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Watch: Na plays backwards flop and practices lefty

Fresh off his victory at The Greenbrier, Kevin Na is taking a quite-literally-backwards approach to his Open prep.

Caddie Kenny Harms has been sharing videos of Na’s early work at Carnoustie.

This one shows Na standing in a bunker and playing a flop shot over his own head (as opposed to someone else’s):

How about this lie KNA got on 18! #trickshot #theopen #theopenchampionship #carnoustie #europeantour #aptc #caddienetwork #linksgolf #carnoustiegolflinks #pgatour #kevinna #waac #sohi #southernhighlandsgolfclub @theopen @theaptc @caddienetwork @carnoustiegolflinks @kevinna915 A post shared by Kenny Harms (@kharms27) on Jul 17, 2018 at 4:58am PDT

While it’s unlikely he’ll have a need for that exact shot this week, it’s far more likely a player may have to think about turning his club over and playing from the wrong side of the ball, like so:

KNA going left handed into #9 #theopen #waac #waacgolf #teamtitleist #titleist #carnoustie #carnoustiegolflinks #sohi #southernhighlandsgolfclub #pgatour @pgatour @carnoustiegolflinks @theopen @caddienetwork @pgatour @theaptc @caddienetwork A post shared by Kenny Harms (@kharms27) on Jul 18, 2018 at 5:21am PDT

Na has made 4 of 6 cuts at The Open and will look to improve on his best career finish, currently a T-22 in 2016 at Royal Troon.