LIV Golf’s biggest hitters describe the unique test that is the 6,700-yard Hong Kong Golf Club
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“It’s a golf course where you hit all your clubs in your bag, and there’s a lot of different ways to play every hole.”
This week’s live golf stop is unique on a few different levels as the league makes its first ever trip to Hong Kong its players will be teeing it up at Hong Kong Golf Club a par 70 track that measures to just 6,710 yards it’s one of two courses that
Liv will visit this season that plays less than 7,000 yards in addition to real Club valderama in Spain where the league will be July 12th to 14th it’s rare for the pros to play such a short course for comparison TPC River Highlands will be the shortest course on
The 2024 PGA Tour schedule and played at 6,852 yards for the 2023 Travelers Championship realistically like in competition probably never said Bryson desimo of the last time he played a course this short in tournament competition it’s definitely a unique test there’s a lot of shot shaping
You’ve got to have out here and your iron play has to be on point but don’t get it twisted just because the holes aren’t as long as usual some of the League’s biggest hitters are still planning on using driver what’s funny is I can use a driver a couple times out
Here actually added desimo number 9 3 1 if it’s into the wind there’s a few places where I can actually use it surprisingly it kind of all depends on the wind but I hit quite a few drivers echoed Dustin Johnson I think it’s a golf course where you hit all your clubs
In your bag and there’s a lot of different ways to play every hole if you want to hit a lot of drivers you can or you can lay back it kind of just depends like I said just depending on the Wind really a handful of players have history
At Hong Kong Golf Club seeing as it has hosted the Asian tours Hong Kong s open since 1959 and will do so once again this year November 21- 24 Cameron Smith was runner up in 2023 Reserve player Wade Ormsby is a two-time winner in 2017
And 2020 and Ian polter won way back in 2010 I love how this golf course plays it is really a smart person’s Golf Course said Smith it’s a golf course although it presents a lot of opportunities you have to be really patient around here particularly if
You’re off the Fairway it can bite you in the bum pretty quick around here and just need to be smart the thing is it plays longer than this just because on a lot of t- shots You’re simply not allowed to be hitting drivers so you’re
Playing it to a spot it plays a little bit longer explained John Ram you have the option of hitting driver if you want but you’re going to have to be extremely accurate but I’m in the belief that as a player you have to adjust to the golf
Course and adjust to the conditions and shoot low and whoever does that obviously the best is going to succeed if anything this type of golf is some of my favorite
