The Second Coming - Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Notah Begay has been in the doldrums for five years. Now he's back and playing in Europe.

As anyone who's ever tried it knows, house-hunting in London can be a royal pain. Prices are above and beyond absurd for starters, taking on traffic when traveling between viewings is a total nightmare, and dozens of interested parties no doubt have designs on the same measly square footage as you.

Notah Begay and his wife Apryl have got all that to look forward to. A four-time winner on the PGA Tour who has struggled with his health in recent years, Begay qualified for this year's European Tour after finishing tied for sixth at last November's Q School. He made the cut in the first two events, the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship and Dubai Desert Classic, where he finished T-59 and T-54, respectively. He will be following the Tour around the Middle and Far East until April, when it returns to the continent. He and Apryl will then begin scouring England's capital city for a place they can call home.

"I can't say I'm really looking forward to that bit," says Begay. "Finding a house is always the most tiresome aspect of any move and I suspect it'll be slow going in London. But I'm very excited about living there and playing the European Tour. A lot of people have asked me: 'Why Europe?' I say: 'Why not?' "