KUALA LUMPUR: Gavin Kyle Green hopes his course knowledge at the National Golf Country Club will lead him to a first Asian Tour title at the Yeangder Heritage which starts on Thursday.

Green, the highest-ranked player in the field at fifth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, has enjoyed good results at the course after finishing in sixth place in 2015 and tied for 12th place last year on the Asian Development Tour (ADT).

The big-hitting Malaysian hopes to tame the blustery conditions by replacing his woods with a one-iron in the golf bag – the first time he has done so since turning professional in 2015.

“Today was perfect weather but it will be an entirely different golf course when the wind picks up. I didn’t bring enough clubs to suit the golf course in the past. But this year I took out all my woods and put in my one-iron,” explained Green.

“My three-wood gets a little too high. The wind picks up and it is tough to control it in the wind. Right before I left, I was thinking that I should put my one-iron in the bag and I did it straight away. It has been a long time since I put a one-iron in the bag. The last time I did that was probably before turning professional!”

He came close to winning his first Asian Tour title at the Hero Indian Open last month before settling for second place but his coming into the US$300,00 having missed the cut by a single stroke at the Panasonic Open last week.

It was painful last week missing by one but I’ve had such a great year so far so why not keep it going. I’m a lot more patient this time so hopefully it works out,” he added. ~ ASIAN TOUR