Low Point Checker Board

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This is low point checker board.

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So if you're working on your low point and you're struggling with heel contact

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as well

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as fat thin shots, then I like the checker board approach where I'm not just

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going to

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draw the normal two lines in the bunker.

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What I'm going to do is I'm going to draw a line that's going to indicate kind

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of the

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bowling alley or the heel toe line.

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So what I end up with is I end up with more of a grid pattern here.

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So now what I can do is I can put the ball just in front of one of these low

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point lines,

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but in the middle between two of these bowling alley lines.

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And really it doesn't matter where I put it, but I'm going to use the lines on

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the ground

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as a help as far as where I'm going heel toe.

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Because a lot of golfers who struggle in the bunker, what you'll see is if you

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're hitting

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it where you think you're hitting it thin, but you're actually hitting it on

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the heel,

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the low point will be hitting too far out.

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Occasionally you'll be coming so far outside in that you'll be hitting it off

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the toe,

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but this low point checker board will help you not only see where you're

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hitting it in

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terms of solid, low point like fat thin, but also heel toe, the location

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compared to the

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golf ball.

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So I'm going to set up here to one of these blank stations.

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So good little setup, little more knee squat.

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And then I'm going to make my bunker swing that contacted right in the middle

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of that

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checker square.

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So now I'm going to try to duplicate.

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So I'm going to set up to the golf ball with my normal bunker setup, normal

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bunker grip.

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And I'm just going to pay attention, caught that a little bit thin, but right

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in the middle

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of the checker board.

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So now we'll do another one, try to fix that thin contact, get a little bit fl

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atter deeper.

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That was pretty good there.

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And there we can see the low point was right in the middle of the checker board

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from the

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down the line.

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Now the good thing about the checker board is now I've got another line here I

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can just

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move back, and then I can draw another line and I can keep moving back a little

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bit.

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So I can be pretty effective with my sand management.

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But I find that this one can be really helpful if you're struggling with heel

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toe contact,

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not just where is the club entering the sand, where is the low point, but where

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is that kind

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of in this heel toe line.

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If you're struggling with too much heel toe contact, then you want to look at

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your weight

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distribution, like are you leaning too much into your toes, or standing up and

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leaning

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into the heels.

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And you want to look at the kind of hand path, am I releasing my arms way out

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away from where

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I started, or am I pulling in too much.

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Those are going to be the big influences on your heel toe contact.

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So do, and you can vary your different shots, you can do your chunk and run as

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well as your

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higher one.

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So we'll just do one more here using the checkerboard.

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So not too bad there.

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If anything on the heel or on the toe side of the club, that's a little bit

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safer.

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So use the checkerboard if you're struggling with contact, not just low point

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and where

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is the, or sorry, entry point and low point, but also where is that compared to

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the golf

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ball as far as heel toe.

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