Golf Australia

Bubba Watson

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I play a big slice. If it’s downwind, I can get over the trees and leave something really short into the green. From the fairway it’s a great birdie or eagle chance. I never try to attack the back pin. I’m mostly just trying to land it in the centre and have at worst a two-putt. AVERAGE SCORE: 4 .31

I just cut it up the fairway to leave a pitching wedge or sand wedge into a two-tiered green. The right pin you aim left and let it funnel down off the slope, which I did in 2012 and made birdie. The left pin is delicate – push it and it’s an impossible chip. So I play safe and usually leave a 30- 40 footer. AVERAGE SCORE: 4.03

When the pin is front left or back left, it’s just a perfect cut shot for me with a mid-iron. I seem to play those kinds of pins well. Everybody in the field has trouble with the front right and back right pin positions, so I’m just aiming into the bowl in the middle of the green. AVERAGE SCORE: 3.0

When it’s downwind, I often hit 3-wood because the fairway narrows so much. Either way, I aim at the trees and cut it. From the fairway it’s a birdie chance with a short-iron. The back right pin is tough. If I pull it, the ball goes down the slope and leaves a difficult chip back up to the hole. AVERAGE SCORE: 4.16

This is difficult because it’s tight and my cut goes straight at the traps. In 2016, I hammered a 3-wood at the sand knowing I couldn’t reach. The longer shot in takes away some advantage but I’m still hitting a shorter iron than others. On the back pins, you play smart and take a two-putt. AVERAGE SCORE: 4.19

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