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09/08/13

I very much enjoyed my week at the 95th USPGA Championship at Oak Hill. It was great to play in my first USPGA championship since 2007 at Southern Hills. Unfortunately I missed the cut, however I savoured the challenge of the great east course and the Donald Ross layout...

12/07/13

I am pleased with the progress on the renovation of the 18 hole course at Achimota Golf Club, Accra, Ghana. The final shaping, draining and irrigation positioning I agreed during my recent visit (12th- 15th June) is now being completed by my team led by Pat Pearmain. The forty...

12/07/13

This week I am practicing and spending time with my Family. Next week I travel to Gleneagles to play in the Johnny Walker Championship (August 22nd- 25th). It is going to be an exciting week to see the Guys playing the PGA Centenary course with just over twelve months...

Profile

Irish born Paul McGinley had a bright future ahead of him in Gaelic Footballer, until a broken knee cap ended his career at the age of 19. Paul turned to his other love, golf and the rest is history. Paul played in the 1991 Walker Cup helping Liam White beat Phil Mickelson and Bob May then gained his card on his first visit to Qualifying School later that year.

Paul achieved his place in golfing folklore by holing the winning putt on his Ryder Cup Debut in 2002. He also went on to represent European in 2004 and 2006, making him the first European Golfer to be a winner in every one of his three appearances. Once again Paul showed his skills at team golf when he led the Great Britain and Ireland team to victory in the 2009 and 2011 Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros, 2009 being in his first experience of captaincy.

He has always been passionate about the…

Tour

This is my tournament schedule for the first part of the year. I do not know how or if this will change with my Ryder Cup duties but I intend to play a full year as I feel good about my game and it’s important to see the development of our players on the European Tour.

Tour Schedule

w/b = week beginning

W/B 6th Jan – week off

W/B 13th Jan – Abu Dhabi

W/B 20th Jan – Qatar

W/B 27th Jan – Not playing Dubai, in the US on business

W/B 3rd Feb – AT&T

W/B 10th Feb – Week free

W/B 17th Feb – WGC…

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Equipment

During the off-season I worked with TaylorMade to update my equipment. Many of you may know that they purchased Adams last year who produced some wonderful hybrids and I have put two of these in my bag for this year. I have also switched to the latest ball model ‘ Lethal’, again it’s a 5 piece construction continuing on from the success of the penta , it will be launched on the market beginning of February. Finally I want to mention these great new shoes Adidas have produced , the ‘adizero tour’ this is a lightweight model with 10 spikes , quite frankly it gives you the feeling of these street shoes but with that added grip that you receive from spikes.