No one on the European Tour knows Royal Lytham and St Annes – this year’s Open Championship venue – better than Paul Eales.
For many years he was an assistant
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Golfmagic asked him for some inside secrets on how the pros will approach Lytham, when the tournament starts on July 19. And what advice he would give Tiger Woods on how to play this
ping g20 driver famous old links. The best advice I can give is to keep it straight off the tee and aim at the middle of every green," Paul told me, while entertaining his three-year-old son Joshua between competing in the Irish and European Opens this week.
"It looks straight forward on paper but you cannot come into the greens from anything other than the right
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You have to drive into the right position. Once you start missing fairways coming into greens from the side – and especially the wrong side - it is almost impossible to stay on the green and score well, says Paul whose best round at Lytham is a four under par 67. He reckons that 12-18 under par will win this year. But if
discount golf gets up to 15mph it can be a different story.
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