Kyle Philips
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Which are your favourite holes or areas of the course?

This is like picking your favourite child! Using the numbering that will be in place for the World Golf Championships, the sequence of 12,13 and 14 is really strong. It will be interesting to see how the professionals fare through that stretch of holes. I really like the strategy on holes 3 and 8, particularly the green complexes.

How do you feel about your course design being chosen
to host the World Golf Championships this year?

I find it particularly satisfying in light of the fact that this is an ownership that has been rightly focused on a world-class golf product that fits with their hotel and conference market first, rather than strictly hosting championships. Out of that success, they have now been selected to host the top 60 players in the world.

What advice or strategies would you give to Tiger Woods
when playing The Grove?

Tiger seems to know his business pretty well and does not need a lot of advice! But probably the best advice I could give any of the players would be to get familiar with the course before the tournament. This is a shot makers course, more than it is a power course, especially with them narrowing up the fairways for the tournament. The correct driving position is best determined by working back from the greens - in the same way that Tiger so masterfully played The Old Course during the 2000 Open Championship. Tiger should expect to see his challenge to come from players that know how to think their way around a course, are strong iron players and can recover well around the greens.

…and your advice to us mere mortals?

Just enjoy!

 

 

 

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