I am pretty sure that on more than one occasion in my blogs I have mentioned how lucky I am to play the game I love for a living.

Allow me to express myself a little today and please don't take this the wrong way if you are reading this from behind your desk at the office, wishing you were outside on a nice green golf course, fresh air in your lungs, with good company to help you relax and enjoy a wonderful round of golf.

And also please acknowledge that I am fully aware that among my peers my lot is still a great one, with twelve years of great experiences, tournament victories, Ryder cups and many other fantastic privileges that come along with it. Many of my really good friends from the tour would trade places with me right now as I write this from my airplane seat heading to Florida for Arnold Palmer's Invitational Tournament, at the beautiful Bay Hill Golf Club, so I would never wish to undermine the predicament many find themselves in of trying to earn their next pay cheque in some far flung corner of the globe.

With all that being said, allow me to say this please, MY GOD, THIS IS THE MOST ANNOYING GAME EVER DESIGNED ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH BAR NONE FOR EVER AND EVER FULL STOP.

I guess it is the nature of all sport that you are bound to have your ups and downs, but golf does seem to be more prone than most to sending its professional players Doo Lally with its complexities, which lead to such massive swings in form.

What has led me to have this rant this week in particular you may ask, which is a good question of course. I can only assume that the accumulation of another missed cut has left me feeling that bit more annoyed than normal. Three weeks of really hard work at home, combined with the knowledge that this week I was adamant that I would try and make the game just as simple as possible for once still led to a poor display.

I also worked out another thing last week and that is that jet lag makes me seriously ratty, not a great thing when you travel the world for a living, however it does seem worse than usual at the moment at the moment. I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that decent results are not coming my way at present?

I vowed last week to keep the game as simple as possible for this two week trip and I have kept to my word except for a couple of minor things.    Slightly adjusting my grip, changing my iron shafts to Dynamic Gold X 100's, changing my ball to the Titliest Pro V1, my putter to a Never Compromise, some new hats, to go with last week's new bag. When I promise myself something I always keep my word, so look out to see how I got on this week in my next instalment on Monday next week. Or maybe Tuesday or Wednesday.