Peter Dawson
Peter Dawson
eyes frequency golf likes open reasonable
Golf likes to come to St Andrews with reasonable frequency and when the eyes of the world are on St Andrews it does the Open a lot of good.
active five nine open others seems venues work
We have nine venues that are active for us and the way it seems to work is that the Open comes to St Andrews about every five years and to each of the others about every 10.
changing course equipment greater hazards leading led modern players rather restoring taken
We are restoring rather than changing the course. Modern equipment and the greater athleticism of the game's leading players has led to many of the Old Course hazards being taken out of play.
changing course equipment greater hazards leading led modern players rather restoring taken
We are restoring rather than changing the course, ... Modern equipment and the greater athleticism of the game's leading players has led to many of the Old Course hazards being taken out of play.
accused adjust competing confess dates mistake players stand totally
I have to confess we have made a mistake on that, ... We could stand accused of making it totally inconvenient for players competing in America, so we are going to adjust the dates but they will be that week.
felt line win
I really felt for him on the line but I take a win when I get one,
enter event hope none open personally shame takes women
I personally hope we will see women enter the championship. We didn't open the event up to them in the hope they wouldn't come. It's a shame if none of them takes up the opportunity.
since time win
It's been a long time since I've had a really big win like this so I'm ecstatic.
ability absolutely based conform delighted field gender guiding kept opening qualify rules strong woman
The new rules on eligibility conform to two guiding principles: that opening up the championship was based on ability and not on gender and that we kept the field as strong as possible. I would be absolutely delighted to see a woman qualify for the 2006 Open.
bunker hole improved open road ruined
I completely disagree. The Road Hole bunker has never been the same from one Open to the next. To say it has been ruined from what it was is completely false. I think that bunker has improved from what it was.
difficulty
The difficulty we had was establishing equivalence between the men's and women's game.