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 rivals are saying concerning the course:
Collin Morikawa
“I didn’t actually know what to anticipate. Quite a lot of small greens and undulations. I believe in relation to that you just received to place your self within the fairway. Tough shouldn’t be loopy lengthy. You’ll be able to hit some and run it up. With simply undulation you may hit some small targets and hit your irons actually out right here. Greens are working superb. So simply with the ability to make putts like that.”
Russell Henley
“I didn’t know what to anticipate, however it’s undoubtedly only a bunch of drivers for me. I believe there’s one or two holes the place I would hit much less. It’s only a bunch of drivers. I’m snug with my driver, and the greens are nice.
“I really feel like there’s a number of little ridges within the greens I’m not used to seeing on a number of programs that’s simply completely different. Yeah, I actually prefer it. I believe it’s very reasonable. It’s just about in entrance of you. I believe it’s enjoyable.”
Sahith Theegala
“The course is nice. I noticed a unique facet of the course right now. It was taking part in lots harder. Entrance 9 was taking part in lengthy. Simply form of a heavy wind. Hit a number of, like, 5- and 7-irons into the greens and a 4-iron as effectively. It’s taking part in lengthy.
“Nice monitor, although. The entrance 9 I might say, I wouldn’t name it forgettable however just a little extra in entrance of you and nearly boring. However it’s boring in a great way. It requires good photographs. You must place your ball. You must 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’ll tuck pins there’s water on nearly on each gap. It appears like a match-play again 9. I hope they transfer 14 up. However it’s a candy monitor.”
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. (Picture by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR by way of Getty Pictures)
Scottie Scheffler
“Undoubtedly just a little 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 have been discussing what to hit off the tee or what line to take. There wasn’t a number of complicated stuff. The golf course form of presents itself to you, and also you simply must go on the market and execute.
“There’s some holes the place you may make birdies, however there’s some fairly good lengthy par-3s which can be difficult and a few lengthy par-4s. It is a week the place we’re going to get, I believe, a unique wind route 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 believe it’s going to be take a look at.
“I believe it’ll be necessary to go away your golf ball in the suitable spots, particularly coming into the greens. There’s a number 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 suitable route, after which if the inexperienced speeds choose up, being under the outlet I believe shall be key to holing putts.”
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – SEPTEMBER 22: A view of the sixteenth gap previous to Presidents Cup at The Royal Montreal Golf Membership on September 22, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Picture by Chris Condon/PGA TOUR)
Corey Conners
“The greens are in nice form. I believe you will get scorching with the putter, however it’s going to be necessary to get the ball within the fairway. You form of must do every part effectively. There’s no form 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 stated, it’s in superb form proper now. It’s taking part in nice. Will probably be a enjoyable problem.”
Mike Weir
“I believe the golf course presents an incredible problem to all the blokes, however it brings in an incredible mixture of gamers, I consider. That’s what to me is an indication of an incredible golf course is that gamers – like Scott Verplank, gamers that in all probability hit the ball the identical, our size (speaking to Jim Furyk), gained right here a variety of occasions, it’s advantageous to lengthy gamers too. It’s an incredible golf course in that method, that each one gamers could be related round this place.”
