Fast Firestone greens to put mockers on edgy Garcia.Byline: Jeremy Chapman AFTER playing poorly in June and July, Paul Casey This page is about the English golfer. For the Gaelic football player see Paul Casey. Paul Alexander Casey (born 21 July 1977) is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S. based PGA Tour and the European Tour. tees off at Firestone fire·stone n. 1. A flint or pyrite used to strike a fire. 2. A fire-resistant stone, such as certain sandstones. Noun 1. today in the first of seven tournaments he will play in the next nine weeks with full steam ahead for re-igniting a season that started so dazzlingly, writes Jeremy Chapman. Three glorious victories on three continents, plus a near-miss in the Accenture Match Play, lifted the aggressive Surrey star to No. 3 in the world but they also took a lot out of him and his game went downhill with missed cuts at the US Open and Congressional. But don't rule him out this week because he loves the course on which he has finished fourth and eighth in the past three years - and at least he will be remember 2009 as a good year whatever happens next whereas there have been precious few good weeks for Sergio Garcia, his opponent in Hills' 10-11 your-pick match-up and his Bridgestone record is less impressive. Given Sergio's fragility with the flat stick, it is likely to stay that way as Casey says the greens are "super-quick". He thinks they will be up to 13 on the stimpmeter by tee-off time, bad news for dodgy dodgy - Synonym with flaky. Preferred outside the US putters. Casey misses his share of putts as well but there will no excuses this week. "I've had loads of time off," he says bullishly. "And I'm raring rar·ing also rar·in' adj. Informal Full of eagerness; enthusiastic. [Present participle of dialectal rare, to rear, variant of rear2. to go." It is a source of amazement to lovers of classical swings that Soren Hansen does not win more often but he is grand to have on your side in match bets. And he seems to play even better in the States because he was a superb sixth in the US Open and 13th in the CA Championship on rare visits there. Although opponent Yong-Eun Yang is a winner this year, which Hansen is not, and has hit form with top-eights in Ontario and Warwick Hills on his two latest outings, the Dane is a Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. player and a class above so get stuck into Totesport's 10-11. And Geoff Ogilvy's course and current form are so ordinary that Hills' evens for Zach Johnson, who has played well since the start of the year and has a more encouraging course record, is a must. Recommendations P Casey to beat S Garcia 3pts 10-11 Hills S Hansen to beat Y-E Yang 3pts 10-11 Totesport Z Johnson to beat G Ogilvy 4pts Evs Hills |
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