Variations of the L to L Drill - Challenge Yourself!

These variations are great to make the basic L to L drill more challenging.

As you master the basic L to L, work on the feet together variation.

Once the feet together L to L is working well, move onto the staggered stance L to L.

Keep your form, tempo and balance at all times in the variations. The goal is to gain high quality repetitions of good swing mechanics and solid contact.

Watch the video drill and then go practice the variations. Post your comments and feedback below.

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2013 US Open Winner

Let's find the winner of the 2013 U.S. Open. The magic ball says...

• He will be left handed
• ASU Almuni - GO SUNDEVILS!
• Over 40 years old and a father
• Under Par through 3 rounds
• Only player to a 4 wood off the tee on 18

Phil is my pick. 

Enough said.

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How to Hit Consistent Straight Shots - the L to L Drill

Learn how to have great basic form for your golf swing with the L to L drill. This is a great way to warm up and work on your tempo.

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How Many Wedges should you have in your Bag and what about Bounce?

Your golfing buddy has 6 wedges, and another has 2. They both make good cases for carrying what they do. Which golfer should you listen to?

Neither – consult a PGA Professional here at GibbsGolf! Add a comment below on your specific set if you need some help.

As a general overview of wedges, let’s start with the number of wedges and lofts.

Ideally keep the gap in loft from your two shortest clubs in your iron set even through out your wedge set.

For example, most commonly it's 42 degrees for nine irons today, and pitching wedges are roughly 46 degrees. Therefore, carry a 50 degree gap wedge, a 54 degree sand wedge and a 58 degree lob wedge (With a 4 degree gap from the nine to pitching wedge have a 4 degree gap between each wedge. If your gap is 5 degrees from the two shortest clubs in the iron set, have 5 degree gaps in your wedge set). The goal is to have your highest lofted wedge be at or below 60 degrees. You may need only one extra wedge, you may need 4.

Let’s also talk about bounce.

Bounce is the second number on the club. Traditionally it will be between 4-14. Depending on course conditions, one bounce will be more favorable over another. GibbsGolf recommends having one low to mid bounce club (4-10 degrees) and one mid to high bounce club (8-14 degrees) no matter what your conditions. On every course you will encounter fluffy lies and tight lies. Your clubs need to be able to hit any type of shot at any time.  

An example of a good wedge set could be...

46 degree PW

50 degree GW

54 degree SW with 12 degrees of bounce

58 degree LW with 6 degrees of bounce

Check your set specifically with either a golf shop or store, or just check online by Googling your clubs.

As a summary…

You are looking to find the loft of the two shortest clubs in your set. What ever the difference is between your two shortest clubs, keep that gap the same for your gap wedge, sand wedge and lob wedge (if you carry one).

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How to Pick a Qualified Instructor

Six general topics that when looking for a new coach are; credentials, experience, reputation, willingness, general ideas or concepts of teaching and video technology.

Within the topic of credentials, seek out a PGA professional or at a minimum someone that has worked under multiple other PGA professionals.

PGA professionals undergo the most extensive training and education in the field of golf instruction. They are also required to play to a certain level and pass multiple levels of tests.

Look for someone that's certified in club fitting; any major brand would do fine.

Look for someone that's certified with the Titleist Performance Institute (or at least ask them about there general corporal background) as they will understand body and swing relationships best.

Within the topic of experience, find a coach that is given at least 1,000 lessons.

Be aware that the average professional teaches roughly 100-300 lessons a year, according to PGA Magazine.

Numerous coaches have taught for years and years but only given a few hundred lessons a year at best. Also, find a coach that has experience teaching your level of golfer. Do they specialize in what you're looking for in the game or do they teach other groups of golfers as there specialty? Just ask them what there specialty is in.

Reputation trumps all.

A referral from a friend for a good coach is highly recommended. Additionally, ask the other employees in the golf shop or other coaches that teach with the coach you are considering if they've taken a lesson from him or her. They should say yes and that they highly recommend him or her.

Willingness revolves around two key concepts; time and attitude.

Seek someone out that has the passion and energy. It will make every lesson that much better. They should additionally be willing to give you 10-15 minutes of their time to discuss and answer questions that you have.

Ask about their general ideas of the golf swing and teaching approach. Ask what methods they teach and look to see that they have some answers along the lines that are based on the student and not their own personal opinions.

Look for fact-based answers. Examples would be ball flight laws, video reinforcement or that they use launch monitors (ideal if you are looking to get fit for clubs). Again, you're looking for facts not opinions.

And finally…

Work with an instructor that uses video.

100% of people find that this visual reference will help them learn faster. The National Golf Foundation did a study finding that golfers that used video for lessons learned teaching concepts and were able to apply them 3-4 times faster than without video.  

By seeing your own swing on video and gaining feedback from the coach's expertise in analysis, video-based golf instruction is a mandatory if you want to learn as fast and as competently as possible.

Here is a summary…

Ask for 10-15 minutes of his or her time.

Score him/her on a scale of 1-10 for each area AFTER the interview is over.

60 would be a perfect score, 0 is obviously someone you should erase from your memory because they probably just made you worse :)

Passing is 45 and above. Interview at least three coaches. Have fun, learn and enjoy the process of improvement. 

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Learn When to Go for the Pin and When the Pen is for Decoration

Are you a flag hunter? Do you find yourself with difficult up and down opportunities around the green often? Do you hit less than 9 greens in regulation per round?

If you answered yes to two or more of these questions, this post is for you.

Here are some keys to let you know that you have the opportunity to go for the flag…

• Less than 100 yards to go to the flag
• The flag is in the back of the green with no trouble behind or long of the green.
• The lie of the ball is good or at least average

Here are some keys to let you know when NOT to go for the flag…

• When the flag it is tucked left, right, or short on the surface of the green  
• If you are more than 100 yards away from the center of the green 
• If in general you are lacking confidence
• When the lie of the ball is worse than average

The general mindset is to aim for the middle of the green and the play the club that on average gives you the center distance from your ball to the green.

A great drill to help you with this is called On or Off.

First, laser the flag at the range next time you practice that is near your 7 iron distance.

Sort out 10 balls.

Stroke each ball, aim for the center of the green and track where each ball ends up (It will either be on or off the green).

The best players in the world achieve about 65-70% on the green in this situation on the course.

If you are a 10 handicap, aim to accomplish 50% on the green.

If you are a 20 handicap, aim to accomplish 30% on the green.

If you are a 30 handicap, aim to accomplish getting 30% on the green with your wedge instead of your 7 iron (change the green to reflect your wedge distance instead of the 7 iron).

Here is the summary -

Let’s play aggressive shots at conservative spots.

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How to Putt Out of Your Dreams from Long Range

The approach shot you just hit lands softly on the green just like you planned. You walk up to the green to find your ball just 25 feet from the cup.

With the putter in hand, you roll the ball 10 feet past the cup.  Ah, @#$%^!

Bad putting comes from a lack of proper routine and prioritizing your practice correctly.

Maybe you don't know you should have a routine or you've heard you should but don't know what to do.

Let’s go over developing a routine and how to execute it.

The general approach for developing a routine is only six words.

See it. Feel it. Trust it.

This routine is from the book, 7 days in Utopia. This is a very meaningful and powerful book and its overall approach to the mental game within the pre-shot routine works.

See the shot happen. Feel the swing and the club in your hands. Trust that you can execute the shot (That is a 30,000 foot view of the book).

If you haven't read the book 7 days and Utopia, you need to. It is a must read for every golfer. Put it on your list, go buy it, read it and reread it. It will change the way you look at the game and it's a very fast, entertaining, fun, read.

Here are some more specifics on developing your routine…

On the green, consist of starting out by marking your ball. Place a coin or similar object behind the ball and pick the ball up. Make sure the ball is clean. From there, read the green and see the ball go in.

Walk halfway to the hole between your ball and the hole. Make some practice strokes while you look at your target. Feel the stroke a few times from halfway and then walk back to your ball and make some more practice strokes while looking at your target.

Then, step up to the ball, set up, and stroke it in.  

Here is a specific drill to help with your lag putting…

Practice the ladder drill. The ladder drill consists of three balls.

Place one ball each at 20, 30 and 40 feet. Find putts that are uphill, downhill, breaking to the left and breaking to the right.

Stroke the putt from 30 feet, then 20 feet and then 40 feet. This will help to refine your feel and teach you to lag the ball closely to the cup with greater precision.

Be sure to go through your full routine on each putt. To complete one cycle of the ladder drill, be sure to have 10 minutes (3 putts from 20, 30 and 40 feet each respectively on putts that are uphill, downhill, breaking left and breaking right - that is 12 total putts).

Happy putting :) 

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How to Stick Your Half Wedge

You find your ball in the center of the fairway with just 50 yards to go. You take your sand wedge only to have to hit it two (or three!) times before finding the green. It is a common error that tends to make many golfers leave the game.

Before you throw in the towel, let’s discuss some great ways to overcome this shot.

First, find your yardages for each wedge.

Do this by practicing at a par three course in your local area. Buy a laser range finder and have a yardage card to write down your shots as you hit them.

Hit five or six shots from a specific yardage to a specific flag that is level.

Write down the results that you get on each shot and take the average of the shots as your distance.

So let’s say you hit your pitching wedge to the center of the green on a 100 yard par three. Now you established one yardage.

If we imagine that the left shoulder unit is the center of a clock and that your left arm is the hour hand, you should never swing past 10 o'clock. Now swing only to 9 o'clock with your left arm and you will produce a different amount of distance. Since in our example the pitching wedge at 10 o'clock produces 100 yards, odds are the pitching wedge at 9 o'clock will produce about 80. Now you have established two yardages.

Do this with each wedge in your bag and own 100 yards and in.  

The final key is to practice these yardages. On the par three courses or on the driving range, always check the distance to the flag with a laser range finder (if you don’t have one, get one!). This way you will know what distance you are hitting.

Remember, wedges are weapons for precision, not distance. Therefore, swing controlled and smooth.

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How to Hit the Driver Straighter

Your driver is constantly finding the rough. Second tee shots are a common hood in your game. Frustration with the driver makes the game irritating.

Maybe you have even taken a lessons on the driver yet still struggle with it. Perhaps you hit it well on the range, but can’t produce it on the course. There are a few keys that you are most likely missing to finding the fairway more often.

Tempo is the most common major issue amateurs face to hit the driver straight.

Imagine Niagara Falls for a moment. (Go on, close your eyes, imagine it…)

See the water flowing over the top of the edge of the cliff. This is the point in time that the water is at the slowest speed in comparison with when the water is in free-fall. The water is moving the fastest by the time it hits the rocks down below. The same is true for a golf swing with good tempo.

The driver should move the fastest at impact and the slowest from the top of the swing down into impact.

Commonly though, the driver head moves the fastest from the top, not at impact. (Oops!)

Work on improving your driver tempo by feeling a slight pause at the top of your swing.

Additionally, set up keys for the driver are critical. Focus on ball position, weight distribution, and spine tilt.

The ball position should be in line with your left heel (for a right handed golfer).

Your weight should be approximately 60% on your right foot (for a right handed golfer).

Your spine tilt should not be perfectly vertical but actually leaning slightly to the right (for a right handed golfer). Perhaps the thought of the Leaning Tower of Pisa rings a bell. From your hips up you should be leaning to your right with your spine for the driver (look at any tour pro’s set up with the driver).

Finally, have a solid consistent, repeatable, pre-shot routine. Make sure you get behind the ball in line with your target to see the shot you want to have happen. Then, execute a few practice swings for tempo.

Once fundamentally set up, look at your target one more time and swing. Don’t delay. 

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How to Become a Mentally Tough Golfer

There are two general mindsets throughout the game of golf.

1. Practicing/training

2. Playing/trusting

Practicing or training mode is set on the intention of improving mechanics. Drills and exercises are good examples of practicing or training mode (video drills coming soon!).

Playing or trusting mode is the focus upon target and tempo. This is ideally how you play golf mentally. Target and tempo are truly your conscious thoughts as you play. You've made enough repetitions consciously beforehand practicing your golf swing so that your subconscious remembers how to move and how to swing the golf club. (You shouldn’t be thinking about your swing mechanically on the course)

Here's an exercise to do the next time you're at the range

1. Stroke a dozen or two dozen balls to just warm up your muscles.

2. Dump out the rest of your bucket and split the balls in half.

3. Make the first half of the bucket practicing mode; improve your golf swing (work on drills your coach has given you, or drills that are soon to be posted).

4. Make the second half of the bucket playing mode; only think about your target and your tempo (this is definitely what amateurs find to be the hardest half because the vast majority of them never do this!)

Go complete that drill, and then come back and read the rest of this post.

………

Go on, go to the range. Stop reading. GO TO THE RANGE AND GO HIT A BUCKET, HALF IN PLAYING MODE AND HALF IN PRACTICE MODE AND COME BACK.

So you just finished your bucket. Any epiphanies?

Here's the whole thing with golf and why it is so mentally challenging – We are told that the range is the way that you get better.

So, you practice, practice, and practice. Practice makes perfect right? No! Practice makes permanent.

And, if you practice incorrectly, now you're really just making yourself worse.

The range will only make you better if you implement drills 50% of the time (practice or training mental mindset) and 50% of the time working on target and tempo (playing or trusting mindset). 

You must practice playing golf on the range.

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Learn How to Practice with a Purpose

There are three major forms of practice

            1. Random – hitting a difference shot every time

            2. Blocked – hitting the same shot over and over again

            3. Competitive – practicing against someone else

Random practice is best used for gaining skills like touch, tempo or balance. An example of random practice would be to take one ball and drop it anywhere around the green and to then proceed to chip the ball onto the green and then putt the ball into the hole.

Blocked practice is best used when needing to gain skills like mechanical improvement or to ingrain any habit on a subconscious level. An example of blocked practice would be working on keeping your left wrist flat at impact when hitting a chip shot.

Competitive practice is best used when the new skill that has been worked on in random and blocked practice seems to be easier to apply than it was when it was first being learned. An example of competitive practice would be challenging someone else to a game of HORSE on the putting green.

In addition to the forms of practice…

            1. Always have a goal for the practice session. Have at least one goal if not three or four specific goals that you are working toward. Some general goal examples might be to have a mechanical goal, a results goal, a ball flight goal, a tempo goal, or a confidence goal. Any goal that you have, make sure it is the right one – work with a coach that knows. (soon to come in another post – picking a qualified instructor) Only a live coach can really tell you what your goal should be.

            2. Consider how much time there is to practice. Will it be five minutes, five hours, or one hour? Whatever that amount of time is, break down the time that  you have to practice and make mini goals within each time “chunk.” For example, the first 10 minutes you will work on putting and executing your full green reading routine and mental routine, followed by making twenty three foot putts in a row in the next 30 minutes.

            3. Always ask yourself before the practice session what mental state will you be in and for how long will you be in the trusting or training state (for more on trusting or training, reference the post entitled “How to Take Your Range Game to the Course”). Will you be training for 10 minutes or 30 minutes? Will you be         trusting for half of the amount of time or the whole time?

Have a plan. Ask yourself these major questions and write it down if you have to so you can have a reference to come back to and keep your focus on Practicing with a Purpose.

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Should Golfers Take a Practice Swing? What about pace of play?

No golfer enjoys slow play. Practice swings tend to get "the finger pointed at" as a main accomplice. However, practice swings can be taken in a timely manner. 

To overcome many common pace of play concerns:

• Avoid wasting time by making practice swings while someone else is getting ready to hit their shot
• Choose the club you need to use for your next shot while your playing partner is hitting their shot
• Limit practice swings to a total of no more than 3

The second the other player hits their shot, take your first practice swing and be ready to play. You don't need to watch their shot, their reaction, them walking back to the cart or driving off. The club for the shot at hand should already be accomplished by the time your playing partner is hitting their shot.

Another potential problem may be not knowing if a practice swing will be helpful, taking a big (embarrassing) divot, or even just feeling unworthy of making a practice swing.

All in all practice swings are essential for establishing the way the club feels and your tempo.

Don't worry about taking a big divot or no divot. Instead, just make the practice swing to establish your tempo and feel. A simple suggestion would be to just brush the grass with the club head and focus on your tempo as the practice swing is made. 

A simple tempo key is:

           

            Counting in your head – 1, 2, 3, 4. This works best for verbal/auditory learners.

           

            Have the feeling of a slight pause at the top of your back-swing. Typically this sensation works best for golfers that slice the ball or kinesthetic learners.

            Thinking about swinging smoothly. A smooth swing is great for many golfers, however it tends to benefit the golfer the most that hooks the ball.

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Why a Golf Ball Slices and What can be Done about it

When the golf ball slices it's embarrassing! The ball lands short of your intended target.  You might have to stop and look for your golf ball because it's in the rough, bush or trees. It wastes time, your friends get frustrated with you, and all in all the slice is just a big problem.

Ultimately the angle of the club face at impact is the main problem. When the face impacts the golf ball, it is too open relative to the path that the club was swung on. Potential problems could be your set up or your swing. 

However, it is certain that the club face is too open.

Solutions to help fix your slice:

1. Rotate your left hand grip clockwise. More knuckles should become visible.  Make sure to keep the grip of the club in the fingers, not the palm of the hand.

2. Drop the right foot 2 inches further away from your target line. Close your hips; your belt buckle should point to the right of the golf ball at address

3. As you start your back-swing turn your upper body fully before you start your downswing.

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The Dreaded 3 Putt

You’re on the green in regulation for the first hole of the day. You lineup your putt and end up leaving it five feet short. You miss the five footer and are disgusted. You walk off the green with the bogey knowing one slipped away.

Now on the second tee frustrated, you swing a little harder and send the ball out of bounds. You make triple bogey and then shoot 52 on the front nine all because the three putt on the first hole of the day.

Sound familiar?

It's embarrassing to miss that second putt from short range. Why does this happen?

3 putts occur because of a poorly executed routine.

The average three putt occurs between 30 and 40 feet. From this range, you need to have one goal in mind - get inside of 3 feet for your second putt.

Here's a technique for eliminating the three putt –

Read the green from back to front and left to right to get a general idea of the slope of the entire surface of the green. Then, (this next point cannot be stressed enough to almost every student, even the low handicap ones) look from the perpendicular low side of the target line at the intended line of the putt.

For instance, if the putt goes uphill from south to north and breaks west to east you need to stand on the east side of the green and look to the west at your line (re-read that sentence again and be sure you understand it because this is the point that tour players spend the majority of there time reading the green from). This will show you how up or down the slope is, plus any additional depressions or undulations missed from looking at the putt from another angle.

And on the physical putting routine…

Once you have read the green, walk halfway between the hole and your ball.

Look at your target and make some practice strokes continuously while you are looking at your target.

Now step back to your ball and do the same thing again. Make three or four continuous practice strokes while looking at your target.

Step up to the ball, set up to your target and stroke it in the hole.

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Would you like to Learn how to Shoot in the 90’s for the First Time? (Hint – it doesn’t involve cheating!)

Breaking 100 is about applying just TWO course management techniques and sticking to them the entire round.

#1    The first concept is hitting the fairway with a club that produces 50% of the Par 4 yardage (assuming the hole currently being played is a par 4) or 33% of the Par 5 yardage. This is the biggest key for golfers that do not break 100 (aside from a better short game!). For example, if the hole is 350 yards long (a par 4), hit the club that gives you roughly 175 yards in distance.

This will help you - Keep The Ball In Play. (No more lost balls, penalty strokes, embarrassment of needing to walk back to the cart to grab another ball…)

#2    The second concept is that every hole played on the scorecard is either a par 4, 5 or 6. Instead of playing par to that of the professional (the typical Par 3’s, 4’s and 5’s you find on the golf course), make every hole that's a Par 3 a Par 4, a Par 4 a Par 5, and a Par 5 a Par 6.

Remember, 18 bogies mean you shoot 90!

Since a bogie is now the real goal, here are some more specific details on how to accomplish 18 bogies.

On a par three (on the real scorecard), you need to be on the green in two shots. Therefore, find the biggest, open, grassy spot to land the ball within a comfortable distance of the green. That big, open, grassy spot might be 100 yards from the tee box and might be more. Whatever distance that is, hit at that point.

Then with your next shot, use the lowest lofted club you can (maybe it is a seven or nine iron using a chipping motion, not a full swing motion) to get onto the green. Now that you are on the green in two (assuming a Par 3), if you two putt half of the holes and three putt the other half, you will shoot 99.
 
For the Par five (again, on the real scorecard) play it by taking the total yardage and dividing it by three.  Say it is a 500 yard par five. Divide that by three and you get roughly 165. Use your 165 club three times then. Once you are around the green in three, use the lowest loft club you can to get on the putting surface (chipping motion, not a full swing).

One final note…

If you find you cannot get 50% of the par four distance yet (or 33% of the par 5 distance), play the shot that you have the most confidence in off the tee box. If that is a 7 iron, play the 7. Leave your ego at home if you care about score.

And on a personal note,

During my high school golf tryouts freshman year I followed this plan and made the team by two shots. (I had only played one full 18 hole round before tryouts!) I only say this because I know you can improve your game with just a little strategy like I did from my first round to my second.

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How to Take your Range Game to the Course

Commonly students of the game will say, “Coach, I go to the range and hit the ball great. I pick the right clubs, I hit the ball straight. Then I go to the course and it is a whole new game. I can’t seem to find the ball at all!”

Let’s discuss why this happens and make a step by step plan so this never happens again.

The main reason why golfers are unable to take their range game to the course is because they never PRACTICE playing golf (trusting the golf swing)! They practice (very poorly) training the golf swing and then expect to be able to walk onto the first tee, and play the game in the same mental consciousness as they did on the range when they were training the swing.

The driving range is a place where primarily two things need to be practiced:

1. Training of the golf swing
2. Trusting of the golf swing

Training the golf swing consists of repeatedly working on mechanics (i.e. shoulder turn, a straight left arm, hip turn, etc.) to improve the swing itself from a geometric perspective.

Trusting the golf swing consists of going through the pre shot routine and executing a shot just as one would on the golf course.

Here is the way practice should be utilized to become most effective for improvement and long term results.

1. Know exactly what you want to work on when you go to the practice facility. (for example shoulder turn at the top of the backswing)
2. Focus on that ONE key for about half of the time that you have to be at the practice facility.
3. After working on the one key, begin to go through your routine and trust your swing.

Here are a few key points on how to trust your swing:

1. Focus on the target. Make your target three key things (remember the word PEP)
1. Precise – not a tree, but a tree limb
2. Elevated – above ground level
3. Positive – a mountain peak or the cactus in the distance, never the water or a hazard

2. Maintain a balanced tempo
1. Use a key word and say it aloud – Seventeen, Ernie Els, Coke-a-Cola. The seven in seventeen (the first two syllables) represents the completion of your backswing, the teen represents the impact.
2. Count to four – 1, 2, 3, 4. On one, look at the target. On two, look at the ball. On three complete your backswing. On four, impact the ball. Each number should be said with even time intervals between one another. It may take some 2 seconds to count to four, it may take 5 seconds. Just be consistent with the tempo of the count.

3. Develop a consistent routine
1. Make your routine some where between 5-15 seconds long
2. Have a “trigger” that mentally starts your routine (i.e. when your glove is pulled tight, when you pull up your left sleeve, when your hands touch the grip, etc.)
3. Watch major championship events on television and see what the best players in the world do in their routine. Then, emulate it, or even better, go to a professional event and follow one player all day. Their routine never wavers!

Now – go to the range, practice training and trusting the golf swing and play like you practice! Post your comments for feedback from Thomas Gibbs. 

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