Northern Trust Open, 8 February

Riviera was one of those weeks where I kind of stayed under the radar, but it was another solid tournament for me and another top-10 finish. In my first three tournaments on this year's PGA Tour I've shot under par in 11 out of the 12 rounds I've played and my highest score is a level par 70 in the Sony. After a crazy up-and-down 2009, this is more like it. I'm more consistent in my scoring, I've got more of a competitive rhythm going, and I'm pleased with my game.

Callaway has given me a softer-covered golf ball, the Tour (i)s, and my short game has come back almost overnight. I'm sharper than I have been the last couple of seasons and I finally feel like my putting has clicked, too. I've sorted out my posture, I feel comfortable over the ball, and I've got a nice shoulder-rocking motion. I've basically gone back to the way I used to putt in my 20s.

And last week at Riviera was definitely another step forward on the greens; I mean, it's probably the most comfortable I've felt on the greens in quite some time. I averaged just a little over 26 putts for the four rounds and let me tell you they are the kind of numbers I could get used to!

The only thing that stopped me contending for a win was I made just a few too many mistakes in my approach play. But hey, it was just a few misses here and there. I don't want to complain. As I said before, it was a pretty solid week. Apart from the final day when the sun shone, scoring conditions were tough so a pair of 70s and a pair of 68s to finish eight-under par was good golf.

I've got a week off now in Florida and I'll keep doing what I'm doing, work some more on my game and get myself ready for my next tournament, the WGC - Accenture Matchplay. You know, having my schedule the way it has been this past month or so, playing exclusively on the PGA Tour, has worked well for me. I'm raring to go every time I tee it up and I feel confident.

I'm getting asked a lot of questions both in person and through my website about my caddie situation, so before we wrap things up for this week's report let me just clear this up for everyone. This year I'm basically sharing out the workload between Dan Quinn, who has been on the bag my last few events, and my regular long-time caddie Ricci Roberts.

I've got to know Dan pretty well since we moved out here to Florida and we work well together on the golf course. He's a former professional hockey player and an accomplished golfer, so he totally gets it. Ricci is still on the scene, though. He's obviously a great friend and a great caddie, too. I think between him and Dan it'll be a pretty even split, each doing around 12 or 13 tournaments this year. I think it'll work well.

So there you go. That's it for this week. I'll write again next Monday.

Correction: In the original version of this website report it was indicated that Dan Quinn has a son who is affected by autism, which is incorrect. We sincerely regret this error, which resulted from a misunderstanding by the website editor, and we apologize for any inconvenience or stress this statement may have caused.