Focused Casey eyes success in golf’s ‘toughest test’

WORLD number three Paul Casey will go into this week’s US Open at Bethpage Black aiming to break a 39-year English drought in America’s national championship.

Casey, with three victories around the world already in 2009, admits becoming the first Englishman to win the US Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970 would be a greater achievement than doing the same at either the Masters or US PGA Championship as it would have been done in a major he considers “the toughest test in golf”.

Casey landed his maiden US victory at the Shell Houston Open in March but he also admitted his US Open record was not the best, a tie for 10th at Oakmont in 2007 being his best finish in six attempts.