Golf: Matthew is not afraid to become Open-Carnoustie

Carnoustie's reputation, the scary monster of a course can be a big factor when the world's best do it tomorrow at the Ricoh women's British open, but with Catriona Matthew is one of the few who knows the game, he is tame the beast.
North Berwick 41-15-to 16-year-old won his Scottish Amateur Championship for the first three notorious British Open golf tournament in 1991, with links to and he has actually relishing the test, which is ahead in the next four days.

"All the talk

bout and was fortunate to be Carnoustie, the opportunity to play during the approximately ten weeks ago, "he said. "It is great shape and very fair test. Much depends on the weather, but the prognosis looks pretty good, so I'm sure that it is a great open. "

Matthew won the title-the first Scot to capture women, major general-Royal Lytham and St Annes two years ago, but his defence on the Royal Birkdale has been cut by. The top four of the dozens already this year, he anticipates he is in the form, so that the real challenge for £ 320,000, the first prize.

"I've prepared well, in my line of work with Craggs, Kevin and, of course, interest is that I know that the exchange rate," said Matthew, who is a husband, Graeme, by his side as his caddie. But their two daughters-in-four-year-old Katie and Sophie (2)-staying with parents in n Graeme and watch television.

"They were with us at Lytham, but now I think they have more fun in their own presence at home and in the document," explains Catriona. "We are just back from six weeks to four in the United States, and the family is fairly difficult, were created in the viikk."

Matthew, World No. 35, is one of the?, in only four of the Scots in Glasgow-a: n Janice Moodie will play in the name of the stamp of the invocation of the amateur Pamela Pretswell obtained her place as the reigning British women's strokeplay Champion.

Kylie Walker, who plays out of Carrick, Loch Lomond, came through Monday's RB1-Panmure. He made a dramatic birdie through it, to play off the second extra hole, and this is his British Open debut. And he is hoping that his friendship with Matthew could pay dividends out of.

"Catriona and are both coached By Kevin Craggs and he has been great," explained the 24-year-old, who is in his second year of the women in the European tour. "He took me up on the Carnoustie was a great experience for him and to learn."

Home of the four players in the home crowd support they need and they can get when they face the threat of the field in the General help. Yani Tseng, only 22 are defending champion and World No? 1. He already has four majors, and won another LPGA Championship last month 10-shot margin. runaway

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