Golf-In-form Els set to play revamped Wentworth in May (Reuters)
March 19, 2010
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Triple major winner Ernie Elswill play this year’s PGA Championship at the remodelledWentworth layout he designed, the South African said on Friday.
“I’m really excited about returning to Wentworth and playingthe new-look West Course,” the 40-year-old, fresh from his firstwin in two years at the WGA-CA Championship in Florida onSunday, told the European Tour website (www.europeantour.com).
“Everyone knows how special Wentworth is to me, so of courseit was an honour to be given the responsibility of renovatingthis classic course and bringing it into the 21st century,” saidthe man known as the ‘Big Easy’ for his effortless swing.
The European Tour’s flagship event is usually a memorableaffair but this year’s tournament, from May 20-23, will be evenbetter according to the tall father-of-two Els.
“I’m expecting the new greens to be a dream to putt on.Playing it in tournament conditions is going to be veryspecial,” added the world number eight, who owns a property onthe estate 20 miles south west of central London.
The players will have to be on their guard because newbunkers have been added to stop big hitters dominating thecourse and the tough 18th has been significantly altered topresent an even more formidable closing hole.
(Reporting by Tom Pilcher, Editing by Ken Ferris
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