WOODSOME HALL PROFESSIONAL ENJOYS SOME HOME TIME AHEAD OF EUROPEAN TOUR EVENTS

rain delays we had out in India.

“The waiting around really drags the days out to full days.

“It was pretty much three full weeks of golf so it’s nice to be home and put the clubs away for a little bit.”

Hanson continued: “It’s tough at times.

“It has it’s bad sides of not seeing family and children but I guess it’s all we know now and we’re all pretty used to it.

“My daughter said to me when I got home this week, ‘Daddy, when are you going on holiday next?’ - that didn’t go down too well!

“We’re all pretty used to it, but three weeks is definitely the limit really – I wouldn’t want to do much more than that in a row without seeing my family.”

Last year Hanson’s family made it to eight of his events across the globe and they already have plans in place to see him in action in Sweden, Denmark and Prague later in the year.

And they could well see the Woodsome Hall Golf Club member at his best, with Hanson finishing 22 in his last event in India.

“I felt pleased with the result,” he said. “It was quite an unfair golf course and if you were playing bad you had no chance.

“If you actually played quite well you could still get punished and not quite get the rewards that you would get on a true golf course.

“I had a few double-bogies first round and a few bad holes which set me back, but overall I think I managed the course pretty well.”

He added: “This year’s the first year I’ve played the Middle East swing which is Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Dubai.

“I played quite nicely in the first two - Abu Dhabi and Qatar – which were very much on a different level to events I’ve played in the past.

“The hospitality, the set up, the crowds and the other players who were playing in the events were a class above.

“They were two really good events to play in and it was nice to finish around 20th in Abu Dhabi. It was a really decent week.”

His finishing position in Abu Dhabi showed the standard of golf Hanson is playing on the European Tour this season, and the Huddersfielder is content with where he is at this stage of the year.

He said: “The season started real nicely really and I think as it stands this year I may be around five times ahead of where I was at this stage last year, due to play-