Hole 11. Left rough, close to a tree, not much space. Approach and putt.
Hole 14. Right bunker, long shot. Ends two meters away. Putt, in.
Hole 15. Green’s back rough, with a lot of slope. Approach and putt for par.
Hole 1: Very, very, very right off the tee. Misses the fairway by about 30 meters. Trees. Uncomfortable shot. Hits the green and leaves a birdie option.
Hole 4: Right bunker. Shot of about 15 meters. Practically given for par.
Hole 7: Powerful drive of 360 meters. Hits the second shot with a 56 degree and leaves an eagle option.
Hole 9: Right rough. Almost 30 meters from the flag, with the green receiving with a piano and all downhill. Dead by pinches. He does it very well and still leaves a three-meter par putt. He makes it.
All this that we are telling you is already noted in the Ryder Cup folder that bears the letterhead of David Puig, those reports that week by week are updated by Luke Donald and his men. The Ryder command. This Thursday it has been his right hand, Edoardo Molinari, who has been an exceptional witness to the extraordinary qualities of David Puig (-2). He is the one who has noted everything. It is clear to him, for example, that the golfer from La Garriga does not throw a shot, that he is capable of recovering from any position, that under no circumstances can he be considered dead in a hole, that when he is inspired on the greens he is lethal and that when he lets go he hits some bombs from the tee that are amazing.
David has given a demonstration of how to come out victorious from a day of stress golf. He is a specialist. If there is a tournament that has stress it is the Ryder Cup. That is also noted by Donald’s vice-captain. “I am working precisely on having less stress on the course, being a little more consistent from the tee. Let’s see if I can play a more relaxed golf and leave myself more birdie options, without needing to recover so much”, says the Spaniard.
Today he has signed a magnificent card of 69 strokes in really complicated conditions. There is a lot of wind blowing at the Country Club, but above all the great difficulty is that the air is very gusty. It goes from being calm, or almost, to hitting you a slap of 40 kilometers per hour or more. It is uncontrollable, so chance comes into play and, above all, the commitment with each shot. Puig could not have asked for a better day to pass the Molinari exam.
In any case, to play the Ryder the first thing Puig will have to do is become a member of the DP World Tour. It is an indispensable requirement. At the moment he is not and it is not in his plans, at least until he finds peace in golf and the fines and sanctions end or until the Spanish golfer really sees himself with real options to get into the team. Time will tell.
