Myanmar visa fixed.

Had a couple of days of full practice. More or less back to full strength and I was actually in the gym this morning to do some stretching. Can say that my body feels really stiff after all the laying in bed from my sickness.

Yesterday me and Nils Florén (who got thru the Q-school) went to Bangkok for applying for a Myanmar visa. I have done it twice before and then it went smooth. This time though….

1 hour queuing outside the embassy…

And then 1 hour inside. (Myanmar embassy= hole in the wall)

When we hand  over our passport and the request to the embassy we did some bangkok seightseeing. However, after queuing 30 min 5 hours later me and Nils got our passports back with a nice visa in it.

Scheduled up some good practice until I fly to Myanmar on Monday. My new swing changes need more work so my hands gonna be soar in the evenings.

See you later

Rick

laying in bed…

Got some fever again on monday so I actually went to the hospital to check it out… They Said it was some kind of infection in my lungs. Have been eating some super duper antibiotics so I was back on the driving range today for some practice. Felt a bit tired already after an hour though. Hopefully I have some more energy tomorrow.

Got this clip from one of my best friends:

Awesome Jonas.

A good night sleep now.

XOXO

Rick

Charity Clinic.

Did a Charity Clinic yesterday with Johan Edfors, Thongchai Jaidee, Mikko Illonen and Simon Yates. We all had a blast going thru different shots on the range and at the Chipping green.

Longdriving from the knees. We didn´t have any measurement on the shots but I call myself a winner…

Didn´t last that long

Me and Simon took Thongchai´s Nissan GTR for a spinn. Jiihaaa…

Two weeks of hard practice is in front of me, a good schedule is set up now it´s just to follow it!

Ciao

Rick

For my swedish followers.

I love this uncut clip from the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm. Peter Hedblom is working as a commentator under this tournament and the tv-producer keeps the camera running.

See you

Rick

New restaurant, new drills.

My work with Darren is keep on rolling… Gone thru some more drills today to effect my ball stricking ability. I learned a lot this far, to much to handle so we will take out some bits tomorrow for me to work on.

My mother have arrived to stay and take care of me. The first thing she did was cleaning the dishes. “Your welcome mom ”

Where at a pre-opening dinner of a new restaurant called Mex. Best Mexican food ever. Santa Maria, Ciao bella!

See you tomorrow.

Rick

Flat wrist and more shut clubface .

Were out playing on the course this morning to just feel how my changes will feel in game mode. However I thought to much about my changes instead of just playing. Darren gives me all the information about his swing thoughts and then we take some bits and work on it step by step.

This morning.

Darren.

Mikko Illonnen found a new club sponsor. First player ever with tretorn! Cool.

See you

Rick

Back at the office.

Vacation is now over and its time to get to business. I´ve had my first day with my new Swing coach Darren Webster-Clarke today and we made a lot of progress without changing to much so i still can score on the golf course…

3 days more with Darren. Keep you posted

Rick

Not feeling 100%.

Been sick now for a few days hopefully it´s getting around now.

Had a good vacation with some friends here at Black Mountain. I hoped now i would been able to start my preparation for the 2012 season but unfortunately I got sick. Some Bug or something I picked up a few days back when i ate at a local thai place. However, It´s good time for planning my practice and my goals for this years. Will give them to you soon and some more fun.

Had actually a chance to take a drink with Mr Puma, Johan Edfors under the new years eve party. Great Guy!

2012 is the year you can compare me with John Mayer….:)

See you soon

XoXo

Rick

Merry Christmas (a bit late) and a happy new year.

Enjoyed a few days in Sweden and are now back home in Hua-Hin.

Pics:

Fredrik Andersson-Hed and Alex Norén has there own Tablet-tennis rackets which they always bringing to tournaments. I don´t gonna be less, so I got this as a birthday present: Professional racket that you glue yourself. Will let someone else put it together though .

Celebrated christmas as usual at my brother. Crazy kids and traditional swedish food!

Who is coming?

Santa Claus! (not drunk=).

Best friends.

Ended with some tough matches against my brother in different games.

Now back at Black Mountain who just opened the water park. good fun even for a kid like me ;P

See you soon.

Rick

Making 2012 my best!

Finished tied for 16th in my last tournament of the year.

I´m not happy with my season overall. In 16 tournaments on the European tour I Just made 140k Euros which wasn´t even enough for getting Cat 12, which is a conditional card.

On the asiantour circuit I did better though, 15th in the end which is not bad. But no win this year. Miss that feeling of winning, it´s the best.

The good thing when you get this kind of a middle season in your career is that you learn a lot. Will build up 2012 with less traveling and more focus for every tournament more specific.

Celebrated the end of this year with a big night out with many of the players.Had a big hangover the day after but I was prepared:

Great kit

Flying to sweden now for celebrating Christmas!

Then back to Hua him for celebrating new years eve!

See you soon!

Bye