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PGA: Weather can help us - Woosnam

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Miserable weather would not have been high on the list of all the factors meant to favour the European team in this weekend's Ryder Cup.

But while the Irish Tourist Board must be dreading a repeat of the gale-force winds and rain which forced the K Club to be closed for more than three hours on Wednesday, European captain Ian Woosnam was taking a quite different view.

"I'd have to say it's favourable for us because we've played much more in these conditions than what the Americans would do," said Woosnam, who was delighted his players still went out to practice in front of the estimated 45,000 fans desperate to watch the teams in action.

"A lot of players hit it very high and you've got to learn to keep it down in this wind. The air is much heavier in America in my experience.

"When the ball moves, whether you hit a slice or a draw, it moves twice as much here as it does in America."

At least one of his players agreed with Woosnam, Spain's Sergio Garcia adding: "I would probably say it gives us a little edge.

"It's going to be difficult for everybody but I'd say we're more used to playing these kind of conditions.

"I think it brings a lot of feel into play, your creativity. I've always felt when the wind has been blowing at the British Open I could move up the leaderboard a bit easier than if I had to play just normal golf where it's 'hit it close and putt it in'."

Unsurprisingly, Tiger Woods disagreed. "I think we've all played in weather like this, we've all played in bad weather around the world, so that's not anything new," said America's world number one.

"It's all about quality of ball-striking, controlling your flight. That's something all these guys can do." notas_de_prensa_archivo