Collin Morikawa celebrates after his putt on the 18th hole as he wins the British Open at Royal St George’s Golf Club on July 18, 2021, in Sandwich, England. (Photo: Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
I am still learning, but I think I’ve played enough now to know what I need to do …
You have to just learn how to control your golf ball out here, and not just height but also control spin. I think going back to last year, I remember Jordan talking about creativity. Creativity is the biggest thing out here, but also knowing how creative you can be, not getting really stupid with it, but being able to hit your shots, flight it where you want, hit your windows, and I think that’s why you see some great players and you see a lot of good players come out of Open Championship wins is because they have to be able to create different shots.
Especially out here, how 1 through 9 kind of goes out, comes back. You’re going to have a prevailing wind I think for the first few days off the left coming off that back nine. Being able to control your golf ball, hitting shots, whether it’s drawing it up into that or playing the wind and staying out of those bunkers.
It really is how much you want to take on the bunkers, how aggressive you want to be off the tee. Is that going to give you a 9-iron versus a 6-iron. Out here, it could be the shot penalty that costs you that momentum swing one way or the other. It could be for your benefit, or it could be the other way.
I think it’s a blend of certain ways. A guy like Rory, how far he hits it, yes, he’s going to be carrying some bunkers that I can’t carry, so he might be playing a little different strategy.
For me, it’s really to stay away, plot my way around this golf course, and take advantage of certain holes where I might have a wedge in.
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