Early KP's to burst into this?

I believe the answer is:

stroke play

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'this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'early kp's to burst' is the wordplay.
'burst' is an anagram indicator.
'early'+'kps'+'to'='earlykpsto'
'earlykpsto' is an anagram of 'STROKE-PLAY'.

'into' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for stroke play that I've seen is " one way to compete on course".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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