Royal Portrush’s ‘Calamity corner’ 16th is a ‘brilliant’ hole | Live From The Open | Golf Channel

Royal Portrush’s ‘Calamity corner’ 16th is a ‘brilliant’ hole | Live From The Open | Golf Channel

>>> TIME NOW FOR ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE PRESENTED BY PING. THE 16 AT PORTRUSH, NOT THE HALFWAY BACK AND STAB AT IT. THE HOLE KNOWN AS CALAMITY CORNER IS FOR THE FULL TURN AND FULL BLOODED. IF IT IS NOT AN OCEAN TO THE RIGHT, IT IS AN OCEAN OF JURASSIC JUNK, NO CHANCE, NO THOUGHT OF EVEN EXPLORING THAT TERRAIN. YOU CAN’T. IT’S EPIC TO LOOK AT, AS BIG AS THE MOMENT ON SUNDAY, WITH THREE HOLES TO GO AND THE CLARET JUG ON THE LINE. CALAMITY IS THERE AT THE 16 AT ROYAL PORTRUSH. IT WAS THE THIRD HARDEST IN 2019, SECOND IN REGULATION, AVERAGE MOST PUTTS HER HOLE. LET’S HEAR WHAT THE PLAYERS HAD TO SAY. >> LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHORT PAR THREE LIKE THE POSTAGE STAMP, WHAT DO YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE ABOUT A LONG PAR THREE, LIKE 16 HERE, DO YOU THINK WE NEED MORE CHALLENGES OF THE LONG IRONS AND FAIRWAY WOODS AT MAJORS? >> MORE? NO. I THINK WHEN YOU FIND THE SHORT HOLE, WE ALL ENJOY THE DIFFERENCE IN SCORES, RIGHT? YOU CAN TAKE 12 AT AUGUSTA, TAKE 17 AT TPC. THERE ARE SO MANY COURSES IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE SHORT PAR THREES THAT CAN LEAD TO A BIRDIE OR LOAD TO A BIG NUMBER, RIGHT? I THINK THAT MAKES THE HOLE MORE INTERESTING. WHEN YOU HAVE A HOLE THAT THE MAIN DIFFICULTY IS THE LENGTH, I FEEL LIKE THAT VARIABILITY IS NOT GOING TO BE BIG. YOU WILL SEE A THREE OR FOUR FOR THE MOST PART AND MOVE ON. >> IT IS PRETTY INTIMIDATING VISUALLY. I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS LIKE 240 PLUS YARDS. WIND DEPENDENT CAN MAKE IT A TOUGH HOLE. JUST MAKING FOUR PARS ON THE HOLE, YOU WILL BE GAINING STROKES ON THE FIELD. AND THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT CALAMITY CORNER. THERE WILL BE SOME CALAMITY THERE. >> LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT THE POSTAGE STAMP AT TROON. IT IS NOW CLM CALAMITY CORNER. AND THE 16 HAS FACTORED THROUGH THE YEARS. ST. GEORGE IS NUMBER 11 AND IS WORLD NUMBER THREE. HERE WE ARE AT PORTRUSH AT 236, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CALAMITY CORNER? >> IT IS BRILLIANT, MOST FAMOUS CORNER ON THE GOLF COURSE. WE ETALKED ABOUT IT AS KIDS. IT USED TO BE THE 14th AND NOW IT IS MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE 16th HOLE. AND ANYTHING UP THE RIGHT SIDE IS CALAMITY. A WIND MEANS IT IS COMING OFF OF THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. THE LITTLE PUTT BUNKER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE GRASS BUNKER, THAT’S WHERE BOBBY LOCKE USED TO AIM IT. DAREN CLARK WAS TALKING ABOUT HITTING IT INTO THAT AS WELL, TRYING TO GET IT UP AND DOWN FROM THERE. IT IS A STRATEGIC HOLE. THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HARRY COLT, HE GIVES YOU AN OPTION, NO MATTER WHERE THE WIND IS. HE ALWAYS GIVES YOU ONE SIDE, LEFT OR RIGHT OR JUST SHORT WHERE YOU CAN CHASE THE BALL IN DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS. THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE, HE DOESN’T CLOSE THE OPTIONALITY OFF. >> DIFFICULT UNDER THE BEST OF CONDITIONS BUT THIS WEEK WITH THE WIND CHANGING EVERY DAY, IT WILL GO FROM

Hear from Jon Rahm and J.J. Spaun about what they expect from the “Calamity Corner” 16th hole at Royal Portrush in The Open, before Paul McGinley explains what he loves so much about the hole and course in general. #Golf #GolfChannel #TheOpen #Portrush
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