Indian golfer Shiv Kapur has claimed that he will have a couple of strategies in place to face the Royal Birkdale course as he takes part at The Open on Thursday. Kapur also stated that he has learned from past experience and will try to put it to good use in his third appearance at The Open. "I've played this golf course in two completely different winds so you need to have two strategies rather than one. You learn how to combat weather when you play on links courses and most of the time the yardage books go out of play. It is a lot of feel, ball flight control and creativity. You need to use a lot of imagination," said Kapur. "This is my third Open and I'm comparing the course to my previous experience. It is a tough test but very fair at the same time. The trouble confronts you and there aren't many blind shots. "You got to hit it straight off the tee. There's a lot of premium to hit the fairways and once you do that you get a chance to eliminate mistakes. Around the greens are easier as compared to other Open courses but tee shots are demanding," he added. Commenting on the weather conditions he said, "It all depends on the weather. If you get good weather then you have a chance to score and if you get a windy or rainy weather, it changes the course completely. "I played Muirfield and I remember the weather got so hot and the greens were impossible. The fairways were probably faster than the greens so it made it very tricky. By the end of the week, it got cold and windy," he said. He also spoke of the year so far and said, "It has been a good year. In the first three months of the year and the end of last year I was really frustrated and the win in Chinese Taipei was the turning point for me," Shiv said. "Since then, I've kicked on and luckily for me it wasn't just one good week. I played well at the Thailand Open and in Europe. It is hard to set any scoring goals this week but I want to walk away from four rounds feeling like I played well and didn't give away any shots," he said.
