Royal Montreal Golf Membership in Ile Bizard, Quebec, will host its second Presidents Cup this week. The Blue Course, designed by Dick Wilson in 1957 and renovated by Rees Jones in 2004, will play as a par 70 and at a size of seven,413 yards, 260 yards longer than it did for the 2014 RBC Canadian Open.
Here’s what the opponents are saying concerning the course:
Collin Morikawa
“I didn’t actually know what to anticipate. A variety of small greens and undulations. I feel relating to that you just received to place your self within the fairway. Tough isn’t loopy lengthy. You’ll be able to hit some and run it up. With simply undulation you possibly can hit some small targets and hit your irons actually out right here. Greens are operating wonderful. So simply having the ability to make putts like that.”
Russell Henley
“I didn’t know what to anticipate, nevertheless it’s undoubtedly only a bunch of drivers for me. I feel there’s one or two holes the place I would hit much less. It’s only a bunch of drivers. I’m comfy with my driver, and the greens are nice.
“I really feel like there’s a whole lot of little ridges within the greens I’m not used to seeing on a whole lot of programs that’s simply totally different. Yeah, I actually prefer it. I feel it’s very reasonable. It’s just about in entrance of you. I feel it’s enjoyable.”
Sahith Theegala
“The course is nice. I noticed a distinct aspect of the course right this moment. It was taking part in lots harder. Entrance 9 was taking part in lengthy. Simply sort of a heavy wind. Hit a whole lot of, like, 5- and 7-irons into the greens and a 4-iron as nicely. It’s taking part in lengthy.
“Nice observe, although. The entrance 9 I might say, I wouldn’t name it forgettable however a bit extra in entrance of you and virtually boring. But it surely’s boring in a great way. It requires good photographs. It’s important to place your ball. It’s important to hit the photographs. So it’s rewarding for good golf and punishing for dangerous golf.
“However the again 9 is so – I really like the again 9. The greens are all dissected by these ridges, and you may tuck pins there’s water on virtually on each gap. It looks like a match-play again 9. I hope they transfer 14 up. But it surely’s a candy observe.”
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – SEPTEMBER 22: Max Homa, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, and Scottie Scheffler stroll alongside the 14th fairway previous to Presidents Cup at The Royal Montreal Golf Membership on September 22, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photograph by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR through Getty Pictures)
Scottie Scheffler
“Undoubtedly a bit little bit of an understanding of the place to be and the place to not be. It’s a fairly easy golf course for probably the most half. We performed it the primary time, and it wasn’t actually like there have been many holes the place guys had been discussing what to hit off the tee or what line to take. There wasn’t a whole lot of complicated stuff. The golf course sort of presents itself to you, and also you simply need to go on the market and execute.
“There’s some holes the place you can also make birdies, however there’s some fairly good lengthy par-3s which can be difficult and a few lengthy par-4s. This can be a week the place we’re going to get, I feel, a distinct wind course every day, and that can present one other problem to taking part in a golf course for the primary time.”
Patrick Cantlay
“It’s very a lot a northeast old-school golf course, however with the poa annua greens and most of them being again to entrance, it jogs my memory of among the golf programs I grew up taking part in in southern California. I really like the golf course. I feel it’s going to be an excellent check.
“I feel it’ll be vital to go away your golf ball in the fitting spots, particularly coming into the greens. There’s a whole lot of slope on these greens, principally again to entrance, however there’s little sections in each inexperienced for probably the most half. Getting it in the fitting course, after which if the inexperienced speeds decide up, being under the outlet I feel will probably be key to holing putts.”
Corey Conners
“The greens are in nice form. I feel you will get scorching with the putter, nevertheless it’s going to be vital to get the ball within the fairway. You sort of need to do every part nicely. There’s no sort of hiding any weaknesses out right here. Received to strike it good and hopefully gap some putts. I like how the course units up. Like I mentioned, it’s in wonderful form proper now. It’s taking part in nice. It will likely be a enjoyable problem.”
Mike Weir
“I feel the golf course presents an excellent problem to all the fellows, nevertheless it brings in an excellent mixture of gamers, I consider. That’s what to me is an indication of an excellent golf course is that gamers – like Scott Verplank, gamers that most likely hit the ball the identical, our size (speaking to Jim Furyk), gained right here various instances, it’s advantageous to lengthy gamers too. It’s an excellent golf course in that means, that each one gamers might be related round this place.”
