{"id":727178,"date":"2026-06-10T10:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/727178\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:19:11","slug":"how-to-hit-one-of-the-most-impressive-shots-from-the-us-womens-open-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/727178\/","title":{"rendered":"How to hit one of the most impressive shots from the US Women\u2019s Open \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim \u2018Bones\u2019 MacKay was announcing on-course at the US Women\u2019s Open<\/a> at Riviera. When he saw this sidehill shot Gaby Lopez had on the 18th hole during the third round, he said: \u201cThis could literally go anywhere.\u201d And he was right, the ball was so far below Lopez\u2019s feet, sitting down in the thick, ensnaring Kikuyu rough, no one would\u2019ve blamed Lopez if she sent this one wayward. But she didn\u2019t. Her ball came to rest on the fringe, just short of the green.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfChannel\/status\/2063434498373517521<\/a><\/p>\n

Jason Guss, a Golf Digest Best In State Teacher out of Naperville (Ill.) Country Club, says that this is a great shot for average golfers to study, because what Lopez gets right here is what average players often get wrong.<\/p>\n

1. Get low\u2026 really low<\/p>\n

The first thing she does is get into a really low, squatted posture. With the ball so far below her feet, she needs to get her body lower to the ground so that she doesn\u2019t top it. The angle of the sidehill naturally shifts your body towards the ball. To counter that, Guss says Lopez puts more weight in her heels.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith the hill pulling your weight to your toes, you can shank it from there. Gaby\u2019s done a good job of keeping her weight in the heel. The deep squat helps her do this,\u201d Guss says.<\/p>\n

2. Stay down through the entire swing<\/p>\n

To successfully hit this shot, she has to stay down during the entire swing. Look at the angle of her spine at the address. If she comes out of that angle, she has no chance of hitting it solidly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this shot, she stays in a forward bend throughout the swing to stay down,\u201d Guss explains. \u201cAverage players, they\u2019re too upright at setup and then in the through swing, they have the idea of straightening their legs and finishing their swing. You can\u2019t do that in this shot. You have to stay low throughout. Here, Gaby knows that she has to stay in a forward bend. She stays low through impact, and into the finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bones has seen enough golf to know how hard that shot is. But if you do it properly, you can still make good contact even when the ball is far below your feet.<\/p>\n

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