THE SHOT BURIED LIE IN A GREENSIDE BUNKER
Why it's so scary: "First, it doesn't happen very often, so people aren't prepared
for it and don't practice the shot," Hayman said. "Also, you have to play it com-
pletely different than a normal bunker shot that's not plugged. If you don't hit it
right, you can either chunk it and leave it in the bunker or skull it 40 yards past
the green, so there's a lot of trepidation there."
How to overcome the mental obstacles: "You just have to put yourself in that
situation," Hayman said. "Go out with a small bag of balls and plug 20-25 balls
and get used to hitting that shot. If you don't practice the technique, you're not
going to do it very well. If you practice it, the next time you're in that situation, it
won't be nearly as scary."
How to hit the shot: "You want
to close the club face as compared
to a traditional bunker shot," Hay-
man said. "You really want to make
sure you're digging down into the
sand under the ball. You use the
leading edge of the club to get
down as deep under the sand as
you can to get the ball out of the
plugged hole. If you can cock your
wrists on the way back, you can re-
ally dig on your downswing and hit
it hard. You don't want a shallow,
sweeping swing."
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> VIDEO EXTRA! WATCH Jeremy
Hayman hit the greenside sand shot.
THE SHOT A DOWNHILL GREENSIDE CHIP
Why it's so scary: "A downhill chip shot is scary because you have to have pos-
itive momentum into the back of the ball and avoid decelerating on your down-
swing," Lohman said. "If you do that, you're going to flub it, but there's always
that fear in the back or your head that you're going to hit it too far and put it in
the lake on the other side of the green."
How to overcome the mental obstacles: "The biggest part of it is knowing
how to hit the shot and practicing it," Lohman said. "You really have to practice
this shot to get comfortable with it."
How to hit the shot: "A lot of times people either don't use the right equip-
ment or don't have the right equipment in their bags," Lohman said. "With a
decent lie for this shot, generally you want to hit a lob wedge. Then you want
to put the ball back in your stance, put your weight forward and hit the chip
shot with a lot of loft. If you're not using the right club, or the right ball for that
matter, you're just compounding the problem. The more you open the face and
open your stance, if you hit it correctly the ball will land softer and roll slower."
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