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Golf Tip to Get Your Ball Out of the Bunker
by Teaching Professional, Kathleen Strandberg
Most golfers get a little frustrated when they walk up to the bunker and find that their ball is plugged. When this does happen, there is one thing we care about: get the ball out. To make sure you get the ball out of the bunker with this type of lie, close the club face rather than open it. This set up change will be all you need, along with your normal …
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How to Practice a Bunker Shot – Splash the Sand
by Teaching Professional, Kathleen Strandberg
The correct way to hit a bunker shot is to actually hit the sand, and not the ball. To hit a good bunker shot, it’s important to take the right amount of sand, which comes down to where your club hits the sand in relation to the ball. The sand should explode the ball out of the bunker, which is where many players find the shot to be difficult. By drawing a …
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Distance Control with Putting –Ladder Drill
By Teaching Professional, Kathleen Strandberg
A good way to practice distance control is to practice away from an actual hole. This way your focus is not to make the putt, but to learn to control your speed and distance.
This drill can be set up by using tees, two across from each other at varying distances, making a ladder of distances. I have set up 10, 20 and 30 feet and will putt 3 balls to each distance. You can go straight through from 10, 20, and …
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This is a simple putting drill using only 3 tees that can help get your stroke on path and keep you from decelerating.
Two tees will be placed just outside the toe and heel edges of the putter, creating a gate for your putter to move through. These two tees will ensure that the putter has to hit the ball on the correct path and in the center of the putter.
The third tee will be placed behind the ball at a point which you want your stroke to stop just short of on the way back. This tee …
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Eliminate Wrist in Your Putting Stroke
by Teaching Professional Kathleen Strandberg
Some golfers use too much wrist in their putting stroke. This tip may help those of you that have this tendency. Try putting with a wedge, like your sand wedge, and set up to the ball with the edge right in the center or equator of the golf ball. This will promote using everything together. If you get too wristy in your stroke, you will hit underneath the ball and it won’t roll out smoothly.
In order to stroke the …
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Hybrid/Fairway wood chip shot
by Kathleen Strandberg, Teaching Professional
Coming into the winter months, you will be faced with some tighter lies due to the grass dying out on the course. . The toughest part about these tight lies comes with chipping. It is very difficult to hit a consistent chip off these lies, especially if your chipping technique is a little off one day.
An easy way to handle shots around the green with tight lies is to use either a hybrid or a fairway wood. It’s not a typical shot …
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Girls Golf: Gan an Edge with your Short Game
by Kathleen Strandberg, Girls Golf Program Coordinator
Most female golfers that play at a competitive level will know that the length of courses have been continually increasing due to the rise in competition. Through my experience in college, I found that I was an “average” length hitter, meaning I mostly had longer irons and hybrids for my approach shots. I learned the importance of short game and having several different shots to use around the green. While I practiced a …
