It was perhaps ironic that Paul was on a  golf course when he spoke to www.paulgow.com on Friday 5th of January as he had been noticably absent from a golf course over the last few weeks.

"Since our (Paul Gow and Peter Lonard) Charity event on December 14th I have played in only one event that being a two day affair in the Hunter Valley but apart from that I have been spending time with the family and just relaxing," said Paul as he played a social round of golf with friend John Gibbs at Castle Hill in the north west of Sydney. 

"I played a little bit of tennis actually but it was great to enjoy my time off and I can honestly say that I enjoyed my off season break more than I have previously. I feel I have my game and my attitude in good shape and given the way I was beginning to play at the end of the year in events like the last two rounds of the Australian Open, the Q School and when 4th at the Australian PGA Championship then I feel very good about what lies ahead. Mentally I just can't wait to be part of that (USPGA) Tour."  

"I did head up to the Gold Coast for a couple of days and spent some time with Don Fardon (Paul's coach) which proved important in terms of continuing the progress I felt I was making towards the end of last year."

Paul leaves for Hawaii tomorrow to play the Sony Open which will be his first event of 2007 and his first PGA Tour event since the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in November of 2005.

"I will play Hawaii and then return to Sydney for a week before heading back to events such as the Buick Invitational, I might have to Monday qualify for the FBR Open in Phoenix and the Nisssan but will get a start in Mexico. Hopefully I will have done enough by then to benefit from the re-rank

Paul will have a new caddy on the bag in 2007 as New Zealander, Brendan Woolley, joins him on the USPGA Tour. Woolley has caddied in recent times for Phil Tataurangi and Paul was pleased to be able to secure the services of a caddy he rates highly. "Phil (Tataurangi) will have only minor medical exemption status this year and so Brendan was available. He caddied for me in a few events a few years ago and we got on well so it has worked out well."