Lasse Jensen’s decision of changing the putting grip paid him off in Kazakhstan Open
Lasse Jensen of Denmark carded a superb seven-under par round of 65 to race into the share of the second place through the opening day at the European Challenge Tour’s Kazakhstan Open.
It was undoubtedly a stunning display of the game by the 28-year-old. However, there was something else about his game that made the news at the end of the day, at the Zhailjau Golf Resort.
While talking to the European Tour’s official website, he revealed that he did not compete in the round with his traditional way of holding the putter. In fact, he took the risk by completely changing the style of his grip.
He told that he was struggling with his form in the past few months. He did not finish better than the tied 18th place at the Rolex Trophy, following a second place finish in The Barclays Kenya Open, early in the season.
Moreover, he also missed seven cuts on the Challenge Tour and three on the European Tour. Therefore, he desperately needed to bring some changes in his style of holding his clubs.
Yet, it was a true risk of doing it right at the beginning of a competitive round of the event that is also regarded as the ‘Major’ on the tour.
However, the decision paid him off in the end, as he remained flawless throughout the day and recorded seven birdies without conceding a single bogey. He is now only two strokes behind the leader Peter Uilhein.
“It feels great to start a week with a 65 to be honest,” he said. “It’s very welcome to have no bogeys also and I think I have my short game and putting to thank for that”.
“The last couple of months I’ve been changing around with different putters, a belly-putter and now a short putter and yesterday Mark showed me a certain grip that he has,” he continued.
“He is a very good putter so yesterday I copied his grip and went out today and they all dropped! That was such a relief and it was so fun to play golf properly again,” he added.
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