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The Secret to Escaping a Plugged Lie In a Bunker

Want to know the secret to escaping a plugged lie in a bunker.? Lean in close and Blair O’Neal will tell you how.

Released on 5/6/2015

Credits

Starring: Kelly Rohrbach and Blair O'Neal

Transcript

00:00
Fried egg for breakfast?
00:01
Delicious!
00:02
Fried egg on the golf course?
00:04
Not so much.
00:05
But once I teach you the secret
00:06
of how to hit a fried egg out of the bunker,
00:08
you'll be on the green the first time, every time.
00:11
Breakfast anyone?
00:18
Most players in this position,
00:19
they wanna gouge the ball out with the leading edge.
00:22
But what you really need to do
00:23
is use the bounce of the club.
00:25
So, what you're gonna do is
00:26
when you set up, you wanna stand a little bit further
00:28
away from the ball and you wanna lower the handle,
00:31
so this is really gonna help you create
00:32
more loft with the club face.
00:34
Now, on your back swing,
00:35
you wanna hinge your wrists aggressively
00:37
and when you're coming through,
00:38
you wanna release them and have
00:39
a descending blow through the ball.
00:42
So the club head is gonna hit right behind the crater,
00:44
essentially taking the entire egg out.
00:47
Now, make sure you keep the speed
00:48
and have a good finish.
00:50
(energetic rock music)
01:08
Follow these to escape a fried egg lie
01:11
out of the sand and your problems will be over.
01:14
Easy.
01:16
Over easy.
01:19
And that's no yolk.
01:20
Ba-dum-chh. (laughs)
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