Butch Harmon on Hitting from a Sanded Divot

Butch Harmon is doing some new videos for Golf Digest. In this video Butch demonstrates how to hit from a divot full of sand.

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It sounds simple sufficient, would not it? Three steps:

1. Place the ball in the middle of your stance.
2. Keep your hands a bit forward of the ball (lean the shaft forward).
3. Make a steep downswing so you can hit down on the ball.

Bear in mind that this is one of the few times you really want to hit down on the ball. Hitting down on the ball makes it squirt out of the divot. (Under normal circumstances you want to come into the ball fairly shallow and catch the ball near the bottom of your swing arc. That gives you the most distance and height.)

Note additionally that Butch says the clubface will be a piece open. You do not have to alternate your grip to get that. It happens due to the fact you move the ball lower back to your stance and lean the shaft forward, this means that you hit the ball earlier than your membership has time to rectangular up absolutely. You might need to allow a bit for that while you deal with the ball, but don't open your stance a whole lot. That's some thing you'll study with revel in.

And keep in mind, this creates a lower squirting shot, so that you likely do not need to attempt wearing dangers -- at least, now not until you've got hit this shot some times and recognise what to expect.