Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Applebyis an Australian professional golfer...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth1 May 1971
CountryAustralia
bit wind
I think it's about the wind and breeze. It's a little bit like Australia.
ball bit climb confidence control decided due gained good grown hitter last learn length open
I was a pretty long hitter when I was younger. I was pretty wild, too. I had to learn to control the ball a bit more. Then last year, I decided to open up a bit more and I gained a good climb in distance. My length has grown due to some confidence in my swing, and some trusting. Once you get that, you can open it up a bit.
advantage bit courses crowd except favor week
I'm not sure. I don't think there's enough to say it's a home-course advantage because we really all play the same courses week in and week out. I don't think there's much here except the crowd is going to be a bit more in favor of the U.S.
areas bit easy generally mapped mine months next rhythm schedule six sort three
I've sort of had a rhythm -- a bit like the tide. I don't usually go in areas of tournaments where I haven't really played. Everybody's schedule generally is very easy to select. Mine is probably mapped out for the next three so six months pretty tight.
bit blue easier proves twice winning work
It was just a little bit easier to relax. I think winning once or twice proves to you that what you're doing works, and it can work more than once every blue moon.
birdie chip difficult fortunate four good green nice score shot sneaky thinking three walk
The par-five I made a nice little five-foot birdie putt. That was a sneaky one down the hill. Then I chipped in from over the back of the green on six. It was a very difficult chip and it went in. That was a very fortunate shot there because I really was thinking four would be a good score to walk away with, so three was a bonus.
close doubt future home kept
We kept them close on the Americans' home soil. There's no doubt in the future we can take this thing out.
condensed feels
Everything feels more cramped and claustrophobic. Everything is so condensed and small, you have to be more accurate.
gap narrow totally
You can look at it as we have no chance, or you can look at it as we have something to prove, that we can narrow the gap the Americans have here. It's totally interpretation.
finishing rhythm
Finishing up was not a big deal. I would like to have had my rhythm going.
beach bunch few golf good likely pebble players playing separate tiger unheard
To separate yourself from a bunch of other very, very good players -- more than likely playing some really good golf -- is going to be very difficult. What Tiger did at Pebble Beach a few years back was unheard of.
certainly dose fair hit huge previous respect throw
Certainly a huge dose of respect you've got to throw at a lot of the putts downhill, even from 3, 4, 5 feet. Nothing you can hit aggressive. They've got a fair dose of speed, more than they had in previous years.
ball couple driving few greens hitting irons level months
I'm at a more competitive level than I was a few months ago, driving the ball better, hitting my irons better, hitting more greens and making a couple more putts.
course driver harder hit holes tried
There are some holes on the course that I tried to hit my driver harder than I hit it all year,