PADRAIG HARRINGTON: There's a lot of differences in the type of golf courses and -- there's vast differences in, like we played, we tend to play much tighter courses in Europe. The fairways, the length of rough last week is commonplace in Europe. The fairways over here tend to be wider less rough but firmer. In Europe they tend to be narrower, heavy rough, probably softer. We tend to get more wind, it's hard to hitting those fairways. We tend to have tighter pin positions but on softer greens. Over here they have not quite as tight but the greens are firmer. So it's probably, I'm not quite sure which plays easier. If you've got 6 yards on a firm green or three years on a soft firm green, who knows which is easier. There are distinct difference in the golf courses, players focused on swinging the golf club. Players in the states focused on getting the ball in the hole. You only have to sit Friday afternoon at the U.S. Tour event, there will be a dozen players on the range, European event there will be forty players in on the range working on the swing. Then go to the putting green and chipping green, 30 players in the U.S. ten in Europe.
Definitely the U.S. guys are much more focused on scoring, European guys much more focused on -- I think it comes back to sort of Faldo how he changed his swing around and became the perfect swinger of the golf club I think that has a knock-down effect to the European Tour. That's the sort of courses we're playing.
As regards to competing, if you're in Europe, you have a better chance of competing more often. If you understand, you've got -- I think the money is only at the top you've got to get in and finish top fives more, and so, if you're not doing that, that's your incentive you're pushing harder maybe to compete more often. I think Michael proved that. He had some missed cuts the start of the year, he started getting in contention more. Getting in contention more often puts him in better stead when he does have his chance to win. Probably is better, could be a better breeding ground for producing more potential to win more often in Europe. That gives you maybe a better learning experience to win.
Q. Do you think there's a greater depth of talent out here than it was when you first started playing in the states?
PADRAIG HARRINGTON: Yeah, I would agree with that. Definitely, I think, you know, over the last certainly six, seven years, certainly, whereas the European Tour tends to attract and keep a lot of Ozzies, and they've tended to come to play more in the states, you have more international players. I think probably the standard of the U.S. players stayed the same you have more of the international players coming and playing more often they've opened up the tour more, so the depth would be stronger here, yes, without a doubt.
The European Tour has struggled to hold on to those players as much as we probably need to in Europe.
JOEL SCHUCHMANN: Anything else? Padraig, thank you.
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