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

www.allaboutgolf.us

 

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