Portrush, Northern Ireland – Open of 153 is above us! The heavy hitter – and many small strikings, also – has made it on the northern coast of northern Ireland for the second modern open in Royal Portrush.
Here’s what is happening on Earth so far.
1. Forget last week
For so many reasons what happened In Scotzi Open best kept on another island. Strong conditions are strong conditions, but the weather in the portrush will change a lot, with colder temples and more showers in the forecast. The greens in Portrush are in fantastic condition, compared to their pure cousins in East Lethian. Numerous players and the cadites complained about the clash of greens in Scotland. This will not be a matter here. Elsewhere, the grass is a little lush in the portrait, also, especially in the rough, which, at some points can be as thin and movable as the Renaissance Renaissance, but in others it is, good, take a look below.
I think it is best described as a “thickness”. There’s a golf ball there if you can find it.
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Sean zak
2. Bunkers look a perfect test (?)
Rory Mcilroy was our first press conference of the week, and while he may not have enough experience to talk about Royal Portrush – he has only played two competitive rounds in the modern course – taking him to the bunkers was really hit at home.
“I have a real rating for how well the bunker is out,” Mcilroy said. “Like, okay, well, I can hit a 2-hekuri out, but it brings this bunker to the game. But then if you hit the driver, it will bring this bunker-so you have to take over.”
He admitted that some open courses, the bunkers drank the right path in a very specific landing area, so you either stay short or bomb it long. “Here, there is always a bunker or another bunker in the game, so I think outside that he provides a very, very good test.”
I couldn’t agree more. If you need a good example, you can see TEE balls in the 8th, 10 and 15 holes this week, to mention only a few. I leaned like Tommy Fleetwood and his caddy, Ian Finnis, argued the club’s right choice in 8. The driver would bring the remote bunker to the game. The mini driver would bring the other shorter bunker to play. (This was with the wind inside and outside the right, as it is expected to be on Thursday.) Were you better to hit each club? Or none? Tommy slammed with his 5 wood and hit a perfect one that drew in a small cavity along the left side. But how many times can he repeat that shot – while losing a great distance in the field? This is the battle that Mcilroy is talking about.
3. They are also soft!
We’ve seen the way bunkers have become a topic with the hot button in the last openings. Remember how they were Very shallow in the hoeylake? The players complained, and suddenly R&A changed their noisy strategy. Well, the bunkers in the portrait are softer than anything else. Beachy, even. There is a good sand in them, which is fine, but certainly different from Haylake. Deal with it!
Only, those bunkers with all that sand are a little different from what American cadets are accustomed to tournaments. Plus, these rakes! Golf clubs in this part of the world often use the variety of wide tooths, which simply means moving the surrounding sand, gets some kind of care.
“These are some of the worst rakes I have ever seen,” Matt McCarty’s Caddy said while he and his pro the Greenside traps in the 13th Par-3s.
“They’re so gentle,” McCarty replied. It was a simple exchange, but when I hear soft bunkers with a good sand in a breeze of the world, I think of poorly hit shots resulting in half -bad lies.
4. Nr. 5 is the electrical factory
Fleetwood played most of the ninth in front of two Danes, John Axelson and Niklas Norgaard. This happened until the rain arrived and stopped them in their tracks in the 8th green. However, without worrying, because we already saw them play the most exciting hole in the property-par-4 5 mobile.
Holds, even the most picturesque holes, leading you straight to the Atlantic Ocean. But with her Green Green of two levels, Infinity, this is exactly where I will sit and watch tee balls all day. It is an excellent reward of danger, with the moon hole cut at the front. Fleetwood was wiped in a driver and left it on the short right of the bunker. Norgaard – who hits him farther than anyone I have ever seen – nude a low, smooth, bullet -bordered driver and almost left behind and out of bounds. Axelson came next, knives making a car that headed straight for him. My eyes are not good enough to look from afar, but fleetwood are.
“Oh, go into the hole,” he said. The ball ran and up on the slope of a Greenside key.
“You can get another chance in it,” Fleetwood said, making everyone a break. The ball was caught on the edge, unfortunately. But if the rasales that determine the holes want to get after it this week, we can see a ACE par-4.
5. Swales, Swales, Swales
Walking through Royal Portrush and dunes attract your attention. Greens that cut into them too. But there is a soft buffer among the greens that is easy to lose, but it seems to be everywhere. Swales.
With how elevated and steep are many of these greens-abnormally, so for most connectivity courses-flow zones tend to receive more attention during the rounds of practice. Take for example the 11th green, presented below, for example. It feels like all sieges are just these soft waves, rolling that catch balls and deposit them in a spoon. They are delicate, but they are a kind of everywhere, tougher at some points than others. The players will decide many of them, as Adam Scott did in that photo. The winner can simply do that, as, truly well
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Sean zak
6. This event will be great
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