Very lucky this week to meet Luke Donald in Chicago. Also fortunate that the weather held on for us to film for 5 hours on Tuesday.
First - Luke's short game is better than you could imagine. It's better than you could imagine anyone's short game to be.
Throw a ball just about anywhere within 50 yards of a green - and its an up and down for certain.
Luke spent a minute or so explaining the shot he was about to hit - then he hit it. Perfectly.
No warm up. Straight out and perfect execution.
180 yard draw into a wind: done
165 yard fade into wind: done
plugged bunker shot: done
Really was a clinic from someone at the very top of their game.
Luke's very comfortable as world #1. There were no platitudes about it just being a number, or how lucky he was etc etc. He thinks he's earned it and will work hard to keep it.
Anyway - we should have the Masterclass ready in a couple of weeks. There's not much editing to do.
Meanwhile - these are the irons Luke bought to the shoot. In fairness we asked him to bring his 'next' set rather than the MP-62's he's been using.
Luke said he's too sensitive to change while he's in a run of playing regularly. If he gets a few weeks off switching isn't a big deal. He hit these irons very well while we were with him.
That's an extract from Mizuno's own website, the bag they pictured had the MP59 irons, surprised if he uses them over the 69's but Mizuno are marketing them bigtime. Looking forward to the masterclass based on what they say above.
First - Luke's short game is better than you could imagine. It's better than you could imagine anyone's short game to be.
Throw a ball just about anywhere within 50 yards of a green - and its an up and down for certain.
Luke spent a minute or so explaining the shot he was about to hit - then he hit it. Perfectly.
No warm up. Straight out and perfect execution.
180 yard draw into a wind: done
165 yard fade into wind: done
plugged bunker shot: done
Really was a clinic from someone at the very top of their game.
Luke's very comfortable as world #1. There were no platitudes about it just being a number, or how lucky he was etc etc. He thinks he's earned it and will work hard to keep it.
Anyway - we should have the Masterclass ready in a couple of weeks. There's not much editing to do.
Meanwhile - these are the irons Luke bought to the shoot. In fairness we asked him to bring his 'next' set rather than the MP-62's he's been using.
Luke said he's too sensitive to change while he's in a run of playing regularly. If he gets a few weeks off switching isn't a big deal. He hit these irons very well while we were with him.
That's an extract from Mizuno's own website, the bag they pictured had the MP59 irons, surprised if he uses them over the 69's but Mizuno are marketing them bigtime. Looking forward to the masterclass based on what they say above.
