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Even in defense The champion Jordan Spieth has a lot of questions but not many answers to Carnoustie
The eve of the British Open had the impression of cramming for a final exam, a multiple choice without obvious answers.
The wind blowing the North Sea through Carnoustie's exposed ties was not the main concern during the practice tours. Players have a reasonable idea of the distance traveled by the ball in the air. They do not know where it goes on the ground.
"If you get downwind and you hit that little flat draw and it starts running, it'll go until you find something," Justin Thomas
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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Shane Lowry from Ireland, right, see it a little differently on 16 at Carnoustie
That's not quite true.
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Thomas hit a tee shot on the third hole Wednesday that went through the bumps in the fairway and continued to roll. in a bunker, or maybe even the handle of a rake pressed against the left edge of the bunker.
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Patrick Cantlay, of the United States, plays a shot during a drive
Tiger Woods does not see many opportunities to hit the driver because of the distance traveled by the balloon through close ties that seem dead. It has not been as dry since Hoylake in 2006, when Woods hit a single driver all week and won the Open for the third time.
"It's hard to keep the ball in play." It will be an interesting test to see which clubs we will use off the tees, and a lot depends on how the wind blows. So, the idea of these training rounds is just to have a good idea of what I am going to do, and then adjust myself to it. "
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Three-time Open Champion, Tiger Woods Gets an Idea of Carnoustie [19659006] Others come to a different conclusion, because if the links are as fast as ever, the rough is too thin, too hazy to wreak havoc, and Dustin Johnson, the world's # 1 player, thinks that he's the only one in the world. he will hit the driver about half the time on the 15 holes that are not par 3. The double US Open champion, Brooks Koepka, is also optimistic about the big stick, claiming that the rider will sprint on eight or nine holes.
Defending champion Jordan Spieth was considering his options on the last day of practice.On the fourth hole of 415 yards, with a bunker on the right side of a rink. left dogleg and another bunker further on the left side he hit a fade on the right bunker The other option is a long iron that separates the bunker.
And then Spieth had another idea
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Phil Mickelson, of the United States, during a round of training before the Open Championship.
"Aiming for the four?", He asked Michael Greller, his youngest, then made a move to the gallery. Spieth shot himself over the head towards a yellow spot that separates the right side of the fourth green from tee 15. There is not enough deep grass to have any trouble.
Answers will begin arriving Thursday (17:55 NZT) at the launch of the 147th edition of the Open – and the eighth edition at Carnoustie – New Zealand has two on the field: Ryan Fox and Mike Hendry who are in the afternoon groups
is going to be a player in this field who has a game plan on Wednesday night and Rory McIlroy said: [TRADUCTION] "That will happen all simply not with wind conditions, with pins. You start to feel a little more comfortable with a few shots, and you could start taking some.
"Because the golf course is so firm and fast … there are guys who will see it completely different"
Sandy Lyle, from Scotland, who won the Omnium in 1985, begins with the departure of Thursday, Spieth, who will try to become the fifth player in the last 50 years to be imposed at the British Open, he plays in the morning part of the draw.
Among those playing in the afternoon, Woods is back to the Open for the first time since 2015, and Koepka, who will attempt to become the first player since Woods in this memorable summer of 2000 to win both Older Golf Championships.
Carnoustie is considered to be the hardest of links in all conditions, though he rarely sees this kind of yellow and brown conditions. The ball still rolls on brittle soil in the wind. Johnson hit a three-iron and a corner in the 14-par-five hole, which measures 513 yards, at during a training tour.
Nevertheless, there is respect for these links.
"If it blows, it'll be difficult," said Johnson. "And with the ball flowing, it goes straight into the bunkers, so we'll have to hit some good shots again, and we'll have to play well again, the golf course is difficult, even with the ball running right up. here, the golf course does not play easily. "
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