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V' • , , - IVUiK S. IMMNItVlAl KK - KltU>.\V. MAY »3.19H3 The Sand Shot Can Be A Trap For The Weekend •>r MIKE LAMB The game of golf is tough in just hitting the ball correctly. The person who invented sand traps for golf couses did golfers no favors. Jim Sobb, the professional at Chapel Hill Country Club, has a few hints for the golfer who has a difficult time with the bunker shot. Sobb points out there are basically two types of n sand shots. The first one is the shot bunker shot, with the green next to the sand trap. The second shot would be from a sand trap a good distance from the _ green. Besides the differences of distance, how the ball is lying in the sand trap is also a factor to take into consideration. Short Sand Trap Shot •; "First of all, if the ball is sitting on top of the sand, it's a different shot if the ball is buried in the sand. If .* the ball is sitting on top of the sand, placeyour feet approximately eight inches apart with a slightly open . stance, meaning your left foot slightly in back of your '1 right -- an open stance. " ' "Open the face of the sand wedge slightly. Choke up • on the ball slightly. Your swing will be different if ' "your feet are close together. It will make you bring ' the club up a little faster and make you drop the club " to the ball. - •. ."With the sand shot," you don't want to hit the ball. You want the sand to take the ball to drive out. You • hit the sand first. The sand explodes the ball and you 4. continue your follow through. "The biggest mistake made by people hitting a sand shot -- they try to hit the ball, instead of the - sand. Be confident. Let the club come down, hit the sand and continue your follow through. "The second biggest problem with people not hitting out of the trap, is they do not continue the ' follow through. Once you hit the sand, let your club • continue on to a good follow through, with your hands " over your left shoulder. Take your club back abruptly and aim approximately two inches behind the ball. According to Sobb, when the ball is buried in the "With the sand shot, you don't want to hit the ball. You want the sand to take toenail to drive out. You hit the sand first. The sand explodes the ball and you continue your follow through.'V: " Jim Sobb Chapel Hill Country Club Professional r$ yards, 10 yards, 40 feet, 30 feet, is to learn how much sand to take. "Obviously, the less sand you take, the further the ball is going to go. The more sand you take, the shorter the ball is going to go. You have to adjust how much sand to take for the distance you have to hit." Long Fairway Sand Shot "Again, if theball not burie is sitting~on top of the sand and in the sand, the shot is relatively the same - dose^he *club~face slightly. Exact"opposite. Thus, take the club back, strike it -- again two inches behind the ball and it will help get the ball out of the buried sand. Continue with your follow through. "The only way you can learn to hit the shot different distances, let say you have 30 yards, 40 as you would hitting out of a fairway. "You want to hit the ball first. You don't want to explode the ball out, since it's a shot similiar of hitting on a fairway. Take you normal stance. Feet shoulder length apart. Have the club square, not open, not closed. Take a full back swing and you are looking to hit the ball first, then take the sand to the follow through. "Again, the biggest mistake made, people try to hit the sand on a long shot. Hit the ball first, the descending blow, hit a little sand and go through the follow through. Again, do not stop the club. Always follow through to get the ball up and out. "If the ball is buried in a fairway bunker, obviously there is now way to pet the ball to the green. Get out an eight iron or nine iron or even in some cases a sand wedge and just try to get the ball out of the bunker. "Same way if you would on a close shot. Close the club face slightly. Take a full swing and let the sand explode the ball out of the trap if it's buried, because you're not going to get the ball out very far if it's buried in the sand. Tnat would be your best bet on a bunker shot." Sobb recommends that the golfer stick with the irons, unless he is an advanced player and the situation is right. "Very rarely do you have an instance you will use a wood. Always try to use an iron and just try to advance the ball out of the trap. Don't try to get fancy and hit a fairway wood, because it's very difficult, unless you are a very experienced player. Stick with your irons in most cases, unless you have just the perfect lie and you are an advanced player, olf ball is lying on If your 20 n a uphill or 1; the on a uphill lie, Sobb recommends to just gi out of the trap. "When you hit a sand shot, be confident. Don't be scared to hit the sand. Most people are scared into chipping the ball out of the trap, instead of the explosion shot. Always take some sand, always continue the follow through, always aim behind the ball. Balance Etiquette "On all sand shots, get your self into the trap and settle yourself over the ball to address the ball. Always (fig your feet and turn your feet and get yourself very stable. Get your feet in the sand, so you don't lose your balance. Make sure you dig your feet in pretty good. After each sand shot, before you leave the sand trap, you should rake the sand trap if rakes are available. If not. try to smooth over the spot where you were over with your feet with your golf spikes or with a golf club. ' "Leave It so the next person behind you hits in the Chapel Hill Country Club Professional Jim Sobb demonstrates the sand trap shot He said the player should hit the sand just before the ball and not the ball itself. "Let the sand explode the ball out," he said. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD vacate. Chapel Hill >• The Tuesday Ladies League played their golf matches under ideal con­ ditions. There was very little wind and the temperature reached the 70's. The team standings after the match play of April 26 are as follows; Blue Camel leading with 14 points, Mar Ray and Nowak 13, McHenry Floral 10%, Fox Hole 9, Steffans 8%, Little John's 8 and Top Deck 4. Nowak won the contest for team low gross with 301. There were many more chip ins this IF YOU WANT TO TRY AN A'BBONDANZA TRY NAPOLI PIZZA II! 5009 W. ELM ST., McHENRY HOME OF •THIN CRUST*DEEP DISH*STUFFED PIZZA "BEST PIZZA IN McHENRY COUNTY" week; Lou Labayv on three, Judy Dominick on five, Judy Schmidt on six and Joy Little on 16. Lucy Prouty attributed the carding of only 12 putts for the nine on the new clubs she got for Mothers Day: Laura Schmitt also putted like a pro with only 13 putts for the match. Sonia Miller was surprised by a persistent woodpecker who was picking at and moving her ball as she approached the green on three. Now Sonia, he really didn't put all those dimples in it, did he? I hear there may be some picture taking next Tuesday, so practice up on that swing and have happy golfing. Esta Divot Dolls Another grand and glorious day dawned as the ladies of McHenry Country Club shot their first round of a two-week Calcutta event. Taking first place with a team total of 322 was the group captained by Espar Oja and held together by Mabel Smith, Floss Miller and Fran Herr­ mann. In second place with 327 was Marlene Smith's team of Laverne Harpling, Linda Puccio and Betty Gossell. Carol Cooney's third place St "BEST PIZZA IN McHENRY COUNTY" WE ALSO SERVE A ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. 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Under the weekly class events, Marlene Smith had low net of 78 and also the low putts of 30. In class B, it was Evie Castle low netting with 73, while Laverne Harpling rolled in 31 for low putts. Class C had Ursula Cisliak low netting with 75 and Fran Herrmann low putting with 32. Lotte Koch low netted in class D with 79, while Rita Sayler low putted in the same class with 35. All pretty respectable postings. v A number of birdies ^ were registered. To wit: Judy/Smithson on number 12, Carol Cooney number four and 16, Gloria Otth number six, Evie > Castle number 14 as did Toots Gerstad on number 16. Marcy Wakitsch did somewhere, but neglected to note where and Margie Blomquist no- putted on number eight, but her's is a separate story. Another nice happening was Maddie Holmes' long putt on numtte&15 to save her par. Also, the Nifty raners welcomed two new members to their group -- Barbara Johnson and Lorraine Loeb -- as they played a low gross event. Bea Pond was the winner with 54, while Lorraine Gausden was low-putt winner with 14. , Now to some of those extra and unexpected happenings which have sent a number of the gals scurrying to sign up for lessons: Bernie Dolce declared she began all her chip shots from the tee. Dot Christiansen might be led to drink over the game in general, although she was skill ful enough to use the bridge on number 17 to get her over the creek. Lynn McKierhan apparently needs an orientation session since she played most of the wrong fairways. Pat MacDonald and Carol Barnicle are vying for the Pine Tree Pendant and the Oak Leaf Cluster. They haven't learned yet that Mother Nature doesn't want her trees hurt. And, Sandy of the week is a toss up between Carolyn Harger and Speedy Neuman. That's enough for awards. Now for the grim stuff. Speedy Neuman plans to take a mechanic's course. Some sort of trouble caused her cart to break down. Then she got a flat tire on a second vehicle. So frustrated was she that she left her clubs in that, or a third one and had to finish the round playing from someone else's bag. Oh dear! Then, although the details aren't clear, it was reported Katherine Bolger fell into the trap on number seven. All this excitement before noontihie. The motley foursome which in­ cluded Liz Nolan, witnessed the aforenamed remove one shoe and sock to demonstrate how to blast an imbeddled ball from the bank of the creek on number 17 for a,stroke-saver. She's working on a golf-teaching certificate. Along with Betty Qossel|'s clever way of putting the ball in and out of the trap on number seven with her eight iron, the best play of the day has been saved for the last. From the top of the hill on number eight, Margie Blomquist agressive drive fell short and dropped into the creek. With quiet aplomb she retrieved it, set up with her wedge from forty yards out, sank the ap­ proach and declared a routine par. 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