Welcome back to the channel. You guys have
got to stay tuned throughout the whole duration
of this video because not only we're going
to show you the easiest and most effective
way to get out of the bunker on a standard
bunker shot. We're going to show you the buried
bunker lie, and it's unbelievably easy as
well. And then we're going to do a fairway
bunker shot. Just to show you the difference
on that. Plus, we're going to give you some
GoPro views that we did last time we were
out on the golf course. So here we go.
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right. All right. So first things first, if
you and I were in a pool of water and I wanted
to spray some water towards you, you'll notice
I angle my hand like so, and be able to spray
some water that way. Yeah. Right. And you
would go deflect the water away. So we're
doing the same thing with the sole of the
club. Come on over here. The cameras have
so noticed the sole of the club has a grind
on it. This is the T S T as in Tom S wedge
from ping. It's got six degrees of bounce.
We both use a 60 degree lofted wedge in the
bunker.
And what's important is that you don't have
too much bounce for flop shots and bunker
shots, especially when it's in firm conditions.
So notice there are two angles to the sole
of the club. So when you open up the blade,
notice the leading edge comes off the sand.
So this is when we talk about using the bounce
of a wedge; it's just the sole of the club
and the angle of the sole of the club. So
when you open the wedge, the leading edge
comes off the sand. So you're able to use
the sole of the club to spray sand. Okay.
So if I'm spraying sand, I want to go to the
yellow flag. So let's see you hit this shot.
Now let's do a practice swing for this sake.
And what Savvy is going to do; is she's going
to spray a divot of sand onto the green between
the fringe and onto the pin. Go ahead.
Not bad. See the pebble that came out too.
All right. Now stay right there. Notice your
alignment. Now a question, did you use, you
didn't use an intermediate point? Rookie.
So you got your intermediate point. Now, we're
playing this like a fade-in order for you
to catch the sand. We want the club in the
center, open the face. We're opening the face
about 20 degrees. And notice how the ball
is four to the center because we're playing
it like a fade. You're aiming for a lefty.
You'll be aiming about a yard to the right
of the pin and spraying the sand. You want
to land the sand about a yard to the right.
Much better. So that line was terrific. Yeah.
Now that's all right. We were on really firm
sand the last couple of days, and it's finally
starting to fluff out some more momentum.
Exactly. So we are using some, a nice flow
of momentum to spray sand onto the green.
So let me see a spray, a divot of sand between
that ball and the pin bear. It is wonderful.
See how it landed. Nice and soft. That's about
four feet. Fantastic. So right-handed, it's
going to look like this. Get my intermediate
point. I'm aiming about a yard left of the
pin, where that pebble that you hit. I use
a little blade of grass there. That's dead
in the sand, and I'm just going to spray some
sand onto the green about a yard left. And
about halfway on, here we go.
Oh, that's coming out. So easy sign. So the
bunk, the bunker conditions have really improved.
We just got the tail end of that hurricane.
So spray some sand onto the green, just left
to the flag. There it is. Nice. And that pretty.
Okay. So when you're spraying sand, you're
determining the surface of the sand, right
And that's why you always want to, when you,
you, you go play, go to the practice, bunker
hit a couple of bunker shots, reacclimate
yourself with the sand that you're playing
in so that, you know, right now, those were
wonderful practice bunker shots. So now let's
do this for real yourself. So let me see a
land that you know where to land the sand
now. Yeah. Good. Awesome. Look at that great
shot. I'm going to see if I can get inside
you closest to closest to got my Columbus
sand right there for my alignment. And I'm
spraying some sand, go, go, go, go, go, go.
you got me
Also, a little etiquette tip for you guys
because there are no rakes in the bunkers
right now due to COVID
Just take two seconds. And that's it wipe
away your, your tracks because it is the worst
to have your ball land in somebody's footprint.
Well, a little bit tougher than it needs to
be. Well, let's think of the courteous thing.
It's a courtesy thing. Absolutely. But by
the same token, let's look at a buried bunker,
a buried bunker shot. Say to that, so buried.
Bunker shots have fried egg buried. Now, this
is where we use the tool a little differently.
Now we, we just happen to have some expertise
here in Quebec city. Cause it snows a lot
here in the winter. And we're experts with
snowplows. Now, snowplow, if we do, if I do
it towards you and you'll see this on the
camera here and the GoPro and the split-screen.
If I take my club and I close it, 45 degrees,
I kid you not 45 degrees.
The ball has walls around it right now that
are going to guide it. All you need is momentum
in the direction that you want to send the
ball. So you'll notice when I'm trying to
spray send some sand towards you. Notice how
the sand is brought to the side. Now, if I
spray sand towards the camera, see that. So
I got my divot moving towards you and notice
how it sprayed a nice divot. So when it comes
out is going to come out with a lot of topspin.
So you just need to land it right there on
the fringe and let it roll to the hole now
because you're why don't you do a practice
swing right next to it.
You see how it shoots out the sand. So that
would have been too much. So you remember
how this shot is like a long chip shot, right
Okay. So because the ball is buried and the
clubface is closed. This is a draw shot back
in your stack, a center. That's right. How
easy that come out now was easy. Did you guys
see how easy that came out I really felt the
ball well, that's it? You're not going to
feel the ball, but you noticed how all you
had to do was take a little S a little section
of sand and see how I just sprayed that there.
So you take that ball and yeah, right down
there, close the face, aimed straight on it
and ball slightly back and just spray some
sand onto the green. See how easy that came
out. Nice. It rolls beautifully. That's it
So if you close it a little much,, it can
squirt out a little bit to the left, but you'll
notice that oftentimes it just goes nice and
straight. Go ahead.
Speaker 1: so that was way too much momentum,
right So let's see a long chip swing. You
really don't need that much. You don't close
it more. That's it. Long chip swing. There
it is. Look at that now. To finalize on the
regular bunker shots. If you're going uphill,
spray the sand up the slope. If you're going
downhill, spray the sand down the slope, just
follow the slope with your spray of sand.
You can't fight it. Exactly. You try that.
So now let's see a fairway bunker shot for
fairway bunkers. The last thing you want to
do is open the face because now when you open
the face, you're activating the balance and
the bounce is going to start spraying sand
before you get to the ball. And that's the
last thing you want to do. You're going to
hit a fat every time. So what we have to do
is we need to close the face, not 45, but
we need to close the face a little bit so
that when the hands lead, the leading edge
is still moving first.
You're still going to catch the ball first
and then the sand. So it's always good to
play a nice little trap draw when you're doing
this. So I'm going to play the ball back to
center, close the face slightly. And now what
I want to do is throw my club, throw the energy
of my swing in the direction. I want the ball
to start and predict that I'm going to catch
the ball first, then sand. Here's where I
want them, I want you to look at a couple
of videos. One is throwing the club, Shawn
Clement, throwing the club straight, Shawn
Clement. And I just did one with about throwing
the club. And then you're going to see predict
solid contact and direction and how to put
the ball in the way of your swing. Okay, Add
Shawn Clement wisdom in golf on that, and
it'll take you straight to it.
So if I throw the club from here, out in the
direction, I want that ball to go notice how
I missed the ball. So I get lower. Now I'm
predicting that when I throw the club in the
direction, I want it to go that the sole of
the club is going to catch sand. There. There's
going to be a nice divot of sand taken in
front of the ball. So I'm throwing the club,
throw the club. So that was just a smidge
heavy. We're going to do that again. I know
this is, in the, in the green side, bunkers,
the sand tends to be a little fluffier and
many of you have the same fluffy sand in your
fairway bunkers. my apologies for that, it
should be nice. And you know, on the PGA tour
is nice and firm in there.
That's why it's so easy for them.
So I dig my feet in a bit more and I'm throwing
the club out in the direction. I want to go
there. It is man that came out like a dream.
So I threw it all the way out there and I
had the ball on the way and that sucker has
so much spin on it. All right, let's give
it a go Sav. Hopefully, I just do the same.
So you'll see that divots already in front
of the ball. Perfect. You use my divot beautifully.
Nice shot though. Now. And that's the thing
too. A great tip on how to put your feet in
the bunker. You want to dig your feet in slightly
sideways. So the insides of your feet only
when you dig them in. So dig the insides of
your feet. And now you've got the nice, doorstop
underneath each foot.
Yeah, not bad. Just a smidge heavy. Let's
try one more. So let me see. You use a little
momentum to throw that club this time much
better. So many of you have been told in the
bunkers to keep your lower body steady and
still, that's the last thing you want to do.
If you look at arm swing versus body turn
video, you'll notice that once you're you
connect your arms to the, your hands to the
club, the armpits are right up against your
rib cage. If you don't move the legs, you're
going to get a Peck full of bicep. So it's
important that your legs still turn in the
backswing. Now you've got the freedom in that
swing, right
I find it easier to get stuck in a, in a bunker.
Yeah.
So when your feet are really solidly planted
South, right now, you can really open up that
backswing turn. You have the momentum to throw
the club with a little bit more, zip. Yeah.
Okay. So watch how I'm using momentum to get
my throw going. Nice to do that. Yeah, that
was spot on. Perfect. Little draw. Sit back.
That's you put a blanket over those to try
it again. So let's see you use a little bit
more momentum. Do one throw to start like
over the ball. Yep. Give it a good throw.
Good. Now did you feel the energy go out here
Okay?
There you go. Fantastic. All right. Confirm
that bicycle. Get a little practice in there
South. Yeah. So a nice throw in that direction.
Oh, that was so close. Now, did you feel how
you were using just a little bit too much
effort there Yeah? Right. It's like you had,
you were struggling to get through and that's
where, Hey, thanks, Mu. Alright, thanks. Alright,
so let me see that again here. Let me, yeah,
let me do my COVID thing here. Okay. So dig
your feet in and give yourself some nice momentum
and get that throw all the way out there.
Much better, much better. So it's okay to
feel like you're going to hit it a little
thin here, right Yeah. So if you throw it
out there, feel like you're just going to
Nick, the sand. There you go. That was missing.
Yeah. So you just needed it, and this is really
key. And you'll see that in predict solid
contact and direction when you're standing
over the shot and you're wondering what kind
of a divot you're going to take, you can't
get through. Right. But if you make the prediction,
you say, okay, if I throw, does it feel like
I'm going to take a deep divot I don't want
that. I want to feel like I'm nicking the
sand, beyond the ball. Right. So now if I
throw the club on my nicking sand, yes. Now
I just cleared up my prediction. Now I can
throw bird, watch out, almost hit the seagull
right there next to my other shots. SAF. Perfecto.
Thank you so much for helping out.
