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Paul Casey has more reasons than most to feel confident going into this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. The Englishman has finished runner-up in the tournament for the past two years. Last year he was beaten by Ian Poulter and in 2009 by Australian Geoff Ogilvy.
Casey hopes this time it proves to be third time lucky at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Arizona this, and he is in confident mood after his victory at the Volvo Golf Champions.
The 33-year-old also won the HSBC World Match Play at Wentworth in 2006, so what is it about the knock-out match play format that suits him so well?
Casey puts it down to his aggressive ball striking and his high-risk, high-reward strategy.
He said: "I've always been a player who's been fairly aggressive on the golf course, makes a lot of birdies and then occasionally will throw in the odd mistake.
"I did that even last week [at the Northern Trust Open]. I made a triple bogey on the 10th on Saturday, when my ball got it stuck in a palm tree.
"You cannot get away with that in a stroke play event, whereas match play's not quite as penal. You maybe lose the hole, but it doesn't kill your chance of winning the tournament.
"So, in match play, I think I can get away with the mistakes I occasionally make on the golf course.
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"I also think I've had a very good approach mentally to playing match play. I always feel that if you keep the ball in play, and you're very consistent and you put a lot of pressure on the other guy, it's very difficult to play against.
"I tend to play the golf course, not the player, but by doing that, and by making lots of birdies and being aggressive and knowing what you've got to do on putts, I seem to do well and make a lot of putts.
"And it's actually an attitude that I've been trying to carry over to a lot of my stroke play events."
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Source: http://www.fanhouse.co.uk/2011/02/22/paul-casey-ready-to-reap-the-rewards-of-aggressive-play/
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