Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black course back nine preview | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black course back nine preview | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

ADDITION OF THE RYDER CUP, THE RYDER CUP AND A TOUR OF THE BACK NINE, IT IS SO HARD TO TURN MATCHES AROUND, ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS FLIPPED. YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHY THIS WAS DOWN THE LEFT SIDE AND THAT THE STRETCH OF THE FAIRWAY, THEY GET A VERY DIFFICULT FAIRWAY, THE LEFT OF THE GREEN IS UP ON A LITTLE BIT OF A PURGE. THIS IS A SHALLOW GREEN, RELATIVELY NEW SHIPPING AREA. WHEN YOU MAKE THE TURN, YOU ARE TRYING TO UNFOLD, AND THEN YOU ARE ON TO PAR 4 11. >> THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN AWLS AT 11, CARRYING A LOT OF THOSE UP LEFT AND RIGHT, SHOULD YOU FIND THE FAIRWAY, YOU HAVE A CHANCE AGAINST YOUR OPPONENTS. THE NINE IRON, MAYBE EVEN A WEDGE, OR LESS THEN THAT. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, GENERALLY A REALLY GOOD MAT. SHORTER OF THE TEE, KNOWING ABOUT THAT. >> ONE OF THE TOUGHER TEE SHOT. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY, AND MAYBE 270 YARDS, PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IN THIS FIELD. BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS GOLF COURSE FAVORS THE LONG HITTERS. TAKING A BIG BITE OF 496, GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY, THE PLAYERS WILL MAKE THAT OLD LOOK A LOT EASIER. >> MAYBE THE PAR 5, CONSIDERED EIGHT YARDS. >> THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A SHOT AT THIS ONE. SO, HITTING IT UP THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS OBVIOUSLY THE KEY. MAYBE 20% OF THE PLAYERS CAN GET HERE WITH NORMAL CONDITIONS. THE GUYS WHO DO NOT HIT THE GREEN IN TWO WILL HAVE TO LAY IT ACROSS THE BUNKER. AND IF YOUR OPPONENT IS A BIG HITTER. A LOT IS INDICATED UP AND DOWN. >> THIS IS A MASSIVE BUNKER BUT I THINK THE BEAUTY AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL AT THE 12th, A SHORT IRON, A SHORT HOLE, THE MORE THEY PUT THAT HOLE LOCATION OVER ON THE RIGHT, THE LONGER IT IS TO CARRY. THE TENANCY IS, UNDER PRESSURE, AT THE FACE OF THAT BUNKER, YOU GET ALL KINDS OF JOBS. 77 YARDS, WHICH BENDS TO THE LEFT AT THE GREEN. >> THE MOST DIFFICULT HOLE AT THE U.S. OPEN WHEN IT WAS PLAYED HERE, THE REAL KEITH, IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIT AGAINST YOUR OPPONENT, THE ROUGH IS NOT VERY MUCH, GOING INTO A VERY DIFFICULT GREEN FROM THE FAIRWAY. SHOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT, ON A GREEN, YOU HAVE ALL KINDS THERE, IT IS A TREACHEROUS UP AND DOWN. YOU MAY SEE EVEN THE BIGGER HITTERS WITH MORE CONSERVATIVE ACCURACY. >> LET’S BRING IN THE MAN OF THE GROUND, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, HE DID WIN AN OPEN, JOHN, WHAT KIND OF A MATCHPLAY STRETCH IS THIS, THE ENTIRE BACK NINE, BUT PARTICULARLY THE THREE HOLES THAT GET YOU TO THE FINISH LINE? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WELL, POLLY SAID IT, HITTING THE FAIRWAY IS PARAMOUNT. IN THE U.S. OPEN, IT PLAYED AS THE HARDEST HOLE ON THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WATCHING THE EUROPEAN TEAM COME THROUGH, A BEAUTIFUL SHOT. AND I SAW McILROY HIT A WEDGE FROM THE RIGHT HOLE, TO THE BACK PIN. WHEN RORY WAS WALKING OFF THAT GREEN, HE SAID TO ME, THE CORE SET UP IS BILLED FOR HITTING THE BALL AS FAR AS YOU CAN. ALL OF US WHO KNOW BETHPAGE AS WELL AS WE DO, IN TALKING TO A BUNCH OF THE LOCALS OUT HERE, THEY SAID THE ROUGH IS WAY LOWER THAN NORMAL PLAY, WHAT MAKES THE SHOT SO HARD, THE FACT THAT IT PLAYS 13 YARDS UPHILL FROM 115 YARDS, YOU CANNOT SEE ANY PART OF THE GREEN UNTIL YOU GET RIGHT HERE. AND THIS IS THE MOST GREEN ON THE ENTIRE GOLF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE THE RIDGE RIGHT THERE, THIS IS BIG AND GET PRETTY SKINNY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THE MIDDLE RIGHT HOLE LOCATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT. FIVE TIMES OUT THERE, AND ABOUT 10 MINUTES, ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CAPTAINS, FOR ALL FIVE MATCHES LAST NIGHT. ON EACH GREEN, I HAVE THE FIVE HOLE LOCATIONS WHICH IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER TOURNAMENT, MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP, OR PGA WORLD TOUR, 9 TO 4, THESE GUYS SPENT A TON OF TIME PRACTICING ON THE SCREEN IN PARTICULAR. NOW, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. IF YOU’RE GOING TO A BACK FLAG AND IT DOES NOT QUITE GET UP THE HILL, IT SHOULD COME BACK DOWN THIS RIDGE, TOWARDS THESE FRONT PINS. OBVIOUSLY, THE BACKSTOP IS GOING TO HELP YOU TO THE FRONT PIN. ANY OF THE BACK THREE PINS, IT IS A BRUTAL TWO-PUTT, YOU ARE GOING TO BE LEFT WITH ONE OF THE MOST SEVERELY BREAKING THREE, FOUR FOOTERS YOU CAN HAVE. THIS RIGHT SIDE FALLS OFF, SIMPLY, QUICKLY. THERE IS UP HERE, THEY ARE CUT IN AROUND THE GREENS, IT IS A BIT MORE PENALIZING. IT IS ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE STANDING THE ROUGH UP. SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME RAIN. WE COULD WORRY ABOUT SOME BALLS BENDING BACK, LIKE WHAT WE THOUGHT BOTH U.S. OPEN’S. BUT TODAY, THEY ARE FIRM, YOU, THAT IS GREEN WITH NO SPIN AND IT WILL GET OVER, INTO THAT THREE, MAYBE A VERY AWKWARD SHOT. WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HERE IS, THE THICKNESS OF THIS GREENS COMPLEX. I THINK THE GREENS AT BETHPAGE , THE BACK COURSE, I THINK THEY ARE VERY FLAT. TOUGH TO GET WHERE YOU CANNOT BOUNCE THE BALL UP BUT WHEN YOU GET ON THEM, THEY ARE FAIRLY EASY TO PUTT. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE TO THE BACK, CENTER HOLE LOCATION, VERY DIFFICULT PIN. PROBABLY THE SLOWEST PUTT THESE PLAYERS WILL FACE ON THE ENTIRE GOLF COURSE. IT IS DIFFICULT, YOU DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE ONE FROM BEHIND THE HOLE, I GAVE THAT A PRETTY GOOD WRAP. OFF THE SIDE, LEFT IT ABOUT 10 FEET SHORT, NOW THIS IS THE HOLE LOCATION, TIGER WOODS, EVEN PAR COMING IN, HE GOT UP TO THE RIDGE, IT WOULD REALLY DERAIL THE OPENING ROUND. THIS HOLE, WHERE THE EUROS SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME, PRACTICING AROUND THIS GREEN. NOW, THE LIES YOU ARE GOING TO GET OVER HERE WILL BE PRETTY VARIABLE. I HAVE SEEN A BUNCH OF THEM GET UP AND SIT UP NICELY. I AM NOW BELOW THE SURFACE. I AM CHIPPING DOWNHILL. AND I HAVE THE SWALE ON THE FRONT THAT I HAVE GOT TO WORK ABOUT. THE LIE IS GOOD. BUT REALLY AWKWARD TO GET THE STANCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE FISH SET — TO SET YOUR SHOULDERS. LEAVE THIS SHOT A LITTLE BIT. I REALLY TRUSTED THE GROUND THERE. I THINK I AM GOING TO END ON THIS ONE TONIGHT, RICH. >> YOU HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING, THE BACK HALF OF 2025. YOU ARE COMFORTABLE, GET BACK IN THAT ZONE AGAIN AND GO TO THE FINAL THREE HOLES. 16, 490-YARD PAR 4. >> YOU GO UP THE HILL, THE GREEN LIES AT SOME 15 FEET. BUT THE FLAGS AT 16, DOWN THE HILL. THIS FAIRWAY LOOKS LIKE AN ABSOLUTE RIBBON, BENDING SLIGHTLY LIKE THE LAST ONE ON THE COURSE OF THE HILL. >> THE FAIRWAY GOES TO THE LEFT AND THE GREEN GOES THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, DIAGONAL, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. MASSIVE RIGHT-HAND FRONTAGE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE. WAITING FOR SOMEBODY OUT OF THE SHOT, UNDER PRESSURE, COMING DOWN THE STRETCH. >> IT MIGHT BE THE BEST PAR 3 ON THE COURSE. >> I THINK, IT IS EXTREMELY VISUALLY INTIMIDATING, THE BUNKERS SHORT OF 17 ARE HE MOST DRAMATIC ON THE PROPERTY. WITH THE WIND BLOWING LEFT TO RIGHT. THE CLOSEST WAS MAYBE 15 FEET. >> YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE SPAN TO THE BACK OF THE TEE, I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE STORY. >> THE 18th HOLE? >> YOU CAN PLAY THIS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE, YOU WANT TO AVOID THE MASSIVE BUNKER, IN THE 2009 U.S. OPEN, I PLAYED IT, YOU HAVE TO AVOID THE BUNKERS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE EDGE OF THE SCREEN. >> DEFINITELY A CHANCE TO WIN

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