course is interesting. The Race to Dubai final Series are making a lot of buzz...

Mich is with me preparing this tournament, we had 18 holes pro-am yesterday and I will play 9 holes today... I have a few new shots to test from tomorrow, it will be interesting...

Very happy about Thomas Pieters, he succeed QS2, his great ball striking helped him on a difficult course when the wind is blowing, surely on the last round. We'll make again contact together before the finals next week...

New pictures in the Gallery about the Seve Trophy, gooooood memories...

Dubai, Training week

Dubai, Sunday 3 october 2013

Well, I did like this week, I needed it. Thanks Rich for your investment, you're such a great teatcher. Thanks Mich for the short game work. The last weeks, I received so much information around it that I needed to know what is my personal adapted short game technique. As I wanted a more spinny reaction on the second bounce, I needed to shorten my swing. Txema Olazabal showed me the way, the way Seve learned him his secrets.

Mich has made me understand what are the most compatible elements to use, in function with my game, my grip and my natural shots and rythm. All players are chipping slightly differently, always in accordance with their king od swingers (grip, position, tempo, speed, ...). Now we have all agreed on the "Colsaerts" way of chipping, a technique indeed inspired by the different coaches I consulted like Txema, Tony Johnstone or Paul McGinley... But now to master it, I will need at least 1 year of practice, on the range, on the course and finally during competition.

Tomorrow, with Mich, we are flying to Turkey. It's in fact the first step of a trilogy to close the season 2013.

Dubai, Tuesday 29 October 2013

One week here in Dubai to start the 2014 preparation... 58th now at the World Ranking, anyway 2014 is my main goal. Short term objectives are not the real goals... I paid my dues in 2013 to learn that ...

Rich, Vince and Mich have written the program... let's go for it!

BMW Masters Shangai China

Shanghai, Sunday 26 October 2013

More birdies today! Finally... After having shaved so many holes, some accepted to drop, still a few drives that cost too many strokes. I badly need that training week because it's not fun playing that way...

Direction Dubai for a week with my team...

Shanghai, Saturday 25 October 2013

Still need more birdies and more greens in regulation... one more round to beat this par...

Shanghai, Friday 24 0ctober 2013

Very disappointed with my game, not enough fairways, not enough greens hit and not enough birdies, certainly when the conditions are windy and difficult. Normally these conditions suit my long game but not this week, so frustration and disappointment, a kind of anticlimax at the start of the final series on the Race to Dubai.

The good news is that next week, we are beginning the preparation program for 2014. From Monday 28 Oct, with my team we have planned a 12 weeks program, starting with fitness (Rich Vanmeerbeek) and technique (Mich Vanmeerbeek). We've chosen Dubai for this first week of intensive training before my next tournament in Turkey.

Shanghai, Tuesday 22 october 2013

Brian Nilsson finally arrived in Shanghai after a Visa problem in Hong Kong, 24 hour delay...

Lake Malaren is a nice course hosting the first tournament of the Final Series. I will play 3 of the 4 and will follow by the World Cup On Royal Melbourne, a course designed by the very famous and illustrious Alister McKenzie, architect also of Augusta National and Cypress Point...

Callaway 2014 and a Trip around the World

After a great week in Las Vegas with Callaway and an impressive crew of very rock and roll photographers and cameramen from LA (I was really impressed by the huge set up, the scenes, scenarios, very professional), I'm now in Tokyo waiting for my flight to Shanghai (Las Vegas - Los Angeles - Tokyo - Shanghai).

I discovered the Callaway 2014 products line and it'sgoing to be exciting, the brand is really doing well...

Junior Bombers Training

Hulencourt, Wednesday 16 October 2013

Jérome Theunis and the Golf D'Hulencourt invited us at the Golf d'Hulencourt the 13 and 16 October. Great place for our Junior Bombers, we could work very efficiently with Mich and Jérôme the short and long game. They nearly all are selected now in the VVG or AFG squads. Good news, it means that we absolutely have to continue our project, together with 2PM...

With their new strategy, the Golf d'Hulencourt can become a "place to be" for competitive golf in Belgium. With Jérôme Theunis as Head Professionnal, the club is in good hands...