Frys.com heast up as a golfers challenge
The second round of the Fry.com Open is forecasted to bring the same type of results as round one.
Frys.com Open 2010 initiated on Thursday at the CordeValle Golf Club and is currently underway with its second round. The event has occurred for the third consecutive time as the PGA Tour fall series and is being held at San Jose for the first time.
The R1 course of the Frys.com Open presented a harsh setting to the golfers and the next round is forecasted to follow suit. Many players have found it difficult to card lower scores in the earlier round, while the second round is said to hold the same story
where the short hitters are the only exception.
The first round ended with Micheal Letzig, Will MacKenzie, Shaun Micheel, Jamie Lovemark and John Mallinger standing at 5 under par. Ryuji Imada, Bo Van Pelt and Paul Goydos carded a 6 under par while Rocco Mediate scored a remarkable eagle. Mediate hit
a total of 12 fairways out of 14, he took the putter back only 27 times and 16 greens at the first round.
The long hitters’ bad luck:
According to Bo Van Pelt, the current golf course isn’t designed for long hitters. He said that since the greens are separated into several short levels, it’s better to play a second-shot game. Van Pelt declared that the best way to handle this golf course
is to divide it into two shots. He stressed that it’s better to first send the ball in the fairway and then search for the right level using the distance approach.
Bo Van Pelt stated that in order to grab a good looking birdie, the players would be better of sending their second shot to an appropriate level of the green.
The golfers thus ruling the Frys.com Open leader board are more of a small hitting group, which may welcome those, who have more focus on hitting straight in the later rounds. The competition requires intense concentration and solid strategies where distance
can only be handled with the putter and fairways.
The club and the heat:
The second round of the Open is currently subjected to intense heat and sunlight that has made the competition ever-so-tough. The high sun setting is dehydrating the fields continuously and has made the fields drier, faster and harder to play.
According to Paul Goydos, the field is still very smooth after the morning wave of round two. Goydos scored much like he did in the first round and unluckily missed several fairways, which according to Goydos were acting in a castigate manner.
Even the temperature is a replica of the earlier round, 84 is the highest forecast where no rain is expected and no wind is anticipated. Given the type of weather conditions, the morning players are in a much more advantageous position as compared to the
afternoon shift.
The morning shift, although had the same weather conditions, played the green fields in less bumpy conditions. The afternoon players had to fight the weather, the levels, the speed of the field and the wear on the surface.
David and Fowler disagree:
According to David Duval, the dry conditions are difficult to play and states that the ball flows over the grounds and then just sits there. He further added that the ball is only able to move a mere frustrating 130 or 140 yards from the lie.
Rickie Fowler on the other hand has a different opinion from the Duval. He said that he liked the course pretty much and confirmed that the course was pretty straight forward. Fowler has his focus on grabbing as many birdies as possible this tournament and
will use his innate ability to control distance with his irons and solid drives.
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