21.   Though fairways were damp, with balls picking up a fair amount of mud, the course did play longer.

22.   This course is playing very difficult.

23.   As a whole, the course played nearly five strokes over par.

24.   But the water-logged course played longer Saturday with most balls stopping where they dropped.

25.   But the Lytham course also played very firm, sending shots scurrying every which way.

26.   Expect the course to play just as tough next year.

27.   He played five rounds in three days last week but the course played hard and fast then.

28.   He can draw the ball which also is an advantage because the course plays easiest for a player with a hook.

29.   Like his predecessor, Crenshaw believes that the U.S. players were caught off guard by the rains in Spain, which drastically changed the way the course played.

30.   Many players said low scores were harder to come by because the course was playing longer, mainly the result of a heavy overnight rain.