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If you\u2019ve read or watched any pre-Ryder Cup prognostication, you know that one of the variables cited is home-course advantage for the European side. Part of this, of course, is the boisterous support of the home crowd; the other is that the European Tour schedule includes an annual event at Albatros, Le Golf National\u2019s marquee layout, meaning that many of the Euros are already familiar with its challenges.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s only one way to quiet the raucous fans \u2014 drain a lot of clutch putts and drub them into submission. As for the experience of playing Albatros, though, it\u2019s now available in digital form, thanks to aboutGolf\u2019s<\/a> addition of it to their PGA Tour simulator collection.<\/p>\n As a practical matter, this reporter is inclined to downplay the familiarity factor\u2019s potential influence in the actual Ryder Cup 2018 outcome. After all, the Americans, like their Euro counterparts, are quick studies, will have time to practice, and employ caddies who expertly map courses in minute detail.<\/p>\n Still, it\u2019s impossible to watch the world\u2019s best golfers, playing the world\u2019s best courses, without developing an itch to check it out for oneself. And even \u2014 or perhaps especially \u2014 for the technology fossils among us, aboutGolf simulators are wonders of precision when it comes to a digitized version of playing golf.<\/p>\n Notes Randall Henry, Chief Golf Officer of aboutGolf: \u201cOur partnership with Le Golf National in advance of the event will give a great experience for players at all levels of the game to experience the course the teams will battle it out this year for the Ryder Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n #\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0#\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0#<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"