Golf World UK - August 2017

THE SPIN

MASTERCLASS

MY SHOT

How to... escape every bunker

Luke Donald’s runner-up

spot at the RBC Heritage

last month was notable for

two things. First, for the

fact that victory in that

tournament somehow

continues to elude him.

Since 2009 he’s finished

2nd, 3rd, 2nd, 37th, 3rd,

2nd, 15th, 2nd and 2nd.

More notable though was

Donald’s short game. At

Harbour Town, Donald put

on a masterclass of how to

escape the sand, holing out

from everywhere, including

a brilliant birdie save on the

11th that kept him in touch

of eventual winner Wesley

Bryan. Consider it a very

timely return to form in one

of the strongest areas of his

game. He currently tops the

Tour’s sand save stat, as he

did in 2006, 2009 and 2010

• en route to becoming
  world number one. This
  season he boasts a 76.67
  save percentage. The secret,
  he says, is in his set-up...

An unexpecte

reprieve

The PGA Tour rules that Gay

unfairlypenalised, on account

points now being availablefor

between 15th and 68th. Therefo

and Poulter remain exemptfo

remainderofthisseason.“Hol

IjustgotIanPoulterhisTour

cried Gay, as Poulter wiped

sweat from his brow

The devil in
the detail
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Brian Gay misses
his own points chase, having also received
a medical exemption. Gay surpasses the
earnings but fails to earn the points, thus
makinghimineligibleforthelucrativePlayers
Championship. But he spots a discrepancy in
thewaypointsareawardedthisseason
comparedwithayearago,theseason
he was measured against. So, he
calls the PGA Tour.

LUKE DONALD

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