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All political parties share in the responsibility to rid our society of anti-Semitism, but we cannot achieve that objective with political posturing or empty promises of action never to be fulfilled.
Ephraim Mirvis
Political
Achieve
Responsibility
Promises
Anti-Semitism
Action
Society
Our
We Cannot
Objective
Never
Share
Parties
Empty
Political Parties
Cannot
Fulfilled
Rid
Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make it a virtue.
Ephraim Mirvis
Good
World
Free
Free Speech
Virtue
Only
Force
Make
May
Using
Right
Speech
Jews are frequently compared to the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine,' an enduring signal for when the world is failing to meet its obligations in tackling bigotry. It has never been clearer to me just how widely understood that truism is.
Ephraim Mirvis
Me
Obligations
World
Jews
Meet
Mine
Signal
Tackling
Never
Clearer
Failing
Frequently
How
Understood
Proverbial
Been
Truism
Canary
Just
Enduring
Coal
Compared
Widely
We protest to our last breath against the purveyors of hatred, cruelty and violence.
Ephraim Mirvis
Hatred
Cruelty
Breath
Our
Protest
Against
Last
Violence
Holocaust denial, once the preserve of fringe conspiracy theorists, has mutated into Holocaust obfuscation, equivocation, and specious comparison on a larger scale than ever.
Ephraim Mirvis
Denial
Conspiracy
Once
Scale
Than
Fringe
Holocaust
Comparison
Ever
Larger
Larger Scale
Preserve
When someone denies the right of Israel to exist, it hurts us, just as an attack on a close member of our family would hurt us.
Ephraim Mirvis
Family
Hurt
Hurts
Our
Member
Would
Someone
Attack
Israel
Exist
Denies
Close
Just
Us
Right
All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes a virtue of oppression.
Ephraim Mirvis
Oppression
Validating
Virtue
Wrestle
Makes
Scourge
Prejudice
Societies
Before you take your address, while you're still reading the putt, imagine the ball tracking on the line you've chosen and falling into the cup. If you don't believe you can make every putt, why bother trying?
Ernie Els
You
Reading
Before
Believe
Every
Address
Bother
Take
Putt
Make
Tracking
Ball
Still
Line
Falling
Cup
Trying
While
Your
Chosen
Why
Why Bother
Imagine
Right before I start the putter back, I think about making solid contact. This brings your attention to the back of the ball and helps keep your head still at impact, which is a must. Many amateurs take a peek down the line too soon, and that can cause all sorts of mis-hits.
Ernie Els
Cause
Before
Down
Think
Too
Peek
Back
Solid
Must
Impact
About
Take
Head
Contact
Putter
Attention
Soon
Sort
Ball
Making
Amateur
Still
Line
Which
Your
Many
Helps
Keep
Right
Start
Brings
You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.
Ernie Els
You
Lie
Out
Risk
Take
Calculated
Calculated Risk
Know
Read
How
Hit
Your
Rough
With shorter clubs, your ball position should be just back of middle, to really promote hitting the ball first on a downward strike.
Ernie Els
First
Back
Strike
Promote
Ball
Hitting
Just
Middle
Clubs
Really
Should
Your
Downward
Position
For all the fun, don't forget: I always knew when to put my golf balls down and practice.
Ernie Els
Practice
Down
Put
Knew
Always
Balls
Forget
Golf
Golf Balls
Fun
I'd like to win the Masters and the PGA and complete the career Grand Slam.
Ernie Els
Win
Complete
Like
Masters
Grand
Grand Slam
Slam
Career
I'm sure you have a hole at your course where you love to hit the tee shot. You can't wait to get up there and bomb away because the fairway is wide, or the hole always plays downwind.
Ernie Els
Love
You
Wait
Fairway
Course
Sure
Because
Always
Up
Hit
Get
Where
Hole
Shot
Your
Bomb
Away
Wide
Plays
Tee
Throughout my career, I've been sponsored by several different equipment companies - Lynx, Titleist, Callaway.
Ernie Els
Several
Throughout
Sponsored
Equipment
Been
Different
Companies
Career
Something I've really enjoyed learning more about is course design.
Ernie Els
Learning
Design
About
Something
More
Course
Really
Enjoyed
Spin is a tricky thing. When you're trying to avoid it - say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts you in the trees - it's easy to make it happen.
Ernie Els
You
Trees
Say
Tricky
Easy
Spin
Puts
Make
Make It Happen
Trying
Where
Happen
Shot
Avoid
Thing
Tee
The biggest mistake is trying to pinch down on the ball and ripping out a big divot, often hitting the ground before the ball. You'll dig up some turf, but you won't create much backspin.
Ernie Els
You
Mistake
Big
Before
Down
Dig
Out
Some
Ripping
Ball
Pinch
Up
Trying
Hitting
Often
Biggest
Biggest Mistake
Turf
Create
Much
Ground
The good kind of spin - backspin - comes from hitting the ball cleanly, then making a divot after impact.
Ernie Els
Good
Kind
Spin
Impact
Ball
Making
Hitting
After
Then
Contours on the second half of a long putt have more impact on how the ball rolls because it's going slower. Adjust your speed if that last part is playing uphill or downhill. Don't get fooled by an early slope or break.
Ernie Els
Long
Half
Speed
Adjust
Slope
Impact
Slower
More
Fooled
Part
Putt
Because
Ball
How
Get
Uphill
Going
Rolls
Break
Your
Downhill
Second
Early
Last
Playing
You probably don't hit as many fairway-bunker shots as you do the greenside ones, and that unfamiliarity might make you a bit nervous.
Ernie Els
You
Nervous
Bit
Make
Hit
Might
Shots
Many
The key is to hit the ball first, then the sand. Even if you catch it a bit thin, you'll still get plenty of run. Hitting it fat is what you want to avoid.
Ernie Els
You
Key
First
Bit
Plenty
Run
Catch
Ball
Still
Hit
Get
Hitting
Want
Sand
Then
Avoid
Even
Thin
Fat
For the most part, when you play a full shot from the primary rough at your course, you're gauging how close to a standard shot you can hit based on your lie in the grass.
Ernie Els
You
Lie
Grass
Part
Primary
Most
Course
How
Close
Hit
Shot
Your
Full
Standard
Rough
Based
Play
From the rough, I'd use a 6-iron, play the ball back an inch or two and swing down on a steeper angle to catch the ball first. It also helps to aim slightly left and open the clubface at address. You'll get more height on the shot, and the club will cut through the grass more easily.
Ernie Els
You
Will
First
Club
Down
Grass
Aim
Back
Address
Slightly
Easily
Angle
More
Through
Open
Catch
Also
Ball
Left
Get
Cut
Height
Shot
Use
Inch
Helps
Rough
Swing
Play
Two
I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological: You think you should be getting a breather, distance-wise, and instead, you get hit with a long iron or hybrid shot over trouble.
Ernie Els
You
Long
Trouble
Think
Par
Dread
Hybrid
More
Part
Instead
Over
Most
Amateur
Hit
Iron
Than
Get
Getting
Psychological
Shot
Should
Hard
Even
Playing
Grip pressure - not mechanical flaws - is the biggest factor when you're nervous. You unconsciously grip it tighter, which keeps you from making a smooth swing with a natural release. Keep your grip pressure light, and you'll be surprised how much your mechanics stabilize.
Ernie Els
You
Natural
Light
Pressure
Nervous
Release
Factor
Tighter
How
Making
Smooth
How Much
Surprised
Stabilize
Biggest
Which
Grip
Flaws
Much
Your
Mechanical
Mechanics
Swing
Keep
Keeps
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