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In this Golf University "Tip from the Pro"
I'm with Victorian coach of the year. Matt Clevedon at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Victoria, Australia
Where Matt's going to teach us how to judge the distance out of a bunker
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I'm with Matt clevedon the teaching Pro here at Kingston Heath
He's also the Victorian coach of the year and the coach of the world's second best female amateur
Matt Arthur from metropolitan here in Melbourne. He's having issues judging distance out of the bunker
What have you got for him? Well, I think
You know when you're judging distance out of the bunker
One of the strangest things and one of the silliest things are also one of the most common things
we hear is that you judge distance by the amount of sound you take
now when you think about that, you know
Is it a 728 Grounds grains of sand shot? Is it a 2,000? You know when you think about that? It's quite ridiculous
Think very very very difficult to obtain any sort of consistency
So when I set up for the shot
And when I encourage students to do is in this situation is try to get a concept for the length of a shot
You know, am I trying to chip it?
am I trying to lob it am I trying to pitch it out of here and that makes it a little bit easier and to get the clarity
When you set over and to get some sort of intent. So if I was playing to the first flag
Place the club in left foot out ball position off the left heel
Leaning 60% of the weight onto the forward leg and from there
I'm thinking to myself maybe just a little chip or a little lob as my last thought just so I know how
How hard I want the club sort of traveling how fast I want to moving? I?
Sure
When I go to something a little bit longer like maybe the second flag
I'm thinking a little bit more like a pitch shot like if I'm pitching off grass
I've narrowed the stance up a little bit maybe start a little bit taller
But I'm still keeping the left toe pointed out ball position similar
And then from there my last thought once I get set up 60% the weight on the left side
And now I'm thinking more of a pitch
And from there you should be able to better control the outcome and the length of the shot very good
So for shorter, we're thinking chip for longer pitch as if we were on the grass
Yeah, and you'll find that you're better, you know better able to control the distance
and get a lot more consistency
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