Mike
Lorenzo-
Vera
France
2017 highlights: Five top 10s including
3rd in the French Open
His clubs: Titleist Vokey SM6 (52° and
58°); Toulon San Diego putter
I have a passion for chipping, but a big thing for me is that I’m not trying
to short-side myself too much with my approach shot. I’m pretty good at
scrambling mainly because I have easy chip shots!
With normal chip and runs from about 15-20 yards, I’m just trying to
stand the shaft a bit straighter. My stance will see my feet just inside the
width of my shoulders which will be aiming a bit left with the club stood a
bit on the toe. Then I just drop the club and you should find the sweet spot
every time – it’s just physics, and you don’t have to do anything else but
just the toe bounce of the club.
My speciality is downhill bunker shots, so don’t put a coin on that
and bet against me. I love short-sided bunker shots down the slope –
it’s like red wine for me!How you can get down in two: My short game has developed
since I was young, probably around 10, when I worked on
a really small chipping green at my local course in Biarritz.
I was there at least two hours a day just loving to try to
hole the ball from various lies, good and bad, opening
the clubface to the maximum and understanding how
it works until I got pretty good at it. Remember, your
best friend is the putter, your second best is your
sand wedge. Around the greens I’m always taking a
58° sand wedge – I love it. But that’s my personal
preference – practice and work out what’s best
for you and it’s likely it will be something with
a lot less loft.
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