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That is the point of links golf.

We get it. You’re here to wind people up because deep down, you know The Open exposes everything you wish you were capable of playing: real golf, real conditions, real consequences. It’s fine — not everyone’s built for it. Go outside and enjoy the fresh air kid.

Log off, rewatch “Full Swing,” and come back when you understand why The Open makes grown men cry and golf history live.

No maybe not but if Rory makes 4 there with Gotterup still to chip then you never know. He also ended up giving him the line for his putt. Not taking away from anything he played excellent however. Being told he was on the clock on 15 then making bogey could have easily rattled him but he carried on.

Just back from Ren and mildly annoyed at Rory. On 16 he absolutely smashed the putt completely needlessly trying to make it when if he just got it to the top of the slope it would've trickled down for a tap in 4 and would've forced Gotterups hand, and at the least, would've been 1 back going into 17. I think he was trying to be the hero for the crowd and hole the eagle putt but it was stupid and cost him any shot of winning. Fair play to Gotterup also, played some tremendous golf today against a respectful but muted crowd.

I have been playing and practicing with the grip as per the video @TheDeanAbides @iacas. That alone has actually improved contact a bit which is interesting. I have switched to interlock for this - it feels a little weird as you'd expect I guess but it's easy to implement. I actually played two rounds with it and scored fairly well - 79 and 83 at a tougher course, both score differentials of around 8-11 which is roughly where my handicap is these days. The weird thing is that 83 came with an astronomical amount of putts, which is unusual for me as putting is a strength - I think I counted 40 putts for crying out loud - so a bad day at the office in that dept, usually average around 30-33, so what could have been scoring wise. I actually think even just focusing on stuff has helped me tremendously already instead of aimlessly searching. The ball flight starts left and draws now, there is no fade/cut at all. I wouldn't necessarily say it's a big hook, it's just a little draw/hook but it's not starting in the right direction so it's a little offline. Low point still sucks which tells me there's not much compression sometimes so I must of course still be flipping which I guess you would expect. Going to work on the set-up stuff this week, including ball position, the wrist hinge and trying to keep the head on the ball. It almost feels like the head comes off and away because it has to do that for me to get the 'over' rotation. I will get some fresh videos after I've done this work and see where things are but it's nice that even just with a little focus that it has instantly improved my scoring, just shows what can be done when you are not aimlessly searching around. Appreciate the comments @Valtiel and I understand what you mean but years of doing this is going to be hard to switch. But if I want to keep exploring becoming a ball striker and getting as low as I can then needs must.