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In this bunker video, we're going to go over adjusting for uphill and downhill

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lies.

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So we're adjusting for different lies, I should say. So there's an uphill lie

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and this bunker is a little flat

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so it's not going to be too exaggerated, but there's a downhill lie.

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Essentially what you'll see or what you may have been told is that you want to

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try to match your body to the slope.

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And yes, that makes sense because we want the club to be entering the sand the

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same way that it was on a flat shot.

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So, for the downhill slope, we'll start back here.

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So for the downhill slope, instead of thinking of getting your shoulders level

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to the slope,

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I want you to start thinking of getting your pelvis level to the slope or your

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hips level to the slope.

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So in order to accomplish that, we're going to take our normal stance, normal

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ball position,

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and then we're going to lunge forward. And when we do that, we see that the

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ball position move back.

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So you're actually going to have the ball further forward, but then lean into

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this left thigh

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in order to get the pelvis a little bit more level with the slope like so.

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If you were to lean backward, it would just make it

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it's possible to hit that shot, but I don't think it's the percentage play.

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So you're going to lean into it now, that right hip is a little bit high.

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My chest is going to stay square to my pelvis, so that accomplishes my shoulder

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being level.

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And then from here, I'm basically going to take that normal

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right-handed bunker swing. And you'll see that with good contact, the ball is

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going to come out

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pretty low and have some run to it. There's not much I can do about that. So

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you may want to take

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the more lofted club. You may have to increase a little bit of loft. Some of

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the things that we

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talked about in controlling distance. With the uphill bunker shot, it's the

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opposite. As in,

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it's the opposite, as the ball is going to come out higher, there's nothing I

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can do about that.

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So the first thing is, if I normally hit my 58, I may want to take my 54

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in order to hit about the same trajectory I would normally hit. But you can

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play around with that

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when you get to your local bunker. So I'm going to take my normal bunker stance

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, and then I'm going

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to shift forward. Now you might be thinking, how come I shifted forward there,

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and I shifted forward

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there. With the downhill one, you're going to stay more on top. With the uphill

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one,

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you're going to stay more parallel or square to your pelvis. So you're going to

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take that

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the weight leaning forward, just like so, but your upper body stays centered.

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So now I have a

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little bit more of a spine tilt to match the slope. And then I'm just going to

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do my normal.

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Oh, of course I caught it thin for the video. It happens to us. No worries. So

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I'm going to

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lean back, make sure that I let that arm drop. And there we go. It comes out a

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little higher,

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a little softer, still full finish, all the normal technique. And you can

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experiment with

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downhill or ball below your feet. So if I was hitting right at you or ball

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above my feet,

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if I was hitting off here, what you'll typically see is with ball above your

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feet, you're going to

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be a little bit more tall, not bent forward because we got to match this slope

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with the ball below

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your feet, you'll be a little bit more bent over, which neutralizes the hips.

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They can't really do

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much. So you may have to aim a little bit more left because you're going to

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come a little bit

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across it because the hips can't flatten out the swing. So all that stuff, it's

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mostly about

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understanding your swing. So I recommend you go to an uphill bunker or a shot

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where you have an

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uphill slope, draw a line, see where the club's hitting the sand. If you make

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certain adjustments,

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go to a downhill slope, draw a line, see what adjustments get you to get the

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club to do the right

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things. But these are just some general suggestions that work pretty well. So

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give them a try,

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use a line and figure out how to adjust yourself in the practice ground so that

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you'll be able to

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do it on the course.