Golf Smarter number 369 published on February 8, 2013.

Coming up in our Scorezone Short Game Academy, the wedge guy addresses a question about selecting

the right wedge for different types of bunkers.

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that are no longer available in any podcast app. So let's talk about that shot where you've got to keep the ball low, but you still need to get it 70, 80 yards. Would you mind walking me through the mechanics of how to do that? Well, for one, you're going to take probably a little bit extra club, meaning you're going to have to de-loft your club. If you want to hit it low,

you need to take a five-iron. It's more of a chip shot type swing in length, and that club's going to stay very low. I think here's one of the most difficult things is when you're trying to follow through. Your head better be very still, and your hands better stay in front of that club face beyond impact and your your follow-through needs to stay low. You're not finishing in a high finish. You're keeping that club head low along the ground and not going that far past waist high. So it's more of a pop. It's not a full swing. But I think you need to make sure your clubhead stays low. critically. Your head has to stay still. We tend to when we try to hit that with our hands forward and keeping our club head low, our bodies and heads tend to go forward ahead of the ball at the same time. We can top the ball, you don't hit it very good, and it's a miss. So keeping the head very still and maintaining your hands ahead of club face with a very short follow-through. There's a lot of feel involved.

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