Thailand Masters Preview: What they said

Thongchai Jaidee (Tha)
Promoting this event has been keeping me very busy but it’s also very fun. We have a very good field this week and I’m really enjoying myself. I’ve always wanted to give back to the sport in Thailand and this is one of the ways I’m making my contribution. I really want to say congratulations to Jazz Janewattananond for winning the Asian Tour Order of Merit and breaking into the top-50 in the world. I’m very proud each time I see these young boys win a tournament. They are the future of golf for Thailand. I try to promote and stage the event like a major event so that everyone can get a feel of what it’s like to be playing against the good players. I’m happy I qualified for the PGA TOUR Champions next year. My schedule is going to be quite busy for next year but I don’t mind it at all because golf is my life and I love playing golf.

Gavin Green (Mas)
It has been a long year. I haven’t touched my clubs in the last two weeks. I wanted to completely shut down and just rest. But I’m still going to treat this like any other event. It’s going to be a fun week. I’ve a few of my close friends here, my brother’s playing this week and my family is here. It has been a long time since my brother and I played in the same event together. Being able to do it again with him is definitely going to be fun. Thongchai always puts a good event up and I really want to thank him for giving a spot to my brother. My results were much better towards the end of the year and it’s about the time now where I should also starting preparing for next year. I had some trouble with my left wrist. But it’s getting better and this week is one where I will know how the wrist is now and hopefully everything turns out well.

Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel)
It’s nice to be back in Thailand as I’ve not been back here for close to three years now. This is my last event for the year and it means a lot to come back and play and especially support Thongchai in his event. The first time I played with Thongchai was during the Dubai Desert Classic in 2011. So we know each other for a long time already and we always have a very good relationship. I’ve a close affinity with the Thai players like Kiradech, Phachara. Whenever they come over to Europe to play, I try to help them if they needed help. I would give myself a score of two or three out of 10 before I won in France. If you ask me after my victory in France, I would say nine out of 10. I haven’t won for seven years and to be able to do it again in France was very special. It was a very historic tournament and the Ryder Cup was held there. I’ve a two-year exemption on the European Tour now. I got a two-year old son at home and it’ll be easier to plan my schedule and spend more time at home with him, which is always nice.