Better golf 6 of 8: Bunker and short game hour
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Thirty minutes in the practice bunker and around the chipping green. Sand stops being scary when you hit it on purpose.
De bunker heeft iets eigenaardigs: de meeste golfers vermijden hem tijdens het oefenen, precies omdat ze er tijdens een ronde zo graag uit willen blijven. Daardoor blijft het zand onbekend terrein, en onbekend terrein maakt zenuwachtig. Wie er een halfuur opzettelijk in staat, met de voeten breed en het clubface open, merkt dat de slagen na tien minuten al anders aanvoelen. De bal hoeft niet geraakt te worden. Het zand doet het werk, als je het zand een beetje vertrouwt.
Rond de green verschuift de aandacht naar gevoel voor afstand. Een chip met de putter van de fringe is verrassend betrouwbaar, een wedge vanuit hoog gras vraagt iets meer lef bij de doorslag. De sessie eindigt op één meter van de hole, tien keer achter elkaar. Dat is kort genoeg om zeker te zijn, en precies lang genoeg om te twijfelen als je er niet bij nadenkt.
Draw a line in the sand. Ten swings hitting the sand two centimetres behind the line, no ball.
Suggestion: The club must enter the sand, not the ball.Now ten balls on the line, face open, weight left, full follow through.
Suggestion: Splash the sand out and the ball comes with it.Around the green: ten chips from the fringe with a putter, then ten with a wedge.
Suggestion: Which one gets closer? Use that one on the course.Five lob shots from thick grass, if the green allows it. Open face, accelerate.
Suggestion: Only use this shot when you have to.Finish with ten one metre putts. All of them in.
Suggestion: End on a make.Next
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