THE Open this year was not as close as at Turnberry in 2009, but it had a worthy winner in South African Louis Oosthuizen.
He seemed very focussed on the final day and he did not look like he would throw his lead away.
Sports psychologist, Karl Morris, helped him prepare for last week’s event, which he won by seven shots from England’s Lee Westwood.
So how did Karl Morris help him prepare? Morris said a red spot was marked on the glove of Oosthuizen.
He was then told to look at the spot and focus his mind at the start of his pre-shot routine.
It was said that this was the key to Oosthuizen looking so focused before every shot.
Oosthuizen was part of the management company ISM, which includes Lee Westwood, former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and Darren Clarke.
It may not have been a close open at St Andrews, but the viewer of the event got a sense of the history of the course.
You can see why the players say they get a shiver down their spine when they play the course.
St Andrews has some of the most iconic holes in golf, such as the 17th and the 18th.
I think the R&A are right to hold The Open Championship there every five years.
Sunday 25 July 2010
Monday 12 July 2010
The Open Championship
IT was sad to read that Seve Ballesteros will not be playing at St Andrews in The Open Champions’ Challenge.
There would not have been a dry eye in the Scottish town, or among those watching on television, if he had competed in the event.
The Daily Telegraph also ran a very moving interview with him where he was reported as saying: “You know, for everything in life, there is always a beginning and there is always an end. This is the tough part, the most difficult thing, when you see that it is coming: the end.”
Let us hope that the light is not fading from this charismatic golfer.
The Open Champions’ Challenge will be played next Wednesday, it is being staged a day before the 150th Anniversary Open Championship.
For the Challenge each team will have a captain. The captains of the seven teams are the most senior competitors, Peter Thomson, whose team of Tiger Woods, Sir Nick Faldo and Mark Calcavecchia boast a total of 12 Open Champioships between them. Thomson will not play because of medical reasons.
The Open Champions’ Challenge will be played over holes 1, 2, 17 and 18 of The Old Course.
This year’s Open will be played from Thursday, with the Claret Jug being presented on Sunday evening.
The winner this year will receive £850,000, which compares with the last three years when the champion has collected £750,000.
“The Open Championship sits at the forefront of world golf and it is appropriate that our prize fund reflects that position in the game,” said the R&A’s chief executive, Peter Dawson.
There would not have been a dry eye in the Scottish town, or among those watching on television, if he had competed in the event.
The Daily Telegraph also ran a very moving interview with him where he was reported as saying: “You know, for everything in life, there is always a beginning and there is always an end. This is the tough part, the most difficult thing, when you see that it is coming: the end.”
Let us hope that the light is not fading from this charismatic golfer.
The Open Champions’ Challenge will be played next Wednesday, it is being staged a day before the 150th Anniversary Open Championship.
For the Challenge each team will have a captain. The captains of the seven teams are the most senior competitors, Peter Thomson, whose team of Tiger Woods, Sir Nick Faldo and Mark Calcavecchia boast a total of 12 Open Champioships between them. Thomson will not play because of medical reasons.
The Open Champions’ Challenge will be played over holes 1, 2, 17 and 18 of The Old Course.
This year’s Open will be played from Thursday, with the Claret Jug being presented on Sunday evening.
The winner this year will receive £850,000, which compares with the last three years when the champion has collected £750,000.
“The Open Championship sits at the forefront of world golf and it is appropriate that our prize fund reflects that position in the game,” said the R&A’s chief executive, Peter Dawson.
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