Peter Dawson
Peter Dawson
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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.
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Mark did some very good turns and Matt put in an awesome ride.
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The 18th hole will present a birdie opportunity but as a dog-leg hole with out-of-bounds ever present it will also be a hole for potential disaster.
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We did not open it up to women hoping they would not enter. Having done that, it will be a shame if they do not take advantage of the opportunity. Having said that, it was never our intention to disrupt the women's tours. ... But the option is there.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Because of the history of the Old Course, moving hazards is not the option it would be at many other places, ... You can't simply move a bunker here and there on The Old Course. All that leaves is to move tees.
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What we've seen is that he went ahead of the pack very early in his career. There was an element of catching up by other players. He raised the standard. And now, he seems to be stepping forward again. We'll see if the others step up to the challenge.
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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.
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If it really offends people then we would take it out. In this instance, the wording isn't serving any purpose, so I would support taking it out.
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I am delighted that a qualification route has now been established for the best women players to gain access to the championship, competing alongside men on the same courses and from the same tees.
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The hesitancy is in the detail, not the principal. There has been no resistance to the principal of women playing in the Open if they are qualified for it. We are not dragging our feet. It's just that we never had cause to think about it before.
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You wait until the forest fire is on your front step before you step up.