Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Dougherty goes back to basics in Stockholm

Callaway golfer Nick Dougherty has said that he intends to go "back to the drawing board" in an attempt to play his way onto the Ryder Cup team.

The 26-year-old Englishman has struggled for form in recent months and currently lies 14th in the European points table, four places away from qualification.

Preparing for the SAS Masters in Sweden this week, Dougherty revealed that he is trying to rediscover his best golf by returning to a style of swing he used as a youth.

He told the Telegraph: "I''ve been trying to work out how I can get more of my old feel back, so I''ve gone back to playing a draw, just like I did when I was a kid, rather than the cut shot.

"I had to go back to the drawing board, because what I was doing wasn''t working."

Titleist''s Martin Kaymer is another Ryder Cup hopeful in the field at Stockholm''s Arlandastad course this week, while Robert Karlsson will play having already secured his place in the side.

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