Paul Casey vows to avoid repeating Open mistakes
Last Updated: 14/07/15 10:49am
Paul Casey admits he still thinks about his missed putts the last time the Open Championship was played at St Andrews.
The Englishman finished third in 2010 after playing in the final pairing when South African Louis Oosthuizen cantered to a seven-shot victory.
Casey was in contention until a triple bogey at the 12th, where Oosthuizen made birdie in a four-stroke swing, and had to settle for a tie for third with Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson.
And the 37-year-old has vowed to avoid making the same mistakes in the 144th Open which starts on Thursday.
He said: “The only other thing that sticks in my mind was there were putts on 18 on Saturday and then maybe the first hole on Sunday.
“If I'd have rolled those in it might have been a little bit different. But the rest of it was very good. I played some solid golf.
“I just think Louis (Oosthuizen) played some absolutely special stuff. But I felt good about the way I performed, and maybe I made a couple of mistakes, but I won't make them again.”
Casey added that tiredness could be a factor in American Jordan Spieth’s bid to win a third successive major title.
Only Ben Hogan in 1953 has won the year's first three Grand Slam events and Spieth confirmed his status as the world's in-form player with his fourth victory of 2015 at the John Deere Classic on Sunday.
Casey added: "The only thing that's going to be against Jordan or the guys that have an advantage over Jordan would be the jet lag.
"I think you can argue either way for playing links the week before or not playing links the week before. Fatigue is going to be the only thing that gets in his way from having a great championship this week.
"He's young enough where he'll probably overcome it with a good night's sleep.”
Spieth will tee off his opening round at 9.33am with Casey beginning over five hours later at 2.56pm.
