UNITED KINGDOM: GOLFERS GATHER FOR THE START OF THE BENSON AND HEDGES INTERNATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

Record ID: 981425

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: GOLFERS GATHER FOR THE START OF THE BENSON AND HEDGES INTERNATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
  • Date: 10th May 2000
  • Summary: SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLAND, UK (MAY 10, 2000) (VIEWPRESS) 1. PULL BACK FROM THE CLOCK ON THE CLUBHOUSE 2. PAN ACROSS THE 18TH FAIRWAY 3. WIDE SHOT OF PLAYER TEEING OFF 4. SOUNDBITE (English) JASON ZUBACK, WORLD LONGEST DRIVE CHAMPION: "I think about 285 (yards) carry to the pin from here. It's a little shorter than the guys who play from back there, so let's see if I can carry it all the way there." 5. ZUBACK DRIVES THE 10TH GREEN WITH HIS PUTTER 6. SOUNDBITE (English) KUBACK: "I've hit a 463 (yard) in competition, 430 all carry in Nevada off a slight elevation with the wind obviously. Any given day in New Mexico at my clinic just a couple of days ago, I hit 415 yards, it hit the green and actually checked up and ended up being 425. You know, it just depends - elevation, obviously, weather conditions, whether you are at sea level or elevation, with the wind, down wind, wet fairways, dry fairways, everything makes a difference." 7. COLIN MONTGOMERIE PUTTING 8. SOUNDBITE (English) REPORTER: "It's all beginning to click together after that very good victory in France last week?" MONTGOMERIE: "Yes, it's coming together a wee bit. I'm not saying it's perfect, but at the same time, it's nice to win. There's nothing better for one's confidence than winning and that's what I base my game on is confidence. I'm sure everyone out here does the same thing. If you are confident of doing something, you are halfway to achieving it and I'm now confident of what I am doing, so we're halfway there." 9. SAM TORRANCE CHIP OVER WATER 10. SOUNDBITE (English) REPORTER: "Hopefully, every potential Ryder Cupper will be out there as well, how much of an advantange is it to play the Benson and Hedges here now?" TORRANCE: "It's a great asset. It's nice for the boys to be playing the course in two events before the Ryder Cup, so it will give them a lot of inside knowledge." REPORTER: "Is it a set-up that will help the Europeans in some way, or is it just going to produce good golf?" TORRANCE: "You need to produce good golf here. The way we set up the course - we will keep that to ourselves." 11. JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL OUT OF A BUNKER 12. DARREN CLARKE TEE SHOT 13. LEE WESTWOOD TEE SHOT 14. PAUL LAWRIE TEE SHOT 15. WIDE SHOT OF GREEN Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SUTTON COLDFIELD, ENGLAND, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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