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The four top favorites in The Open Championship — Scheffler, McIlroy, Rahm — Schauffele — comment on the conditions at Royal Portrush before Live From breaks down the winds and how they’ll impact play. #Golf #GolfChannel #TheOpen #Portrush
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Royal Portrush’s wind, conditions will create ‘volatility’ | Live From The Open | Golf Channel https://www.youtube.com/golfchannel?sub_confirmation=1

>> GOLF CENTRAL PROUDLY PRESENTS, LIVE FROM THE OPEN. PRESENTED BY PING AND FISHER INVESTMENTS. >> IT IS THE FINAL MAJOR OF THE YOUR. IT GOES QUICKLY, APRIL, MAY, JUNE JULY. McILROY, SCHEFFLER, SPAUN, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE AT PORTRUSH, SHANE LOWRY HAD HIS NAME ON TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD. HELLO AGAIN, WELCOME, RICH LERNER WITH BRANDEL CHAMBLEE AND PAUL McGINNLY. WE EXCITED. IT IS 1:30 TOMORROW. FIELD OF 156 READY TO GET AFTER IT AT ONE OF THE GREAT COURSES IN THE WORLD. IT IS PORTRUSH, LESS THAN 174 YARDS, PAR OF 71. CUT IN 2019 WAS ONE OVER PAR. SHANE LOWRY WINNING AT MINUS 15. GOLF COURSE FOR THE MOMENT IS FIRM. YOU CAN SEE IT IS QUITE GREEN BUT THERE IS SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST. WHATEVER THE WEATHER, EVERY ASPECT WILL BE TESTED. >> THIS GOLF COURSE HAS A FEW FALSE FRONTS ON THE GREEN WHICH I WOULD SAY IS A BIT UNUSUAL FOR LINKS GOLF. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE TALK ABOUT RUNNING IT UP BUT IT IS DIFFICULT IF THERE IS A FALSE FRONT ON THE GREENS ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS A WIND. THERE ARE A LOT OF SHOTS TO PLAY. IT IS AN INTERESTING GOLF COURSE AND FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY FUN TO PLAY AND VERY FUN. >> THIS IS WHY THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE VENUE, IT’S EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. IF YOU PICK THE CORRECT CLUB OFF THE TEE, YOU CAN MAYBE GET AWAY WITH A FEW LOOSE DRIVES BUT THEN AGAIN, IT’S VERY LIE BIASSED, CHIPPING IS TRICKY. GREENS ARE FIRM AND THEY ARE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN WHAT WE PLAYED EVEN LAST WEEK, THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE IF THEY WERE FASTER, IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. AND THEN PUTTING, PUTTING IS ALWAYS TRICKY WITH WIND. THERE ARE HOLES WHERE THE MOUNDS COVER THE GREENS AND SOME WHERE IT IS MORE EXPOSED AND THE WIND WILL AFFECT THE BALL ON GREEN. WHOEVER WINS IS AN EXTREMELY WELL-ROUNDED PLAYER. >> WE EALL HAVE DIFFERENT TRENGS IN OUR GAME. WHAT I WOULD THINK IS IMPORTANT IS DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE WIND, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO CONTROL THE TRAJECTORY OF THE GOLF BALL INTO THE WIND. I WILL SAY THAT IS BASIC, MAYBE THE MOST BASIC THING YOU NEED TO DO TO BE AN OPEN CHAMPION AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THE BALL FLY WILL MAKE THE BALL REACT ON THE GREENS AND FAIRWAYS. >> I HAVE A REAL APPRECIATION HOW WELL BUNKERED IT IS OFF THE TEE. IT IS LIKE OKAY I COULD HIT A TWO IRON OFF THE TEE BUT THAT BRINGS THIS BUNKER INTO PLAY. BUT IF I HIT DRIVER, IT BRINGS THIS BUNKER. YOU HAVE TO TAKE ON THE SHOT. YOU HAVE TO SAY OKAY, I’M GOING TO COMMIT TO HITTING THIS SHOT AND KNOW I WILL HAVE TO AVOID — YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT LIKE SOME COURSES WHERE YOU CAN TAKE THE BUNKERS OUT OF PLAY. YOU CAN LAY UP SHORT OF THEM OR GO BEYOND THEM. HERE, THERE IS ALWAYS ONE BUNKER OR ANOTHER BUNKER IN PLAY. OFF THE TEE, IT PROVIDES A VERY GOOD TEST. >> PLAYERS REALLY LIKE IT. HOW ABOUT THE WEATHER? >> WE HAVE A BIT OF EVERYTHING COMING IN AND I LIKE THE VOLATILITY IT WILL BRING TO THE PLAYING CONDITIONS. THE GROUND CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE WITH THE BIT OF RAIN AND IT WILL SOFTEN UP A LITTLE AND SLOW DOWN THE GREENS QUITE A LOT. WE WILL HAVE SOME CHANGE IN SHIFTING WINDS AS THE WEEK GOES ON. WE EARE SEEING THAT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. THEN WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND AND LOOKING AT MOVING AROUND TO THE EAST AS WELL AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH. VOLATILITY IS GOOD, WHETHER IT BE IN THE GOLF COURSE, SCORING OR WEATHER. I THINK THAT BRINGS A LITTLE MORE INTRIGUE INTO WHAT WILL BE A GREAT WEEK. >> THE GOLF COURSE MOVES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THAT’S WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT IT. GOLF COURSES WERE BUILT SOME 100 YEARS AGO. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OLD COURSES AND LOOK AT SAINT ANDREWS, THEY ARE LIKE A HAMMER AND NAIL. IT IS KIND OF YOU GO OUT AND TURN AROUND AT THE TOP AND GO BACK IN. AND THEN YOU GO TO NORFIELD WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE SQUARE. THIS IS MORE LIKE AN AMERICAN FOOTBALL SHAPE. WHAT WE GOT IS YOU START OUT AND YOU GO AROUND AND NOW IT GOES INTO SPAGHETTI EJUNCTION AND YOU ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. AS THE PLAYERS TALKED ABOUT IN THE INTERVIEWS, YOU ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE WIND, CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE YARDAGES, CONSTANTLY FROM THE PREVIOUS HOLE. LAST YEAR IN GENERAL, IF THE WIND WAS RIGHT TO LEFT, YOU HAD SIX OR SEVEN HOLES IN A ROW AND THEN VICE VERSA COMING BACK IN. NOT THE CASE HERE AT PORTRUSH. IT BRINGS THE CADDIES, WIND MAPS INTO IT AND MORE VOLATILITY INTO IT. >> TAKE A LOOK HERE AT THE WIND DIRECTIONS. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM AT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, THEY ARE GOING NEARLY SIMILAR DIRECTIONS, ONE IS NOT. THAT IS THE PREVAILING WIND THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, VEERING SOUTH. THAT WILL MEAN TWO, THREE, FOUR, THAT’S THE ONE AREA WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE PRETTY CONSISTENT. ONCE YOU GET PAST THE FOURTH HOLE, THEN THINGS START TURNING AROUND A LITTLE BIT. FIVE IS GOING TO BE DRIVABLE WITH WIND OUT OF THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. SIX IS WONDERFUL PAR THREE AND THEN SEVEN A WIND OFF OF THE LEFT. AND THEN EIGHT. NOW YOU GO INTO WHAT THE LOCALS CALL SPAGHETTI JUNCTION. AROUND THE NINTH GREEN, YOU HAVE THE 11th GREEN, YOU HAVE THE NINTH AND THE TENTH TEE BOX. THE 14th IS NOT FAR FROM THERE AS WELL TOO. THEN AGAIN, NOW LOOK AT ALL OF THESE SHIFTS AGAIN, GOING ALL OVER, KEEPING YOU ON YOUR TOES AS A PLAYER AND AS A CADDY. YOU HAVE TO WORK THE BALL IN THE CROSS WINDS ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE VERY FEW HOLES THAT WILL PLAY STRAIGHT INTO THE WIND. YOU ARE QUARTERING OFF THE RIGHT AND LEFT. IT’S A REAL GOOD TEST O OF SKILL SHOTS. CAN YOU PLAY LEFT TO RIGHT WIND, CAN YOU HOLD IT? CAN USE THE WIND? THAT IS WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THE DESIGN O OF THE GOLF COURSE. THEY MOVE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT CHALLENGING. >> TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THINGS, IN ADDITION TO HOLES IN EVERY DIRECTION, THE WIND WILL COME FROM EVERY DIRECTION THIS WEEK, SOUTHEAST, DAY ONE, 10 TO 20. FRIDAY IT WILL TURN 45 DEGREES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST, IT’S GOING TO RAIN, LIKELY, 70%. SUBTLE DIFFERENCES HERE. YOU LOOK AT 16 IN THE TOP LEFT, SIX, DEAD END INTO THE WIND. NEXT DAY, DIFFERENT DIRECTION, COMING ALMOST 90 DEGREES DIFFERENT OUT OF THE EAST. MAYBE NOT THAT HARD, 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF RAIN LIKELY, 60% CHANCE. THE PLAYERS WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE CONSTANT ADJUSTMENTS. SUNDAY OUT OF THE NORTH, NORTHEAST, RAIN VERY LIKELY. SO FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS LIKELY OF RAIN. FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS OF COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WIND DIRECTIONS ON A GOLF COURSE THAT DOES NOT AS PAUL JUST UNDERSCORED GO OUT AND COME BACK IN. FROM A DIFFICULTY STANDPOINT, THIS IS NINE OUT OF TEN ALL THE WAY AROUND. YOU COULDN’T ASK FOR MORE OF A CHALLENGE AS THE WEEK SETS UP FOR THE FIRST DAY. >> THE DIAGONAL FAIRWAYS? >> THAT IS WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT GREAT ARCHITECTS AND HARRY COLE IS ONE OF THE BEST. IT IS LIKE BUILDING RESTAURANTS, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. SOME ARE MICHELIN STAR RESTAURANTS. HARRY COLE HAS A KNACK FOR BUILDING MICHELIN STAR GOLF COURSES. LOOK AT THE DIAGONAL FAIRWAYS THE PLAYERS WILL FACE. THERE ARE SCORES OF THEM. THE NINTH, NOT A LONG HOLE, 439 YARDS BUT THE FAIRWAY SITS AT ABOUT 5:00 ON A FACE OF A CLOCK TO 11:00. SEE THE BUNKERS ON THE RIGHT? THE WIND WILL BE OFF THE LEFT HERE THREE OF THE FOUR DAYS, IN OFF THE LEFT OR DOWN OFF THE LEFT OR DIRECTLY OUF THE LEFT. THAT IS A SLIVER OF A FAIRWAY AMONGST A SEA OF SAND DUNES. EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO HIT. THE BUPGERS ARE JUST WAITING THERE. WHAUFB CLUB YOU TAKE OFF THE TEE, THERE IS A BUNKER WAITING TO CATCH YOU SHOULD YOU BE CARRYING OFF THE SLOPE. DIAGONALLY, LEFT TO RIGHT, NUMBER 11, NO FAIRWAY BUNKERS HERE AT NUMBER 11, JUST MOUNDS, JUST HIGH GRASS, WAITING TO COLLECT AND GOBBLE UP AN ERRANT TEE SHOT. YOU ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WITH THE DIAGONAL FAIRWAYS, FOUGHT JUST FOR THE DISTANCE YOU HIT THE SHOT BUT FOR THE SHOT SHAPE OF THE SHOT. GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE RIDING THE WIND OR DRAWING WITH THE WIND, IT WILL ASK EVERYTHING O OF THE PLAYER. ANOTHER UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE GOLF COURSE IS THE CLAUS RORUFOLKIC APPROACHES. THE FAIRWAY SLOPES TO THE LEFT. AS YOU SET OUT, YOU SEE THESE BIG SAND DUNES ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHICH PARTIALLY OBSCURES THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GREEN. IT IS ANOTHER THING TO COMPLICATE THE APPROACH SHOT, GET IN THE HEAD OF A PLAYER. THOSE MOUNDS AND BUNKERS YOU SAW SORT OF SHORTEN THE SHOT. MAKING THE CLUB CHOICE, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. FORWARD TO THE EIGHTH, ANOTHER TUNNELLED APPROACH SHOT. SITTING OUT IN THE FAIRWAYS TO A NARROW DEEP GREEN THAT FALLS TO THE LEFT. AND THE GREEN SLOPES LEFT TORIGHT WITH A MOUSE TRAP OF A BUNKER ON THE RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THIS GOLF COURSE IS THESE SORT OF CAUSTIC TURNS IN THE GREENS, FALSE FRONTS, FALSE SHOULDERS. SO THERE IS A LOT TO KEEP THE PLAYERS’ INTEREST AND A LOT OUT THERE TO DISTRACT THE PLAYER COMING INTO THE GREENS AND OFF THE TEES. >> OVERALL, TO REITERATE, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THIS WEEK, YOU THINK IT IS A GREAT GOLF COURSE AND A GREAT TEST. >> I THINK IT IS A GREAT TEST WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CORRELATION OF GUYS WHO PLAYED WELL LAST TIME. THERE SOME OF THE BEST IRON PLAYERS OF THE GAME CAME THROUGH THE TOP IN 2019. I EXPECT