AUSSIE Stuart Appleby will avoid some of golf's biggest hurdles when he begins his quest for a fourth successive Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii today.
World number one Tiger Woods, Masters champion Phil Mickelson plusr Ernie Els and Retief Goosen are absent. But Appleby claims his past experience at the par-73 Plantation Course in Kapalua will not make much difference.
He said: "I don't feel like this is my home course or anything. I think everybody knows how to play the course. It's all about scoring here. You've got to score on the short holes."
