I went to watch the practice day of the BMW PGA Championship today at Wentworth, Virginia Water and what a lovely day to choose to go.
The sun was out for the first time in about 6 weeks and some of the top players in the world were in touching distance as it’s normally pretty quiet on practice days.
Watching these guys on the range and chipping green is a real treat and makes you appreciate how good these players really are.
If you are new to the game then going to watch tournament golf on a practice day is a great experience as you are generally allowed to walk a lot nearer to the action than you would normally be allowed to, and you can learn a lot by listening to what the player’s and caddies are talking about and what they are thinking.
They’ve got course looking great this year and the new greens are looking much better this time around after a few complaints over the last couple of years. They’ve also dropped the 18th green by about 18 inches to make the long approach a little easier.
Tomorrow is the pro-am, so why don’t you get yourself down there and enjoy watching the golf without the big crowd!
Here are some of the pictures that I took today!
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Walton Heath Golf Club is a located just outside Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, England.
The golf course was founded in 1903 and open in 1904 and comprises two 18-hole championship courses, the Old and the New.
First to be opened was The Old Course and as of 2009 is 7,462 yards in length and is well known for it’s heather which covers most areas of the rough.
The New Course was originally a 9-hole course back in 1907 but was later extended to an 18-hole course by the end of 1913. It is now a 7,026 yards in length and also boasts large amounts of heather to make it even tougher!
Both the Old and the New were designed by Herbert Fowler who was later to become a designer of a number of courses in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The courses have held many a competition including the US Open qualifying rounds. But is better known for hosting the 1981 Ryder Cup and hosting five editions of the European Open between 1978 -1991.
It also hosted the Senior Open Championship last year.
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Jason Dufner finally won his first PGA Tour event after beating Ernie Els in a play-off for the Zurich Classic.
Dufner has been knocking on the door now for a while and this was the third play-off of his career. Most recently losing out to Keegan Bradley in The PGA Championship last year in an incredible finish.
Els and Dufner were locked together after 72 holes after the South African had made up three shots on the overnight leader with a solid round of 67.
But Dufner, looked nervy down the stretch in a closing 70 and went into the play-off as the underdog as Els seemed to be the man on form.
So off down the 18th they went both hitting good drives and both missing birdie putts – first Dufner from eight feet and then Els
from slightly closer in – and so they went back down the par-five for the third time in the day.
This time Dufner rolled his long putt up nearer the hole with Els just off the green in three after finding the bunker off the tee.
Els was unable to threaten the cup with his birdie putt leaving the American to tap in for his maiden victory after three runner-up finishes.
I think we’ll be seeing Dufner feature a lot more now he’s got his first victory under his belt. He is a massive talent with a cool head.
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