Situational Shots

The ball is in the left rough, in a terrible lie, with the ball being below our feet.

The ball will come out with not spin at all, so try to hit it low and control the ball flight.

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There is a bunker behind the green and another one short of the green.

In this specific shot, it is better hit the ball short because there is an OB behind the bunker that it behind the green.

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In this shot, we are standing above the green with a severe downhill slope.

Keep in mind that with this kind of slope, the ball will tend to fly more, so consider hitting one or two clubs less.

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For this shot, you should aim about fifteen yards left of the pin and let the ball roll down the hill.

Aim left to the safe spot. Do not try to attack a shot like this. Play safe and make a par.

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You should see three knuckles of your left hand.

Closed club face angle.

• » Explanation and types of grips

Perpendicular to the target line.

Make the ball go straight.

Aim your body about 15 to 20 yards left of the target line.

This should make the ball go from left to right.

• » Aligning to much to right or left

Place the ball inside your right heel.

Low trajectory.

Put your weight 60% left and 40% right. And place more weight back of the heel.

Low ball trajectory and better balance for a downhill lie.

Move you body or chest back all together (arms, hands, club).

Better swing path.

• » Correct swing plane explanation

Take the club back up to the 10:30 clock position.

More control and power.

Let the hands arrive to the ball before the club head.

Lower trajectory.

Hands should be ahead of the ball at impact.

Low ball trajectory.

Just release the club normal to a 1:30 clock position.

Solid contact.

Ball forward in the stance.

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Ball flight higher.

Too much weight in front of the feet.

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Loose balance.

• » Strong Grip explanation

Aiming to the right of the target.

Aiming the feet and shoulders right of the target.

The ball will go too much to the right.

• » Aligning to much to right or left

Hit this shot like a normal shot.

The downhill lie makes the ball travel left to right. So it is very important to aim our body to the left of the target to compensate the lie position.

Hands back in the ball at impact.

Scooping the ball creating thin or fat shots.

Feel the hands coming in front of the ball at impact.

Placing the ball forward in the stance will make it more difficult to hit a low shot.

» Explanation and types of grips

Because of the downhill lie we need to adjust the body to overcome the left to right ball flight.

» Down hill slope

Placing too much weight in front of the feet could make you loose your balance.

» Down hill slope