Despite the almost ridiculously low scoring early in the Bob Hope Classic, Peter finds himself well positioned after 36 holes. A second round of 67 today to go with his opening round of 65 has him at 12 under and although 8 shots behind the leader, Pat Perez, he is in good shape as the event heads into the third and fourth rounds before the cut at the completion of 72 holes.

Peter's only real mistake came in his opening 36 holes of the 90 hole event came at his 9th hole today when he pulled his second into the hazard short and left of the green but that aside it has been an encouraging start after missing the cut last week in Hawaii.

The quality of Peter's play is perhaps best summed up by some outstanding fairways and green statistics, his new Callaway driver assisting him to some very accurate figures from the tee.

His putting has been nothing special but it has been solid and he heads into his third round at Bermuda Dunes tomorrow feeling good about his game generally 

Peter is in Palm Desert in California this week for the Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer after narrowly missing the cut at the Sony Open.

"I actually played ok for my first week back - the only thing that let me down was my putter. It was a bit different from my putting woes in Australia where I was missing putts because of bad putts. Last week  I actually hit a lot of good putts but many of them hit the edge etc."

"This week I have done extensive work with the Callaway guys and will be able to reveal more about that next week. The new driver feels very good and should match well with the Callaway ball I have used for so long."

"This week we have four courses, one of them the Nicklaus course which is a new one in the rotation of courses for this event. I have only had a chance to play two of them but a couple of years ago when I played here for the first time I had only had the chance to walk the courses and finished 4th so perhaps it might be a case of the less knowledge the better!!" 

Peter has missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii after his second round of 72 in the rugged afternoon conditions saw him miss the required mark by just one shot.

Peter dropped two shots on his front nine by finding greenside bunkers and he again dropped a shot at the 13th when he was unable to get up and down when he missed the green there. He birdied the par four 15th after a fine approach to three feet to give himself a chance but was unable to secure the one extra birdie he needed to get the job done.

Peter will now head to La Quinta in California for this coming week's Bob Hope Classic.  

Peter is preparing to leave for Hawaii this weekend feeling a lot better about his health and his game than was the case when the Australian Open was completed four weeks ago. At that point he was concerned about a shoulder injury that had been bothering him for a some time.

"My shoulder is definitely a lot better than was the case previously that's for sure," said Peter "I started hitting balls again on January 2nd and there has been virtually no pain in that time. I spent quite a bit of time out at the NSW Institute of Sport at Homebush under the care of Brent Kirkbride and had lots of deep tissue massage which I have to say I had not been all that keen on previously but so far so good."

"I feel really good about the way I am hitting the ball and am enthusiastic about getting back to playing tournaments again."

Peter will play the first four full events of the season namely the Sony, the Bob Hope in La Quinta in California, the FBR in Phoenix and then The Buick at Torrey Pines before taking a week off.