Peter O’Malley has reached a milestone birthday…he has turned 50 years of age and is set to embark on a new adventure.

While reaching the half century mark can be a scary thought
for many people, in the golfing world it’s like a re-birthing, opening up a
whole new world of opportunities.

At 50 years of age Peter O’Malley is now old enough to once
again pack his golf clubs and head overseas to compete on the European Seniors
Tour.

Just as a teenager might practice for their driver’s license,
Pom, one of Australia’s most loved Tour Pros, has been keeping his skills sharp
by competing on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

"All those tournaments I have been playing in Australia the
last few years have definitely been keeping my game in shape," said O’Malley, who
has notched a victory plus a further nine top-10 finishes on the Tour in the
past five years.

"The Seniors Tour is probably a little more social than the
main Tour but everyone still plays a pretty good standard, I don’t think I’m
going to go over there, walk straight in and win."

In his preparations for heading back to Europe, O’Malley has
been looking to good mate Peter ‘Chooky’ Fowler as a benchmark for his game.

In 2015 alone Fowler has won back-to-back tournaments on the
European Seniors Tour, whilst also notching up a top-10 result at the PGA Tour
of Australasia’s BMW New Zealand Open.

"When I play with Chook and see where I am compared to him in
the PGA Tour of Australasia tournaments and then I see what he can do on the
Seniors. I feel like that is a guide to where my game needs to be to compete,"
added O’Malley.

"Chooky puts a lot of time and effort into his game and he
deserves everything he gets. It’s great to see him playing so well."

O’Malley will play his first European Seniors Tour event at
the start of July and while he is looking forward to catching up with old
friends he is also happy to be escaping the long-driving young guns who
dominate the PGA Tour of Australasia.

"I’ve been looking at the entry lists of the tournaments I
am going to play and I’m really looking forward to catching up with a lot of
people who I played golf with over the years," added O’Malley.

"But I think I’m also looking forward to the fact that I won’t
have too many guys who hit 80 metres past me on the fly."

"I know that I won’t be a long hitter out there but I certainly
won’t have guys hitting it 100m past me, which I have been encountering for the
last few years out on the main Tour."

But a lover of the game and a determined competitor O’Malley
is mostly just looking forward to playing golf.

"I guess if you had asked me 10 years ago if I was planning on
playing Seniors golf I would have said no," added O’Malley.

"But when I stopped playing in Europe five years ago competing
was still something that I thought about."

"There are a lot of good things about what I am doing. If I didn’t
like playing golf I wouldn’t be going back and doing it again."