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Ok, we're going to use the eight iron here, to get out of this thick rough, close to the
green, so the eight iron is a relatively unlofted club, compared to what we've been using, especially
the sixty degree wedge, and the sand wedge. So the eight iron is going to make, is going
to make the ball go further forward, and not as much upward, so on a shot like this, where
the pin is relatively close, and we're in this grass bunker, I may not use this club,
under a match condition, or playing a round. But I want you to be aware of how to hit this
shot, because if we were on a green that was a lot larger than this, where the pin is another
thirty yards away, then this might be a club you want to use, but just to have the knowledge
of how to do it, and to develop the touch, is very important, so I've got to stop this
ball. It's going to be tough, because I don't have the opportunity, to get underneath the
ball much with this grass, and I'm not going to get as much spin on it, so I want you to
think about keeping your feet reasonably close together, using a closed stance, choking down
on the club, and just taking a small back swing, and like that was a pretty good shot,
but you can see I couldn't stop, if you can see this, I couldn't stop it, so it did roll
past the pin. So I 'm going to try another shot. I'm going to open the face, to see if
I can get a little more loft on it, and pop it out of here. The one thing I do like about
hitting an eight iron here, is I do feel like I've got a lot of club, and I can definitely
get it out of here, so that wasn't a bad strike, but because of the situation, I wasn't able
to be real accurate. But you need to have this shot in your arsenal, and work on it,
and you'll be amazed at how good you get with all the other clubs too, so work all these
shots, when you're practicing out of thick grass.