neck of Arnaus, collection of Campillo and gift of Elvira

adri arnaus dispute with royal liverpool his seventh ‘major and third British tomorrow, he missed the cut in 2019 and is tied for 76th at Saint Andrews in 2022. This time he’s somewhat recovered from neck discomfort that has been dragging him along, as his father explained to MD, since Olympic Games. from Tokyo in July 2021.

“The sensations are going out to enjoy the good test that we have set up, very different from last year; the course, Saint Andrews, allow more from the tee, there was more width, it is complete, you have to be good at everything , but with a lot of desire to go out and compete”, said the man from Moià in the mixed zone.

This is not the first time the Catalan golfer has played for Royal Liverpool. “We were here I think in 2012 in a Brabazon Trophy, I remembered something but it was a long time ago. There were changes but not many,” added Adri.

When asked about the big change on the course that will host the 151st edition of the Open, the 17th hole, Arnaus said “well, it’s different, in my taste it doesn’t agree with the others course but no doubt it will provide a point of interest in the end”, he highlighted on the way to the 1 tee to play his final round of practice.

In Scotland he played very well and regularly for the first three days and on Sunday he holed out. Is there still a lack of consistency and regularity, are there still laps that fail? The PGA has caught my neck a little bit and I’ve been between one thing and another, healing myself first and also working on my swing which I know I have. to do. A few improvements so I don’t get too distracted. I’m on the right track and getting better,” Adri said.

Finally, regarding the aspects to work on perhaps a little more in the case of a links player, the Catalan believes that “it’s not a matter of short game or putting, you have to be one hundred percent in your game, in everything. It’s a very complete, not only in aspects of the game, but in strategy, and playing calmly mentally, they will be some intense but very cool days”, he concluded.

For Jorge Campillo from Extremadura It was also his seventh Grand Slam and he rightly said that it was time for him to finally play well in a ‘major’: the previous six he had come home early. “I feel more or less well, let’s see if I’m capable of playing well for a ‘great’ player, at least I’m putting in all my effort. I come here with good feelings and I’ve coached well”.

These are the links that are played the most, “he comes every summer with a replacement made by my parents, and he plays it five or six times with the family he belongs to, who are partners. Since 2001, given I played it a few turns, I’ve been a good collection. I also played it three weeks ago when I didn’t make the cut at the British Masters and I came to train here on a Monday”, explained the man from Norba.

For Campillo “the course is almost the same except for the par 3, number 17. “Before it was downhill, it was easier but the changes are easy to use, man, they’re not going to change the 17th of St. Andrews, but here I can’t watch any drama,” he said.

Finally, on the way to the Players Lounge, he expressed his anger that the mail-in ballot envelope had not yet arrived. “Shut up, shut up, I can’t vote and it’s a nuisance, now. I’m a bit pissed off at the Post Office.”

Nacho Elvira from Madrid It’s like he’s on a cloud, trying to enjoy this moment to the fullest, no wonder. “It’s been amazing so far, it’s the first time I’ve been in a British Open, that I’m playing a ‘big’, so I’m trying to absorb as much positive as possible from this moment, it’s wonderful,” said the Danish Open runner-up. two weeks.

“The field is a difficult test, it is very well prepared, I have good memories about it because I played it many years ago as a beginner, it is complicated,” he added.

Regarding the game, he said that he is “pretty good, the week in Denmark I already found something that, well, more or less, is working, let’s see if we can establish it here. Expectations? None, no pressure, this has been an unexpected gift, and from what it is trying to learn as much as possible, see where I can improve my game in these tournaments”.

Finally, he appreciated that playing the Grand Slam “is something that has always been our goal and it has been for too long. Without a doubt, it is a reward for the effort and work of all these years. And let’s see if we may there be more awards like this”, hill.