Sometimes links golf feels like an altogether different sport. A few times a season, high winds, blind shots, burnt surfaces and extreme undulations turn traj-obsessed modern golfers into glorified billiards players, using every angle and carom in an effort to keep their game close to the floor and out of the elements.
This leads to some interesting approaches and even more fascinating results. Just ask DP World Tour pro Dylan Fritelli, who will be implemeting a high-stakes (read: borderline crazy) putting approach at Genesis Scottish Open this week.
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Using a fairway metal for the occasional bump n’ run from the fringe isn’t exactly new, but committing to using a 2-wood—a rare enough club in its own right—for every putt longer than 50 feet in the wind is a bold move, Cotton Dylan. Fritelli has a point about the larger sweet spot on his 2-wood compared to his putter, but it’s not a move tour pros spend a lot of reps on, and if it goes wrong, expect the opinion havers in the broadcast booth to have plenty of opinions.
But who knows, the unconventional challenges of links golf often reward unconventional solutions. Maybe Fritelli’s Texas, er, Johannesburg Wedge will prove to be a secret weapon at the Renaissance Club this week. With a berth in next week’s Open Championship on the line in North Berwick, there’s no point in holding anything back now.
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