Practicing Golf Sand Shots

Video Transcript

"Okay, so we've done a lot of work in the sand and I hope you've enjoyed it and benefited from it. So I want to leave you with a couple of thoughts that whether you're in a green side bunker or a fairway bunker, there's a lot of sand on a lot of golf courses. And if you learn how to hit out of the sand, it's going to be one of the best things you can do. So I really hope that you practice a lot out of the sand. Work on all the different clubs from sixty degree wedges and sand wedges to three irons and three woods and five irons. And all types of different swings, open the face, close the face, practice on wet sand, practice the uphill, the downhill, the side hill lyes, practice the fried eggs. Because if you do all that, you're going to run into these situations in a round of golf, and if you can get out of them and sometimes hit good shots, it really can propel you to a great round. And if you look at a lot of the pro tour courses, there's sand everywhere. The British Open, sand everywhere. So if you're going to become a great golfer, you've got to be able to play out of the sand. And the fastest way for the average golfer to improve their game is to work out of the sand a lot. Because if you can hit a three iron consistently good distance out of sand, hitting it out of the grass is nothing. So it improves your swing, it improves your focus, it improves your balance and concentration. So the sand, don't dread it, embrace it, get in it, play in it. Be like a little kid in the sand box and have a great time."