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"By Matthew Rudy\nAdam Scott kept his No. 1 ranking and earned a new plaid sport coat with his win at Colonial, but Jason Dufner made him work for both. Dufner shot rounds of 69-66 on the weekend to tie Scott after regulation, then matched birdies with him on the second playoff hole before falling to a birdie on the third.\nIt was an impressive return to form for Dufner, who hadn&amp;#39;t had a top 10 since the beginning of March. One of the hallmarks of Dufner&amp;#39;s game is his fluid and precise iron play--a skill that also helps him in his short game, says top Illinois teacher Joe Bosco.\nHere, Dufner holes a simple chip shot for birdie on Saturday afternoon from just off the green on the par-3 fourth. &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s a straightforward shot, straight up the hill, and the ball lands on the green and rolls out like a putt,&amp;quot; says Bosco, who is based at The Glen Club in Glenview, IL. &amp;quot;But contrary to a lot of instruction, he doesn&amp;#39;t use an open stance or a lot of arm action with a quiet body. He makes a mini swing with soft hands and arms, and uses the pivoting of his torso as a quiet engine for the swing.&amp;quot;\nBy controlling the swing with his pivot and not the small muscles of the hands and arms, he can make a calm and fluid motion. &amp;quot;When you&amp;#39;re locked with your body and trying to make the ball move with your hands and arms, that&amp;#39;s when I see a lot of chunked and skulled short game shots,&amp;quot; says Bosco. &amp;quot;Make some full practice swings and dial them down progressively smaller until you have a small swing with soft arms and some body pivot. That&amp;#39;s the feel you want.&amp;quot;\nTour players also approach short game shots with a mindset average players should copy. &amp;quot;When I talk to tour players around the practice green about certain shots, they never tell me they&amp;#39;re just trying to get it up there close. They&amp;#39;re trying to make it,&amp;quot; says Bosco. &amp;quot;Your goal should be to make consistent solid contact with a very specific target in mind. That target might as well be making it--not just some vague idea that anywhere up by the hole is fine.&amp;quot;\nFollow @RudyWriter"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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