{"id":7233,"date":"2010-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.golfinspain.es.local\/b\/2010\/11\/04\/alvaro-quiros-before-playing-at-valderrama\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T10:58:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:58:44","slug":"alvaro-quiros-before-playing-at-valderrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/2010\/11\/alvaro-quiros-before-playing-at-valderrama\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvaro Quiros before playing at Valderrama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extracted from ALvaro Quir\u00f3s press conference just before the Andaluc\u00eda Valderrama Masters, just a few minutes away from his home.
\nTuesday October 26, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am really looking forward to playing at home. It was great to play here in 2008, and this Valderrama Andaluc\u00eda Masters will also be an important event.<\/p>\n

For me, this will be an opportunity to recover my place in the world top 50, which I lost after Portugal, and also to get into the Race to Dubai.<\/p>\n

The course is in great condition and the greens very fast\u2026 obviously this course is always perfect.<\/p>\n

I spend here 3 of my 5 weekly practice days as I have a courtesy invitation. I do the rest of my practice at La Reserva and La Ca\u00f1ada.<\/p>\n

I have been struggling with my game for the last 6 months, just trying to survive, but two weeks ago I started playing better, although my putting is a bit yippy.<\/p>\n

I am comfortable at Valderrama and know the greens well. I should be able to finish in good position without putting too well. I am aware that the greens are difficult. I don\u2019t think anybody can play 4 straight rounds without a problem on these greens. We often find ourselves putting defensively.<\/p>\n

Everybody has good and bad moments on course, and it\u2019s quite normal to get mad from time to time, but it\u2019s important not to lose concentration.<\/p>\n

Martin Kaymer is an incredible player. His mindset and his attitude on course are just perfect. His game is not spectacular, but his putting certainly is, at least for the last two years.<\/p>\n

The world top 15 have very similar games. Martin and I are very different types of players: he is brainy, well aware of his limits, and he takes full advantage of his strong points. He is living a sweet moment, and that reflects on his demeanour, on the way he walks\u2026 I, on the contrary, have not found that sweet moment yet; I struggle, but I give it my best effort. He takes advantage of 90% of his potential, I don\u2019t even reach 75%<\/p>\n

I am now striking the ball better, but when I play well I don\u2019t putt well, and when I putt well I don\u2019t play well. I conclude that when a player manages to put these two most important parts of his game together he becomes world number one.<\/p>\n

At present I am only trying to save shots. Olaz\u00e1bal explains it very well: on a rainy day you can only open your umbrella and wait for it to stop. That\u2019s just what I am waiting for.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really know what I need to do to be up there\u2026 it\u2019s frustrating not to be able to play to my full potential.<\/p>\n

We live in the Tiger Woods era. He is just number one, the best player in the history of golf, no disrespect intended to his predecessors. I hope to see him back up there soon. He may have not won as many majors as others, but he has certainly done it in more difficult circumstances. He is the perfect modern golfer, a great sportsman and an athlete.<\/p>\n

During the 1997 Ryder Cup I was only 14. I don\u2019t remember any of the players, just Seve running around and trying to teach Lee Westwood to play out of a bunker. It impressed me how easy it seemed for Seve and how difficult for Lee, and I wondered which would I resemble.<\/p>\n

In a way, I feel that I am a better player, but I am not enjoying my golf as I used to two years ago, not because I won but because my game felt good. It’s frustrating to know that you could go a step forward and not be able to do it.<\/p>\n

I am ambitious, you must be ambitious to be up there, but now I don\u2019t even enjoy my good moments\u2026 I always think that I have a lot to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Tuesday October 26, 2010<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am really looking forward to playing at home. It was great to play here in 2008, and this Valderrama Andaluc\u00eda Masters will also be an important event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For me, this will be an opportunity to recover my place in the world top 50, which I lost after Portugal, and also to get into the Race to Dubai.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The course is in great condition and the greens very fast\u2026 obviously this course is always perfect.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I spend here 3 of my 5 weekly practice days as I have a courtesy invitation. I do the rest of my practice at La Reserva and La Ca\u00f1ada.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I have been struggling with my game for the last 6 months, just trying to survive, but two weeks ago I started playing better, although my putting is a bit yippy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am comfortable at Valderrama and know the greens well. I should be able to finish in good position without putting too well. I am aware that the greens are difficult. I don\u2019t think anybody can play 4 straight rounds without a problem on these greens. We often find ourselves putting defensively.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Everybody has good and bad moments on course, and it\u2019s quite normal to get mad from time to time, but it\u2019s important not to lose concentration.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Martin Kaymer is an incredible player. His mindset and his attitude on course are just perfect. His game is not spectacular, but his putting certainly is, at least for the last two years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The world top 15 have very similar games. Martin and I are very different types of players: he is brainy, well aware of his limits, and he takes full advantage of his strong points. He is living a sweet moment, and that reflects on his demeanour, on the way he walks\u2026 I, on the contrary, have not found that sweet moment yet; I struggle, but I give it my best effort. He takes advantage of 90% of his potential, I don\u2019t even reach 75%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am now striking the ball better, but when I play well I don\u2019t putt well, and when I putt well I don\u2019t play well. I conclude that when a player manages to put these two most important parts of his game together he becomes world number one.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At present I am only trying to save shots. Olaz\u00e1bal explains it very well: on a rainy day you can only open your umbrella and wait for it to stop. That\u2019s just what I am waiting for.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really know what I need to do to be up there\u2026 it\u2019s frustrating not to be able to play to my full potential.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We live in the Tiger Woods era. He is just number one, the best player in the history of golf, no disrespect intended to his predecessors. I hope to see him back up there soon. He may have not won as many majors as others, but he has certainly done it in more difficult circumstances. He is the perfect modern golfer, a great sportsman and an athlete.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

During the 1997 Ryder Cup I was only 14. I don\u2019t remember any of the players, just Seve running around and trying to teach Lee Westwood to play out of a bunker. It impressed me how easy it seemed for Seve and how difficult for Lee, and I wondered which would I resemble.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In a way, I feel that I am a better player, but I am not enjoying my golf as I used to two years ago, not because I won but because my game felt good. It’s frustrating to know that you could go a step forward and not be able to do it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am ambitious, you must be ambitious to be up there, but now I don\u2019t even enjoy my good moments\u2026 I always think that I have a lot to improve.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Extracted from ALvaro Quir\u00f3s press conference just before the Andaluc\u00eda Valderrama Masters, just a few minutes away from his home. Tuesday October 26, 2010 \u201cI am really looking forward to playing at home. It was great to play here in 2008, and this Valderrama Andaluc\u00eda Masters will also be an important event. For me, this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[566,1230,551,559],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alvaro-quiros","category-andalucia-valderrama-masters-2","category-articulos","category-spanish-players"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}