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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joost Luiten is hoping a second career victory at the Oman Open can propel him to big things as both The Ryder Cup and the Olympic Games are on the 34-year-old\u2019s radar for 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have got great memories from the 2018 Oman Open,\u201d said Luiten, who won by two ahead of England\u2019s Chris Wood at Al Mouj Golf in what was the first ever tournament on the European Tour to be played in Oman. \u201cThis course is one of the prettiest and best that we play all season long on the European Tour and it\u2019s a great event.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, it\u2019s always special to go to a course where you\u2019ve won before so I\u2019m really looking forward to it – to get back to the familiar sights and sounds and hopefully bring back the title again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year it\u2019s a Ryder Cup year so a couple of wins could see me make the team. It\u2019s also an Olympic year and I\u2019d like to qualify for that and do well there. The Olympics in Rio four years ago was really special and this year it\u2019s in Japan which is a country I\u2019ve never been to so I\u2019d love to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luiten\u2019s Oman Open victory was the sixth of his European Tour career and he believes the Greg Norman-designed course at Al Mouj Golf sets up well for his strengths.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of those golf courses where you\u2019ve got to drive the ball well,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you start to miss fairways you\u2019re going to struggle because there\u2019s a lot of undulation and some sandy patches.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can be punishing so you\u2019ve got to focus on the fairways and greens, once you\u2019re on the greens you can make some birdies and that plays to my strengths.<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally I am pretty straight off the tee and I hit a lot of greens so hopefully I can get the putter hot – that was certainly the formula that worked for me in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n
The US$1,750,000 Oman Open gets underway at Al Mouj Golf, Muscat on February 27 and will finish on March 1.<\/p>\n
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