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Mackenzie Hughes teaches how to get the ball out of links bunkers
Canada's Mackenzie Hughes plays from a green-side bunker on the 17th hole during practice ahead of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Getty Images PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — There are bunkers and then there are links golf bunkers. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account North American golfers making their first trip to links land to play golf's oldest courses will find a great number of differences between the game they know at home and the one they find on this side of the pond. One of the biggest differences are sand traps that can sink your round in one hole if you aren't careful. Or sometimes even if you are careful. Canada's Mackenzie Hughes has one of the best short games in golf, so we asked him on Monday at The Open what the secret is to getting the ball out of these terrifying traps. 'The bunkers are incredibly soft and fluffy, so you're kind of adjusting your technique to that as well,' he said of the sand that feels more like a beach than a bunker. Hughes says much of the battle is allowing your equipment to help you rather than hurt you. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'A lot more using the bounce and opening the face up even more,' he said. The bounce of a wedge is the angle between the leading edge of the clubface and the low point of the sole. If you aren't an expert, the bounce will either be a number (likely between 4-14) or a letter (such as low, mid or high). 'Use a club with more bounce in sand like that,' Hughes said. 'The club wants to dig in and it wants to go deep and you're trying to get that club to not dig in, so you need to use the bounce a little more. You might even be opening the face more than you think to open it up, that's the adjustment I make for it over here, it's quite a bit different.' Rather than rushing out to buy new wedges, take a look at your current wedges and figure out which one has the most bounce and start trying to hit sand shots with that if you come across some soft and fluffy sand. Read More Columnists NFL Golf Editorial Cartoons World
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Corey Conners over injured wrist and ready to go at The Open
Corey Conners plays his second shot on the 18th hole on day two of the Genesis Scottish Open. Getty Images PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Corey Conners is over his injured wrist and sharpening his game at Royal Portrush in preparation for the season's final major. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'Everything was feeling all right,' Conners said at Portrush after playing in the Scottish Open last week. Canada's top-ranked golfer tested the wrist in competition for the first time last week. The injury occurred hitting two bunker shots last month at the U.S. Open in Oakmont and also caused him to withdraw from the elevated Traveler's Championship a week later. He spent the past few weeks recovering. 'I was able to chip and putt and get in some practice before coming over, so it felt pretty good,' he said. 'It's nice to be back out here.' As for his game, Conners is one of the sport's finest ball-strikers and is confident the time off won't slow him down too much. 'I always feel pretty good. It certainly didn't feel far away if I was questioning anything,' he said of his game. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. If anything, the biggest adjustment will be the firm links turf, which he has mentioned in years past as a facet of links golf that has puzzled him at times with his normally stellar iron game. 'With the firmness of the turf, I wouldn't say I struck my irons particularly well,' he said. 'I've got to be a little bit more aggressive off the firm turf. Otherwise there were some bright spots. I had a few good putting days and a few good driving days. Looking forward to being back here and looking forward to the test.' Conners is 14th in the season-long FedEx Cup standings, one spot ahead of fellow Canuck Nick Taylor. Read More Columnists NFL Golf Editorial Cartoons World
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Shane Lowry tired of talking about Portrush pints six years later
Ireland's Shane Lowry attends a press conference held ahead of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush golf club. Getty Images PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Six years after winning The Open at Royal Portrush, people are still talking about the party Shane Lowry threw for himself. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account 'Interesting first question, isn't it? Here to talk about golf and all anyone wants to talk about is drinking,' Lowry said on Monday when the first question of the day focused on frothy pints instead of Claret Jugs. 'Yeah, I celebrated pretty well,' he said of his well-documented party in 2019. 'Golf is a funny game like where you lose a lot more than you win and I've always been a firm believer that when you win, you need to try and celebrate those victories. So I did that that night.' The Irishman Lowry has been immortalized on a mural here in Portrush as he arrives looking to win his second major championship. Six years ago, Lowry's win delighted the Northern Irish crowd who were hosting the Open for the first time in nearly 70 years. Images of the burly golfer singing in the pub hours later while still wearing his golf shoes became instant legend. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But these days, Lowry hinted that he's a slightly different man. 'Look, I'll let people believe what they want to believe and I kind of do my own thing,' he said. 'The people close to me know what I'm like. 'Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy it from time to time, but I know when I need to put my head down and work. I know when I need to do that. You can't be at the top level of any sport if you're not applying yourself well and I feel like I do it.' Lowry said he feels he's a better golfer these days than he was in 2019 and, in the years since winning the Claret Jug, he has become closer to Rory McIlroy, who he credits for pushing him daily. 'We spend a lot of time together,' Lowry said. 'Where we live in Florida, there's a lot of players that live there, and you go up to the range and there's never a day that goes by where you get there and some of the top players in the world are not there. 'So you're like, 'well, if all these guys are here, we need to be doing it as well.'' Read More Columnists NFL Golf Editorial Cartoons World
