{"id":36255,"date":"2018-07-20T17:29:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T17:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36255"},"modified":"2018-07-20T17:29:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T17:29:12","slug":"debutant-green-battles-to-a-72-at-the-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36255","title":{"rendered":"Debutant Green battles to a 72 at The Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36254\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gavin_green.jpg\" alt=\"gavin green\" width=\"525\" height=\"371\" style=\"margin: 1px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gavin_green.jpg 900w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gavin_green-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gavin_green-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gavin_green-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gavin_green-696x492.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>Malaysia\u2019s rising star Gavin Green battled to an opening one-over-par 72 in his debut Major appearance at The 147th Open at Carnoustie&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1470892636\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">The big-hitting Green, who averaged 354 yards off the tee, marked his card with five birdies against six bogeys to trail by six shots at the world\u2019s oldest Major championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">\u201cI hit it good. The bogeys were just bad breaks. I didn\u2019t stay short enough of the pot bunkers but I was learning. My ball striking was good. Three of my birdies were all tap-ins. A couple of times I hit it into the bunkers and had to chip it out but overall, a one-over to start my first Major, I\u2019ll take it,\u201d said Green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">The 24-year-old Malaysian sealed his place in the year\u2019s third Major by winning the Asian Tour Order of Merit crown last year, where he claimed one victory and five top-10 finishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">He is the first Malaysian and the second youngest player, following a then 19-year-old Noh Seung-yul of Korea in 2010, to have achieved the feat on the region\u2019s premier Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">Despite closing with two straight bogeys, Green kept his head up and remained optimistic of putting up a lower score&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1470892637\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">\u201cI was just cruising out there. But towards the end, I just hit a couple of bad shots at the wrong time. I wasn\u2019t nervous out there. I was calm and cool so it\u2019s fine. We will keep to the same game plan&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1470892638\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;and just be careful of the bunkers which cost me two shots today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">\u201cIt wasn\u2019t that tough coming down the stretch I think. I just hit shots that I shouldn\u2019t hit. It was a good save for bogey on 17,\u201d added Green, who earned his Asian Tour card for 2017 after finishing second on the 2016 Asian Development Tour Order of Merit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">Green, who has his father Gary on the bag this week, is the third and youngest Malaysian, following Iain Steel (1996) and Danny Chia (2005, 2008 and 2010), to qualify for The Open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_2696667079698072991m_-4721431884008189212font-calibri\">Green, ranked 203rd place on the latest Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), also had the opportunity to represent his country at the prestigious 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia\u2019s rising star Gavin Green battled to an opening one-over-par 72 in his debut Major appearance at The 147th Open at Carnoustie&nbsp;on Thursday. The big-hitting Green, who averaged 354 yards off the tee, marked his card with five birdies against six bogeys to trail by six shots at the world\u2019s oldest Major championship. \u201cI hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Debutant Green battles to a 72 at The Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=36255\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debutant Green battles to a 72 at The Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Malaysia\u2019s rising star Gavin Green battled to an opening one-over-par 72 in his debut Major appearance at The 147th Open at Carnoustie&nbsp;on Thursday. 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