Watch Chris O'Connell from www.PlaneTruthGolf.com as he talks about controlling the distance on bunker shots with different pin placement. Explore the Plane Truth Golf and the Golf Channel to see more.

When playing a par 5 think about how you will likely play your third shot. If you cannot reach the hole in two, think about a smart option off the tee and play for a safe and ideal layup.

Fairway bunker shots are difficult for a lot of people because it's hard to contact the ball solidly out of the sand. Also many times you might have a lip in front of you and you have to get the ball up over that lip as well.  You can play two different golf clubs out of fairway bunkers — either an iron or a hybrid. You want to take the lip out of play; you want to pick a club that's not going to bring that lip into play even if you skull it because then it's like a penalty shot. If you leave it in the bunker, or hit way behind it with an iron, it's basically a wasted shot. You're trying to really advance the ball — not necessarily on the green, but up near the green.  Subscribe for more golf tips from SwingU’s top-rated Master Faculty ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to SWINGU on YOUTUBE http://bit.ly/SwingUSubscribe ► Get MORE INSTRUCTION from THE PLANE TRUTH https://bit.ly/PlaneTruthYT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► The Plane Truth’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaneTruthGolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaneTruthGolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetruthgolf/ Web: https://www.planetruthgolf.com/ ► SwingU’s Links: App: https://applk.io/swingu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwingUapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinguapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clubhouse.swingu/ Web: https://www.swingu.com/ Clubhouse: http://bit.ly/SwingUClubhouse Newsletter: https://newsletter.swingu.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fairway woods can sometimes be difficult because they're longer and they have a fairly straight face. That longer club makes you swing further from it, which makes the swing more merry-go-round and sweepy. That being said, try to stand a little closer to the ball and choke down on the club. Feel like the swing is a little longer and try to hit more of a cut shot because that gives you more angle to get the club down underneath the ball. Subscribe for more golf tips from SwingU’s top-rated Master Faculty ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to SWINGU on YOUTUBE http://bit.ly/SwingUSubscribe ► Get MORE INSTRUCTION from THE PLANE TRUTH https://bit.ly/PlaneTruthYT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► The Plane Truth’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaneTruthGolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaneTruthGolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetruthgolf/ Web: https://www.planetruthgolf.com/ ► SwingU’s Links: App: https://applk.io/swingu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwingUapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinguapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clubhouse.swingu/ Web: https://www.swingu.com/ Clubhouse: http://bit.ly/SwingUClubhouse Newsletter: https://newsletter.swingu.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Let's talk about golf course strategy. Using a sweeping right-to-left par-4 as our example, there are two ways to play it. You can either play it directly into the dogleg, cutting it from left-to-right, or drawing it with the dogleg. Both options bring in some possibilities of danger if we don't hit the perfect shot shape, but using a teed-low driver, we can hit a "squeeze cut" that avoids the big trouble that a dogleg hole brings into the mix. Subscribe for more golf tips from SwingU’s top-rated Master Faculty ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to SWINGU on YOUTUBE http://bit.ly/SwingUSubscribe ► Get MORE INSTRUCTION from THE PLANE TRUTH http://bit.ly/PlaneTruthYT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► The Plane Truth’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaneTruthGolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaneTruthGolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetruthgolf/ Web: https://www.planetruthgolf.com/ ► SwingU’s Links: App: https://applk.io/swingu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwingUapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinguapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clubhouse.swingu/ Web: https://www.swingu.com/ Clubhouse: http://bit.ly/SwingUClubhouse Newsletter: https://newsletter.swingu.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The clubface ball flight misses we have are toe hits and heel hits. Usually, the toe hit comes out of a plus, or steep, impact, and a heel hit is the result of a shallow, or minus, impact. When you hit an iron on the heel or toe, the ball flight isn’t as largely impacted as it would be with a hybrid, fairway wood or driver. As a right-handed golfer, a toe hit will generally move to the left and a heel strike will typically move to the right. Subscribe for more golf tips from SwingU’s top-rated Master Faculty ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to SWINGU on YOUTUBE http://bit.ly/SwingUSubscribe ► Get MORE INSTRUCTION from THE PLANE TRUTH https://bit.ly/PlaneTruthYT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► The Plane Truth’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaneTruthGolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaneTruthGolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetruthgolf/ Web: https://www.planetruthgolf.com/ ► SwingU’s Links: App: https://applk.io/swingu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwingUapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinguapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clubhouse.swingu/ Web: https://www.swingu.com/ Clubhouse: http://bit.ly/SwingUClubhouse Newsletter: https://newsletter.swingu.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you can understand where you hit on the ball, you can eliminate one side of the golf course or the other. If you hit the inside of the golf ball, that will hit a push to the right side of the hole; or, if you hit the outside side of the golf ball, you'll hit the squeeze cut to eliminate any trouble that may be on the left side of the ball. If you're going to play a left-to-right shot, hit it with a more straight-faced club and tee it lower. If you want to hit it right-to-left, play it with a more lofted club so that it won't over-hook. Subscribe for more golf tips from SwingU’s top-rated Master Faculty ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to SWINGU on YOUTUBE http://bit.ly/SwingUSubscribe ► Get MORE INSTRUCTION from THE PLANE TRUTH https://bit.ly/PlaneTruthYT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► The Plane Truth’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaneTruthGolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaneTruthGolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetruthgolf/ Web: https://www.planetruthgolf.com/ ► SwingU’s Links: App: https://applk.io/swingu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwingUapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinguapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clubhouse.swingu/ Web: https://www.swingu.com/ Clubhouse: http://bit.ly/SwingUClubhouse Newsletter: https://newsletter.swingu.com/

Directional ball flight misses would be misses to the left and to the right. There are two ways to miss both left and two ways to miss to the right. Each miss has two reasons, either a plus swing or a minus swing.  Subscribe for more golf tips from SwingU’s top-rated Master Faculty ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to SWINGU on YOUTUBE http://bit.ly/SwingUSubscribe ► Get MORE INSTRUCTION from THE PLANE TRUTH https://bit.ly/PlaneTruthYT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► The Plane Truth’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaneTruthGolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaneTruthGolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetruthgolf/ Web: https://www.planetruthgolf.com/ ► SwingU’s Links: App: https://applk.io/swingu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwingUapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinguapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clubhouse.swingu/ Web: https://www.swingu.com/ Clubhouse: http://bit.ly/SwingUClubhouse Newsletter: https://newsletter.swingu.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Anytime you're topping the ball, you first need to say to yourself, "what kind of top is it?" There are two kinds of tops — one of them is a plus top and one of them is a minus top. The minus top occurs when you're either not getting to the ground and the ball or when you do hit the ball, you're swinging up so much that you're catching the top of the ball. A steep top is when you're swinging too much down at the golf ball. You might catch the top of the ball, particularly with a fairway wood, and you'll see the ball hop along the ground. You also may hit a steep top when you're coming down so suddenly, you pull up to avoid the crash and you just catch the top of the ball that way. Subscribe for more golf tips from SwingU’s top-rated Master Faculty ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to SWINGU on YOUTUBE http://bit.ly/SwingUSubscribe ► Get MORE INSTRUCTION from THE PLANE TRUTH https://bit.ly/PlaneTruthYT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ► The Plane Truth’s Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaneTruthGolf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaneTruthGolf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetruthgolf/ Web: https://www.planetruthgolf.com/ ► SwingU’s Links: App: https://applk.io/swingu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwingUapp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinguapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clubhouse.swingu/ Web: https://www.swingu.com/ Clubhouse: http://bit.ly/SwingUClubhouse Newsletter: https://newsletter.swingu.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------