HSBC in Shanghai

Just got to Shanghai and I'm reflecting over last week's tournament. I'm gonna show you the difference in the clubs I used in the last round of Singapore and the clubs I used in the last round of Portugal two weeks before. Portugal played very short and Singapore played very long.

Portugal

1. par 4 driver, wedge 

2. par 4 hybrid, 52 degree wedge 

3. par 5 driver, hybrid to green 

4. par 4 driver, lob wedge 

5. par 5 driver, threewood to green 

6. par 3 5 iron 

7. par 4 driver, 9 iron 

8. par 3 8 iron 

9. par 4 driver, 9 iron 

10. par  4 driver, lob wedge 

11. par 4 driver, lob wedge 

12. par 5 driver, 5 iron to green 

13. par  3 7 iron 

14. par 4 driver, lob wedge 

15. par 4 driver, lob wedge 

16. par 3 5 iron 

17. par 5 driver, 4 iron to green 

18. par 4 driver, 9 iron 

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par: 72, my score: 62

Singapore

1. par 4 threewood, 8 iron 

2. par 3 9 iron 

3. par 4 hybrid, 4 iron 

4. par 5 hybrid, hybrid to green 

5. par  4 driver, 8 iron 

6. par 4 threewood, 8 iron 

7. par 5 driver, 4 iron to green trap 

8. par  3 5 iron 

9. par  4 threewood, 5 iron 

10. par 4 hybrid, 9 iron 

11. par 4 hybrid, 8 iron 

12. par 4 threewood, hybrid 

13. par 4 hybrid, 4 iron 

14. par 3 5 iron 

15. par 4 hybrid, 6 iron 

16. par 4 hybrid, 6 iron 

17. par 3 7 iron 

18. par 5 driver, driver to green 

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par: 71, my score: 70

The course at Singapore made you play very defensive off the tee and then forced you to hit long irons into the greens. As you can see, I didn't hit a wedge all day. We are not used to this kind of courses in Europe. We play more open courses where you can bomb driver and then hit a wedge into the green, just like we did in Portugal. I learnt so much more in Singapore than I did in Portugal. I wish we could play more courses like the one in Singapore. Maybe even longer when you can hit more drivers of the tees. It will make me more prepaired for majors. I really would like to play well in majors so I have to come up with good ways of training and it would also help out a lot if we play more tough courses like the one in Singapore. 

After the round yesterday, I had a lot of time to kill before catching my flight to Shanghai so we played some more golf;)

And then this...

...I told you earlier that Singapore was a little different...

And now it's HSBC which is gonna be awesome! it's such a good field and I've only heard good things about the course. Tiger and Mickelson are both playing. I watched Mickelson last week on the range and I think he is such a cool player to watch. He looks so gifted and talanted. Off course he has trained more than almost everybody else but he just looks like he is borned with that club in his hands. I love watching Tiger too! He has that look in his eyes that says I'm here to win and nothing else. It's incredible to see him live. 

I'm gonna keep on working on my game this week. Going for a workout and some range training today and try to get some sleep before the real practice begins tomorrow. Hope all is good with you and see you tomorrow. 

Bye