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• Shaft plane drill to fix the under-plane moveChannel: Dan Grieve
• Expect thin shots while changing shallowChannel: SagutoGolf
• Brush the turf using the bounce, don't dig steeplyChannel: Club Champion
• Keep your arms straight so low point is after the ballChannel: SagutoGolf
• Use less loft to run out a long bunker shotChannel: Dan Grieve
• Lean into lead side on compact, low-sand bunker liesChannel: Danny Maude
• Strike below the equator with the 4th or 5th grooveChannel: Danny Maude
• Keep the chest connection lockedChannel: Danny Maude
• Hit down on a fairway wood off the deckChannel: Danny Maude
• Let the left arm leave the chest instead of a towel drillChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Too much tilt away causes thin shots and hooksChannel: SagutoGolf
• Play out of the rough with shaft lean and an early hingeChannel: Dan Grieve
• Hold your wrist angle and let the chest do the workChannel: Micah Morris
• Waggle the grip endChannel: Danny Maude
• Move the ball back to learn ball-first contactChannel: Danny Maude
• Bottom out just after the ball for ball-first contactChannel: Danny Maude
• Start it left with body cover, not handsChannel: Dan Grieve
• Squeeze the sand, don't splash, from compact wet bunkersChannel: Dan Grieve
• More lag opens the face, so feel the face squareChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Set hands inside the left thigh for forward contactChannel: SagutoGolf
• Rod along the grip to stop flipping the chipChannel: Dan Grieve
• Shallow a ball-above-feet bunker shot with drawChannel: Dan Grieve
• Soften your grip pressure for chip and runChannel: Dan Grieve
• Close the gap and keep the lead leg flexed for compressionChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Choke up and cut a ball-below-feet chipChannel: Dan Grieve
• Avoid the reverse tilt on chip shotsChannel: Dan Grieve
• Keep weight on the left foot the whole chipChannel: Golf with Aimee
• Control low point: strike ball first, ground 4 inches afterChannel: Danny Maude
• Rotate your chest through the ball to stop the flipChannel: Dan Grieve
• Keep trail wrist angle to control angle of attackChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Pitch off a downslope: ball back, three-quarter finishChannel: Dan Grieve
• Chip with about four degrees down, low point just aheadChannel: Club Champion
• Order modular irons to the correct spec up frontChannel: Club Champion
• Avoid too little bounce to stop digging and fat shotsChannel: Mark Immelman
• Stay centered and rotate instead of swayingChannel: SagutoGolf
• Combine tilt, turn, and extensionChannel: SagutoGolf
• Stand closer to stop reaching and thinning itChannel: PorzakGolf
• Scratch a line and strike the turf just ahead of the ballChannel: Danny Maude
• Move left so the low point is in front of the ballChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Right knee to cover the ball to get across and openChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Set your weight left and stay leftChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Get lateral movement to fix your low pointChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Use the bounce, not the leading edge, to chipChannel: Golf with Aimee
• Keep the right knee back to stop flippingChannel: SagutoGolf
• Play bunker shots with a square face like a chipChannel: SagutoGolf
• Use less release on a downhill bunker shotChannel: Dan Grieve
• Move the shoulders to control your contact pointChannel: SagutoGolf
• Set up a low chip with ball inside lead heelChannel: Dan Grieve
• Glue the right arm to your chest on tight-lie chipsChannel: Dan Grieve
• Get lead shoulder over lead foot to set a pivot lineChannel: Dan Grieve
• Lighten grip pressure and let the club hover, not press downChannel: Dan Grieve
• Feel the lead shoulder brush the grassChannel: SagutoGolf
• Keep the lead arm straight for a repeatable low pointChannel: SagutoGolf
• Feel the sand with your feet before a bunker shotChannel: Dan Grieve
• Drill: left-hand-only chip swings with no ballChannel: Dan Grieve
• More lateral shift means more shaft lengthChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Use the toe from a tight lieChannel: Dan Grieve
• Land the club inside a sand target boxChannel: Danny Maude
• Chip on a Ferris-wheel arc instead of a roundaboutChannel: Danny Maude
• Hammer the ball like a nail to move hands forwardChannel: Danny Maude
• Play bunker ball position opposite your left heelChannel: Danny Maude
• Use a line in the sand to groove bunker entry pointChannel: Danny Maude
• Set up to chip with weight forward, lead arm straightChannel: SagutoGolf
• Get chest ahead of ball, level shoulders for chip-and-runChannel: Dan Grieve
• Position hybrid ball back, before your low pointChannel: Danny Maude
• No divot drill for the soft release shotChannel: Dan Grieve
• Drop the handle to toe the ball out of a divotChannel: Dan Grieve
• Read the lie to decide which short-game shot to playChannel: Dan Grieve
• Play the ball under your sternum for ball-first contactChannel: PorzakGolf
• Add more shaft lean as loft increases to compressChannel: Todd Graves
• Keep your left arm straight to hold the swing radiusChannel: SagutoGolf
• Pause at the finish to check for a wrist flickChannel: Danny Maude
• Pull the trail shoulder down to reconnect the armChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Don't lean back to lift a chip; trust the loftChannel: Danny Maude
• Strike ball-first: catch it earlier than a driverChannel: Danny Maude
• Take less loft on a long bunker shotChannel: Dan Grieve
• Bunker: splash a ball sitting up, squeeze one sitting downChannel: Dan Grieve
• Long fairway-bunker shot off a downslopeChannel: Dan Grieve
• Use enough loft instead of opening a low-lofted wedgeChannel: PorzakGolf
• Keep rotating so the low point stays ahead of the ballChannel: PorzakGolf
• Keep your head centered on a wide downswingChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Set up with your shirt button covering the ballChannel: SagutoGolf
• Avoid a back ball position when trying to lift a wedge shotChannel: Club Champion
• Firm bunker sand: open the face but lean the shaftChannel: Dan Grieve
• Drill: drop right foot back onto the toe for chipsChannel: Dan Grieve
• Bounce a nine iron into the bank from bare lieChannel: Dan Grieve
• Keep the arc width from hands to chest consistentChannel: Golf with Aimee
• Narrow your stance to take power out of chipsChannel: Dan Grieve
• Tuck the trail arm into your ribs for crisp chipsChannel: SagutoGolf
• Point the grip butt at your lead hip after impactChannel: Dan Grieve
• Trail hand only drill for bunker releaseChannel: Dan Grieve
• Diagnose your misses by the dot on the clubfaceChannel: Mark Immelman
• Strike wedges low in the middle of the faceChannel: Club Champion
• Bounce brushing the ground at impact is correct, not fatChannel: Golf with Aimee
• Long bunker shots: use stronger loft, don't force itChannel: Dan Grieve
• Train the release with a left-hand-only drillChannel: CraigHansonGolf
• Rotate, don't roll, on a ball-above-feet chipChannel: Dan Grieve
• Move your sternum forward to shift the wedge's low pointChannel: Club Champion
• Play an uphill bunker lie with less loftChannel: Dan Grieve
• Use the bounce, not the leading edge, on chipsChannel: Golf with Aimee