– How's it going, everybody? We are at The Astbury today,
and we're playing some golf. And we're gonna show you, pretty much, the perfect setup for every shot we play. (upbeat music) Fourteenth, starting with a par four, it's a good one – probably
one of the hardest ones. Piers is gonna show us what we're doing with the driver. – [Piers] All right,
yeah, so we've got 423, dog-leg slightly to the right, the fit trouble on the left,
big trees on the right. So, we're just going
to avoid those, really. So, straight away, my mind set is "well, what kind of tee shot do I want?" I want a left-side fairway, maybe even sort of hugging it with a little bit of a fade, but maybe a little bit
lower than normal landing. – [Andy] Yeah. – So what I would do for
this is first of all, I'm going to tee the golf
ball a little bit lower than I normally would for a driver.
Normally it would be higher than that. Ball position, I'm still going to have it forward, so it's still going to be on the inside of my lead heel. I'm still going to
probably have more weight favoring my right side, so, 55%. But I think the key with a driver, as with all the drives, we still want to get this tilt with the spine away from the target. That allows us to get the
most out of the driver. So this setup, I'm probably
not hitting up on it so much, I might be quite level. – [Andy] Yep. – But I want to go in pretty low, and I want a little bit of fade, and a little bit of wind action maybe. (hits golf ball) Probably just overdone it. Hold on. – [Andy] It's riding with the
wind, riding with the fade.
Oh the next shot's
going to be interesting, isn't it? – (indistinct) – So, these trees on the
right do block you out, so I'm going to be playing
from underneath them now. – [Andy] You just wanted to show them a recovery shot, didn't you? – I thought it was,
I've got to do not just normal pines off of the fairway.
– Exactly. (upbeat music) (hits golf ball) (upbeat music) – [Andy] Look at Piers' ball, we've found it, it's
lying, but not too bad, a little bit of grass
behind the golf ball. He's got to go over that tree, and the flag is behind that 115. – [Piers] I haven't got
to go over this one, that's what I thought, I'd be blocked out. So luckily, it blew on
the wind a little bit and made it through
the gap, which is good. So look, go assess the lie, first of all. It's actually slightly sitting up, even though it's sitting down here, relative to the ground it's sitting up and the grass is going this way. So that's good that it's going this way, because with the ball sitting up I don't want to get too steep on it. Cause if you get too steep on it, I might actually hit
it too high in the face and I might not make the journey.
So, my ball position, as a result of that, hasn't got to be as far back. It can actually be pretty much
in the middle of my stance. I'm going to be going 52. I definitely need to lean
on my lead side more, which is going to help me get a steepness to my swing, but I don't
want a super steep swing because of the lie. So
whenever you're in rough, you go to assess the lie and figure out what element of steepness that you need. So, I'm going to create the steepness by going ball-middle. I'm going to go back,
I'm going to go middle, and I'm going to lean on
my lead side a little bit. – [Andy] Okay, just talk a bit about, so you got 52, yeah? – 52, yes. – [Andy] That's 115,
what about power on this? Because you are in the rough, the wind's awful at helping a bit. What are you going to be going to be doing in terms of power? – I'm going to be aiming a little bit left to allow for the breeze, but not as much, because of the fact it's
got to have a little less spin on it, so it could
cut through the wind a little bit more.
Um, I'm going to grip it tight, so it doesn't tangle
up in the rough, there. But I've got to allow for a
potential flyer, somewhat. So, I'm not going to be going full out, but I am going to be going firm. – [Andy] So maybe a
slightly shorter swing? – Yeah, 3/4 gap wedge. Normally, this goes around about 120, so. I'll take a little bit out,
but I've got allow for the fact that the wind might be
hurting a little bit, but not a super amount. (hits golf ball) This is gotta go a bit, a little high on the face. Is it gonna make it, is it gonna make it? Can't see it behind the tree.
– [Andy] I think it's gone beyond the tree I think it's clipped the
last couple of branches. – [Piers] Nice tee shot, there. – That was a beautiful one. That was a new driver, as well. The first time out on the golf course. (laughs) – [Piers] Okay, so you've got what? – 110. – [Piers] Was it about 150? 110. – 110. Now this is probably
one of my favorite yardage, anywhere between 100, 115, is my 52. I feel that's a great range for me.
I like to go sort of
smooth with this club. So, with this shot, really
all I'm going to do with this, I actually really like
to play these shallow. So, in this instance, it's a
little bit of a smoother one. It's not my full-out one. So the stance is going to be
a little narrower than usual. My ball position is going to
be slightly ahead of center, that's going to help me be
a little bit more shallow. A lot of people think you
need to put these back, I like to keep it forward,
left side of the chest, and then from here, this is just a really smooth golf swing. Now, there's one thing I'm
doing with my golf swing at the moment, in my practice swings that I'm adding in there. I want you to comment below, let me know what you think it is. – [Piers] And what would you say about weight distribution
on this one as for landing? And where are you with your feet? – Um, for me at the moment,
I'm feeling pretty neutral still, I don't want to be favoring the lead side too much at all.
So, I'd say 50/50. – [Piers] Say 50/50. – When it's this sort of distance. (hits golf ball) – [Piers] And just tailing on the wind a little bit to the right. Front, right? – Uh no, it's not front, I'd say that's probably pin high. – [Piers] Yeah, you're
probably right, actually. – Pin high. – [Piers] It's a small green, though, here, isn't it? – Yeah. – [Piers] It is a small green. – Yeah to ride the wind,
but distance for me, I always feel like I hit
the number with this club.
– I think I'm in a bit of
a pig's ear on this one, aren't I? But, do you know what? It's easy done, it's easy done. So this is is an interesting one. – [Andy] No, yeah this
is a great opportunity to prepare to talk about
his new chipping technique. (laughs) Because it's so much better, let's just talk through it a bit. – Yeah, a little bit out the rough. I mean, I've just created
a lot more softness, to me, this is something
you've been saying for awhile, and I
listened to James Seigman talk about this. It's
about softness in the arms and letting the club travel,
and it is interesting. there's been pretty decent results. But as far as this shot's concerned here, again, we're in the rough. So, the first thing you have
to do is assess the lie. So the lie isn't too bad, it's
sitting down a little bit. So, there's varying degrees of steepness that we need when we're in the rough.
So, I need an element
of steepness in this. There's a few things I'm
going to do in the setup. First of all, I'm going
to open my stance up. So the more I point my body to the left, the more the low point is shifted later, which means I'm going to
be steeper, which is good. So I'm going to have an open stance, I'm going to have ball
slightly further back than middle. So again,
that's going to create the steepness, which is good. And then from there,
I'm just going to lean on my lead side a little bit, as well. So, lean on to that lead side. So, if you think about it, ball back leaning on the left side, and opening the stance is going to create the steepness.
And the last thing I'm going to do is in the grip. So, if I actually hold it all the way down, it's a lot easier for me to create that steepness in the back swing by using the wrist more,
by having some weight underneath where I'm
holding my hand, there. So, this works really well to just pop on to the back of the golf ball. – [Andy] So, more of a softness
with the arms. More set. – Yes. – [Andy] Longer backswing. – Yep. – [Andy] Okay, and you'll see in that club just letting the arms drop as he swings through on this one. (hits golf ball) Beautiful, soft little shot there.
– Got right a bit. It was
right on a little bit, but. – [Andy] But, that's
okay, I think that's about (indistinct) actually. But, great contact out of there, you know, and again, this is the one thing that
we were talking about. – Look at that one, that's right. – [Piers] Hello, hello dear friends. Just missed the green, actually, just a little bit on the fringe. We are going to putt it, obviously. – Yes, it's too close not to putt. (laughs) – [Piers] Don't ever chip from there, you must only ever putt. – Yes, okay this is
pretty straightforward, not really must break in this at all, pretty straight. As far
as the setup goes for me, pretty neutral, obviously
going to be more bent over grip is a little different, I've got it more running through the palm as opposed to, sort of,
running through the fingers. Left fingers down the shaft. – [Piers] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, okay, like that.
– Obviously more bent over arms and nicely hanging down,
this is really key for me because I really feel as if there's no, I think Brad Faxon said
he wants arms like rope. – [Piers] Arms like rope. – So, my arms are so soft,
my grip pressure's so soft and I feel that just allows me to just swing everything and keep a real good feel on the club as well. – [Piers] You might let go of the putter, it's that soft. – I've lost my lie, now, so. (laughs) Okay. (upbeat music) I've got it. Okay, so
really relatively straight. – [Piers] Arms like rope, I like it. – Not gonna do much, here. (upbeat music) – [Piers] Give that a good
whack, it should turn. Should turn, hello.
– Well, it just slowed
down there a little bit, a little slow. – [Piers} Say, get away, the lie's full. – The lie was good. – Ooh, squeeze it in there. – [Andy] Squeeze it in the hole. (upbeat music) – [Piers] Alright, have
you spotted it yet? Have you spotted? – Game changer, game changer. – [Piers] Do another one, do another one – It is a game changer, game changer.
Gotta get it in. – [Piers] Obvious, it's obvious, come on. – It's obvious to you. Right, 2 iron, 3-3-7. Just
needs a threading down there. Bunker's left, I want to avoid that. So even being in the
right rough's okay here. – [Piers] Driver's not the option here with the water on the left short, so. – Exactly, so 2-irons, again, I really like to keep the ball positioned forward in the stance, so you'll see here it's forward in the stance, here. We were just talking before
this was sort of lie here, one thing I'm working on is actually creating a bit more tilt. I don't mind being
left-sided with the weight as long as the spine is tilted away.
But I've been in the bad
habit of going this way when that ball position's there like that I can be a bit too steep, so… – [Piers] Slamming it into the ground. – Still creating a nice tilt with this, maybe a little pressure on the lead leg but that angle in the spine is really important for me. (upbeat music) (hits golf ball) Ooh, absolute beauty, a little draw. That's what I feel like I'm going to do from this now, with the
spine in a great place here, I really feel like I can rotate better and get my path a little
bit more to the right. And just loads of time to square the face. (upbeat music) Ease into it a little
maybe off to the right.
– (Sean) Yep, go on that side. (laughs) – [Piers] That's definitely
going in the video Sean, do not not put that in. Okay, Andy, right. So you've got 120? – I've got 125 till the
middle of the green. – [Piers] Okay. – So this is perfect, in the setup change, in this shot, this is the only thing I'm going to change here
is the width of the stance. Ball position is still going to be ahead of the center,
I'm going to keep that. All I'm changing is the
width of the stance, because I need control now. And then, what you're going to notice with the short iron, for me, is that you won't see me, or very rarely, see me hit a short iron with this sort of full swing motion because
I'm not really after power.
I'm not looking to hit it as far as I can, and it's rare that you're always
going to have that number. So, it's into the breeze, 125, that would normally be a wedge for me, an easy wedge, but I'm going to go easy 9 because of the breeze and
you're going to notice that I'll play this shot
with a shorter backswing, shorter through swing, and fairly smooth. 'Cause I want the control of the height, but I want the control
of the distance as well.
(hits golf ball) – [Andy] Okay, Pierce
just missed the rough. Great opportunity though, cause he… – I wish I missed the
rough, I missed the fairway. – [Andy] Missed the fairway, sorry. Ball below the feet,
what, you got about 120? – Yeah similar yardage
to you, just about same. And look, the key is now,
we couldn't have placed this any better, could we? It's
perfect for losing balance this lie.
So, we've got to understand the whole purpose of this shot, really, is keep your balance, don't fall over. So, when the ball is well below the level of the feet,
I need to get down lower to get to the golf ball.
So that means more leg flex and maybe even a wider stance. So wider stance, more leg flex. Again, we need to assess the lie, as well. So, we've got the grass going this way so it's going against the grain. So straight away I'm thinking grip pressure is something
I need to look at, ball position will go back a little bit. Again, to do with the fact that we've got the wind into as well. The one thing we also need to understand is that when we actually
have the ball below, we tilt the club more up and
the swing is more upright which means it can cut, I
can cut it to the right. So, I need to aim probably
a little bit left on this. But again, when I'm in the rough, I always feel that you
don't need to aim so much to allow for the curve because the rough will take the curve off it.
So again, just lots of leg flex, wide stance leaning on the left leg, and then from there keep your balance. (upbeat music) More important to keep
the balance in this shot then to have a nice looking finish. Oh, one other thing, sorry. I nearly forgot this, take full length on the club, don't choke down is all.
Not that you would from 120. (upbeat music) (hits golf ball) (upbeat music) – [Piers] So, you're going
to go high, I'll assume here. – Do you know what, there's
two ways I could approach this. I could go for the high, soft, floaty one. But, because I've got
a little bit of green to work with, and the
greens are quite slow, it depends on the speed of the greens. If the greens were
slick, I'd be going soft, floaty one, but because
the greens are quite slow, I'm not going to play that shot. So, all I'm going to do here, is just try to get it on
the front of the green, maybe two yards on, yeah, two yards on.
Let it roll out, it's not
going to roll very fast. – [Piers] Okay. – Um, so to do that, I'm
going to play, really, quite normal, which is rare for me. Ball back in the stance,
leaning on the left side, and from here, again,
because I'm in the rough, I'm definitely going to
have a slightly firmer grip pressure so it doesn't, sort of, snag the club and really
have that little bit of speed throughout the shot.
And just one thing that
I always like to do in this shot, really important
when you're in the rough, is have loads of practice swings so you know what it's going to feel like. But also, how does the club feel bouncing off the ground,
I want to feel that if the ball is sitting down, which it is. – [Piers] Great feedback
mechanism that is, obviously gives you all the information that you need, really. – (Andy) Right, Piers has
just made it over the bunker. Actually, look at this,
it's like really nice. – [Piers] (laughs) Too nice. – Got a straightforward chip, a little bit of a ridge to go.
Yeah, you know what, this is
an interesting one isn't it? Because the golf ball, as you say, it's almost like it's on a big, like, pink castle tee, like
the one's that you use. Are you pink or orange? – [Andy] Orange on the driver. – So, it's like it's sitting
on one of those big tees, so you have to understand that again, we're going to assess the lie. So, looking at this here,
I don't need steepness on this one because I'm
just going to hit it really high on the face.
So
I need shallowness somewhat, but also I need to allow for the fact that the golf ball is near to me, so I'm going to choke
right down the handle. So I'm going to go right down to steel. So, ball I'm just going to put back, not for steepness, just
for almost the sensation. I'm just going to be collecting it. So, I'm going to feel as though my arms are actually quite extended as I just collect the
golf ball off the top.
I've got pitching wedge,
I'm going to be landing it probably halfway, letting
it run out a little bit right to left up the tier. – [Andy] This is a low
roller, really, isn't it? It's just getting the ball rolling. – It is, it is. And you
could go with a lower loft if you wanted to, but again,
I'm just going to make sure that the set up and the
intention is just to collect it. (upbeat music) (hits golf ball) – Go, go, go, go, go. And course, greens are a little slow, I was about 2 or 3 feet short. I'm pretty happy with that though, the contact, look at that,
that's the hardest part on that shot, to hit it there, it's so easy to hit it here. – [Andy] So, take a look at this guys. You'll see the holes,
'cause the course is close.
So I'm putting too. – [Piers] Make the hole
smaller, that's what we say. – [Andy] Yeah, make the game harder. (upbeat music) (hits golf ball) – [Piers] Could be a nice up and down. – I'm giving myself that one. – [Piers] Yeah you have
that one, all right, that's good, that's all good. – Thank you very much,
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