Hi Guys:
Well in most rounds of golf you will
have a shot out of a sand trap
green-side and you will face a get
up and down situation. It might be a
pressure situation late in the round
or a match play scenario.
So you’ll have to have the confidence
to hit this shot and get the shot close
enough to make the putt and save par,
make birdie or even a bogey.
So in other words you need to make this
shot work and perform for you when it
counts.
Here’s how you hit this shot and an
“inside secret” to getting it close and
at the very least on the green with a
chance to make the putt.
The key to the sand shot is learning to
hit consistency behind the ball at least
two inches and accelerate thru at impact
with the hands swinging thru.
This shot is like a flop shot where you
hinge it up steeply and let it drop down
but you need to develop the skill at the
bottom of the arc where you enter the
sand to stay with the shot and hit behind
the ball two inches or more.
In doing so you get the bottom of the club
face, the flange of the club where all the
weight is, to splash thru the sand and in
doing so ‘explode’ the ball out and up on
to the green.
The key is learning how to move thru the
shot with the knees and thighs braced and
the hands unhinging back behind the ball
and swinging the club up and thru to
completion.
I’m going to give you here a key drill
that makes this all work for you and it is
a great drill we use at our Ultimate Golf
Schools and the short game clinics.
I call it the “Johnny Cash Walk the Line”
Drill after the great country singer himself.
In this drill, you draw a line in the sand
and you practice hitting the line as close
as you can. So line up several balls just
ahead of this line and practice hitting the
line instead of the ball, which is two inches
behind it and perform the shot. Then go to
the next ball and do the same and the third
and last ball in a set.
This drill trains your mind to hit the spot
behind the ball roughly two inches or more
and to stay down and thru the shot.
Leave a comment on how you like this drill
and if it pays dividends for you next time
your in the trap and have to get up and down.
Bob Cisco — The Golf Doctor
For more tips like this go to my
web site at www.allaboutgolf.us
to improve your short game.
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