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Okay, we're faced with this shot, once again, this is a very important shot. So we're not
in bad shape here because even the best pros aren't on the green in two or three or one
depending on the, on the hole. So a lot of times they have these shots and if they get
what's called up and down, which means they get the ball from here close to the pin and
make the putt, then they've saved par. And if it's a par five here, possibly made a birdie,
saved a birdie. But I'm going to use my sand wedge here because you can see we have sand
traps in front of me. But whether it's sand traps or water or super thick grass, or maybe
some bushes or small trees, I've got to get the ball up. And when I get it up high over
this trap, hopefully it lands and stops. So I'm going to call this instead of a sand wedge,
this is my avoid the sand wedge because I want to go over the sand. So I'm going to
line up a closed stance and I'm going to have a neutral face on the club. So I'm just going
to try to hit the ball nice and straight. And that was perfect. Right in the middle
of the green. So if I want to then change my shot, let's say I'm worried about sculling
it, sometimes you get all these negative thoughts in your mind, I'm going to open the face a
little bit so I can get even more loft and I can somewhat avoid the sand trap I hope.
So I'm going to open my stance, and open the club face. And not so good because when you open the
club face, you're going to get less distance. So you've got to take that into consideration.
So remember, practice this shot a lot. That way you could avoid the sand, avoid the water,
avoid the trees or the obstacles in your way by going over them with a properly, properly
lofted club.