RICHIE RAMSAY, 65 (-6): “Valderrama is the kind of course that suits me. It’s a shot maker’s course, you need to manoeuvre the ball right to left or left to right, sometimes you need the low shot or the high one, and I feel comfortable doing that. You need to hit it straight out there, and that’s my game, and to control the spin a lot on 3/4shotswhich I enjoy doing. This course is a good challenge for me. You need to play it shot by shot, and that’s all I did.
We worked out a good game plan with my caddie about where to miss it, how to play it with the wind. The game plan was good, and the short game was good and I holed a few putts.
I started smiling when the wind started to get up on 11 because it helped me knock it on the green in two and I made eagle there and I new that if I could finish well, particularly the last 3 holes which are tough, with the wind picking up, my score would be good. I was a bit unlucky on 17, bit it’s a tough hole.
Its always nice to have a 65 around a classic course like Valderrama because it’s had Ryder Cup and so many great champions… to shoot 65 on a golf course you love is always fantastic.
I played well the last 4 weeks, and I did well at Sergio’s tournament so I feel real confident with my game.”
As a Spaniard it’s always special to play in front of your home crowd.”
MARTIN KAYMER, 71 (par): “I had a few ups and downs on the first nine, two bogeys on par threes, but fought back on the back nine”
