Finishing ninth equal with Alastair Forsyth, Jeev Milkha Singh and Charlie Wi has given me a glimmer of hope, a bit of respectability after a frustrating season. I didn't have my A game this week and these golf courses are absolutely insanely difficult and if you are not playing to your best you are really struggling and fighting all the time. I showed good fighting spirit to play my last eleven holes in one under par. That was important for me. That gave me a bit of self respect.

My putting has been superb this week. That has delighted me the most. When I get on a golf course now which is not so tough I expect to make some birdies because I am beginning to roll the ball so much better. I am excited about the rest of the season.

I have to rush to catch a private plane home to Orlando now to get home in time for a photo shoot at 8.00 am tomorrow. Then I am going to put my feet up for the rest of the week and have a few beers. This week has taken a lot out of all the players and I want to recharge the batteries. I am not sure a week off is enough after a week like this.

I don't know whether I have done enough yet to get into the Europe team for the Ryder Cup match next month. I hope so but I might not have. I might have to head to Europe to play the Dutch and the Scottish. I have entered both but I am not sure yet. Maybe I will play Holland, play well there and then come back to the US to play in one of the FedEx Cup events. I don't know. It is a frustrating situation. I will have to consult with Marcus Day, my manager, and see what the Ryder Cup points table tells us.

Today was hard. I gave myself 9 1/2 out of ten in my second round but this morning I got a little bit rattled when I made a triple bogey. The good news is that I am bouncing back with birdies quite regularly so obviously I am keeping myself in the right frame of mind. Considering I didn't play all that well, to finish relatively well on a golf course like this I have to be mentally pretty strong.

It was obviously a good week as far as the Europe Ryder Cup is concerned. Sergio has played his way in. Paul Casey has done himself some good and so have I. Every penny counts now in the last few weeks of the race. Some of the key guys are showing some form - and so am I.