The Northern Irishman now leads the pack going into the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in China but may be forced to pull out after missing the tournament’s launch. He now has eight including two majors in an astonishing run during which he briefly rose to become the world’s number one.
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“So there’s certain categories that I can improve on and maybe spend a little extra time”, he said.
“Golf is a different game and that last nine holes shows that there is a few good stuff in there and hopefully that can feed into this week”.
Olesen opened with five birdies in six holes and reached 6 under with another birdie on the par-5 eighth when he started wondering how low he could go.
Thomas won the CIMB Classic at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club last Sunday while Na came in third in the US PGA Tour event. He said he would love to defend his title, but in a more straightforward manner.
And that means he could dabble with European Tour membership in the future, something that fellow American Patrick Reed has done this year.
The four-time major victor is now a doubt to take part in this weekend’s WGC-HSBC Champions event – for which the victor receives $1.4 million – after withdrawing from Wednesday’s pro-am.
“There was barely a breath of wind out there and the golf course is playing probably as easy as it could be playing”, he said.
“The best of the best are here and it’s going to be a tricky week if you want to up there”, said the Swede. I do enjoy coming over to Asia as well, and I love my time in Australia.
“I played pretty nicely last week, didn’t lose too much ground and again this week, you have to put yourself somewhere near and see what happens”.
“It sure would be something interesting to maybe look at in the future. That is pleasing and I know I have got that in my locker and hopefully we can get ourselves in a good position with a round to go”.
McIlroy has been prescribed medication by the on-site doctor, and is confident he will be okay to head out alongside Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson in the first two rounds at Sheshan global Golf Club.
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Spieth can replace the absent Jason Day as world number one with a top-10 finish, but expects to be rusty after his longest lay-off for 10 years.
