Summary
SINCE European golfers claimed four of the top six places at Torrey Pines - Lee Westwood, Robert Karlsson, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Carl Pettersson all gave hot pursuit to Tiger Woods - there's plenty evidence to argue the positive influence wielded by Mike Davis, the United States Golf Association's director of championships, on how the US Open is set up will encourage another winner of America's national championship to emerge from this side of the Atlantic.
One of the reasons why Europe's most illustrious golfers have struggled to emulate the success of Tony Jacklin at Hazeltine in 1970 can be attributed to the one dimensional course set-ups which placed a premium on driving accuracy at the expense of short game wizardry.See the full content of this document
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Us Open Layout Gives European Players Hope for the Future
When Seve Ballesteros, for example, was the best player in the world during the Eighties, he never came closer than third at the major which abhorred wayward shots off the tee, but elimi...
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