THE big boys may be out to play at the Australian Open but defending champion Peter Senior believes the Royal Sydney course will still give old dogs an equal chance to lift the trophy. Senior shocked everyone, including himself, by claiming his second Stonehaven Cup last year at the age of 53 in gloomy conditions at the Lakes.Though facing up to a stronger field this year, containing Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day - who all hit the ball a mile - Senior said the combination of his decades of experience, and a tight Royal Sydney course, won't preclude those with lesser ambition off the tee."The Lakes was a little different last year where distance really wasn't a factor. Royal Sydney here is similar. Those guys will be hitting a lot of irons off the tees on a lot of holes where I'll be hitting drivers," Senior said.
"Courses like this, if you can hit it straight it could bring you in a little bit more. The longer course, they've definitely got an advantage. Royal Pines the other week (for the Australian PGA), some of the clubs the boys were hitting compared to what I was hitting, you just can't compete with them and you know that. If I'm up there and around there and have a week, then I've got to have a lot of things going for me."Senior, who now competes on the Champions Trophy tour, said his years of swinging the sticks had unlocked plenty of hidden secrets around Aussie golf courses. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. "I've experienced where to miss and where not to miss. I've been doing it for a long time now and so have they (younger players), but you get to learn a lot of things. Anybody can shoot a good score playing well, it's shooting a good score when you're not playing so well, and you have those days. If you can make the score and that's what you get to learn in this game, the young guys have still got to learn that," Senior said."My game seems to be in pretty good shape, so I am looking forward to this week."
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