Todd Clements is a DP World Tour Winner, sitting inside the top 100 in the Race To Dubai Rankings. Todd is a Titleist Ambassador, and was at the Titleist Performance Centre in Woburn to talk about the new golf balls and Vokey SM10’s. Can Todd fix my short game? Watch the video to find out more.
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That’s the best I’ve done so Far I have a secret I have a terrible short game that’s not a secret everyone knows that from a 100 yards in Inn I really struggle chip shots pit shots bunker shots and we’re not even going to talk about passing I need help luckily I found someone who can help Me Todd I’m I’m in a bit of trouble and I think a lot of people watching this video will also struggle with short game right is is it the most important part of golf place for it to be the said to the hardest and the most important um
But I think like there’s that window of 50 to 90 Ys that it can be the hardest as well yeah and I so I struggle with that the most I hit I hit the ball a decent decent way but when I get into that scoring it’s just like it keeps me
Up at night almost of the bad shots that I hit as we talking about already blading it into into a clubhouse hitting shots which I will say right now we just had a little fitting session and those were my um my marks on the ground show
Me how it’s meant to be done first if you want put it where where high pressure that is Alex uh no I saw your finish last week mate would you say a short game um h of strength of your game I’ve seen your stats I say so yeah yeah especially
Around the greens like close around the greens could be is good strength of mine um I think like you’ve got that period between 40 and 70 it’s like no man’s land I think I call it um it’s not easy no you know because it’s transition between short game and and long shots
But yeah I think like I mean I can show here but it’s it’s it’s about you know like Club delivery and right and not being too Steep and not being too shallow really okay how important is the the club in your hand no TI is just
Within you got some tens huge um for me and I think like the grind on the club is important to how you deliver it um what I mentioned asked you earlier yeah I think having a look at like different grinds if you’re if you’re a digger you
Know like K grinds really help you out just try and get something that gets back out the soil sure um and obviously if you’re quite shallow then you’re looking at something like an nail grind you know getting gets a bit of tur after it okay that’s probably something that
Amateures don’t really realize how important that is huge especially you know like when it gets wet you know something that comes out of the soil can really help you quite a lot of people we’ve seen quite a lot of people at certain stores just go and buy three
Wedges off the rack rather than using fitting tools the tight list new fitting sort of tool like that I’ve just got fit for some of these new wedges as well which say it helps to an extent but also knowing the right thing which show me to
Do new W is great yeah let’s let’s see it yeah well I mean for me I’m looking at like you know kind of the fundamentals a good setup um I think like you see quite a lot of people get too left-sided okay um you know trying to guarantee a strike which is actually
Kind of like the opposite what you should be trying to do okay um so I’m like you know I’m looking at like a 50% split Weight Wise um handle just ahead of it okay and then kind of like for me I look it’s like a connection of like
You know Club just NE collection of my arm and I’m just trying to like make it one piece right okay keep it simple yep that’s what I’m trying to do a so good the sound is so different when you when you just completely get the like the TF interaction sof ground
Is it strikes yeah got we can see a difference here well if you come and just show the difference in divot of what you should be doing to what you shouldn’t be doing look at that it’s like kn whereas that is like very much like you haven’t done your
Homework that’s that’s I mean for me I’m you know I think like um we’ll get you watching you a couple shots but you I mean you’re trying to get the chest is a vital part of like especially a pit shot okay interesting I see so many people
You know like they get quite nervous quite um anxious and you know they’re just like arms and they’re trying to drive it and that’s a bit of a repes disaster interesting so from what about 80 yards here what what what is your stock Club that you would use question
Yeah I use like a 58 bent to a 59 really okay yeah so I would be using something like that right why is it bent just for gapping purposes just for pure gapping purposes and I think I like the feel of a 60 around the greens and then 58 for
The I tried to okay I mean one degree what does it mean really but but for someone like yourself who’s obviously working into inches not even yards anymore right that’s yeah I mean you’re trying to get as much control yeah in all areas okay interesting I I’ll let me
Hit a shot now show you what what yeah I’m going to go right by uh Todd’s perfect divot just to show you what not to do I also I’m going to try and not although you’ve given myself and the viewers a lot of really helpful advice
That I’m just going to try and nullify that and on what I was The Nightmare I was just doing that was actually quite nice unfortunately that was the best shot I’ve hit probably for a while but I still was slightly different to yours that was yeah let’s try let’s try and
Get a bad one in there because two in a row yeah this is this is weird you should follow me around for the rest of the round but for me like if I’m looking at you there like I’ll give you like you’ve set up you’ve got really
Wide base right okay do I yes you got a really big St yeah for me if I was looking for something like if you to like hit a 70 yard shot you looks like you back to a driver I do okay okay um so if I’m like looking at that yeah like
For me having like shoulder width apart like bit ner and then like me you’ve done it really well but you’re feeling like you’re going to go through like your chest going to turn you’re going get your chest facing the target okay what was it the Finish yeah but like you
Don’t need to feel like you’re going to drive it more just getting your chest facing the Target on three4 finish okay interesting so a bit narrower so more just like that would you say yeah yeah that’s pretty good okay that was different see the sound of
That that was better yeah yeah so it’s the chest really like the main structure because yeah because the shot’s not long you’ve got to try and take away like things that are going to you know if you got more moving parts you’ve got to get
Them back to where it was okay so I always try and make it as base as I can like chess chess is the controller um the clubs are just an extension of what you are okay and and then you like you can play around with you know if you’re
Going for a really wide base I was expecting to see really high Loft yeah in ter CU you’re going to give it a bit more Force you know like if you’re going a bit lower bit narrower can stay on top of a bit easier right okay cuz if you I
Mean for you if you go like a wide base to turn your hips it takes a long time right okay okay which is obviously a short shot you need a bit of turn yeah whereas like if you go really narrow turn your H quite easier right
Interesting so like so that for when I’m like seeing you there um but yeah that I mean you’ve got like a nice move right but though were the two keys like yeah feel a bit of a narrow stance and then just feel like you’re going to get your
Chest turning and it’s really turning the chest into it okay it’s a bit narrower than that that that’s it so really so would you say this is this is shoulder width this before wasn’t it yeah yeah the big Wire yeah shoulder width ball position middle and just turn the chest back and
Through it’s not bit low I take that over what I was doing before with yeah yeah I mean it’s not too far away um I mean in terms of like the strikes like whereabouts are they coming out of I thought to be fair I think they’re all
Quite clean in fact we can actually see from the actual awful stuff I’ve done before that was there they’re more like there now aren’t they now my my Miss is always yeah well you’re going to see the awful bits that I was doing before my
Miss was always kind of high and toy um if I’m getting it kind of around there that’s probably quite good for me what what Groove should should be aim for the I mean my club’s a bit dirty but you’re looking between like three and four okay
Okay um for me like that’s your Optimum right okay bit lower than that it’s going going to do do that okay it’s a bit yeah it’s a bit narrower there we go that’s it like I set last night my Norm is to set up so yeah so I mean try
Experiment it try and go a bit narrow okay it okay there you go oh that’s the best I’ve done so far it almost feels like my some muscles in my body’s working slightly differently yeah because I’m working my chest there which is quite good okay so in ter so I I’ve you can
See I’ve changed from that would would that there be just because I’m probably not turning up my arms rather anything yeah you’re gouging um you your arms are you’re obviously trying to guarantee a strike you loads of sharing it I mean you’re just taking rugs so something as
Simple as really just changing my style to make it yeah W The Wider your stances obviously the more power you’re going to have so you know you’re looking to try and be a little bit narrower try and be a bit more delicate you know finess okay um
And I think like there’s you know there a few keys that yeah as you had a driver stance you try to hit it with most Force yeah you know trying to hit a few chip shots right okay whil I have you so that that was a particularly bad part of my
Game but it looks like just by something simple like that one thing that from my 27 years of of living I’ve never been able to do hit bunkers very well the bunker and just see I’ve never had a lesson with it I think a lot of people
Proba a lot of Amatea struggle with bunkers as well just because they don’t know what to do if we can talk about the fundamentals of them quickly and just see what’s what okay I’ll just take a 60 with me if that’s all Right we go to the front left pin here um just talk me through this if this was in tournament play yeah so I mean I’m looking at this like you know that good perfect lining are there two balls there um you know I’m looking at like you
Firstly have the flight how how far I’m going to hit it and then I’m looking at my lie obviously got a nice lie here so like I’ll be looking at that thinking okay I’m looking at the flight so then that goes into my setup so I’ll be
Choosing you know like I’ll draw lines in here yeah if that’s your like ball line I’m looking at contact Point probably about there okay um my left heel sits on the ball point just probably just in front yeah and then I’m looking at like if I was put the ground
The club to sit on the ball yeah and then quite simly but you’re just going to hinge it yeah and then turn and it’s going to should just roll out yeah I hope we can hear in the microphon the thump that that that you make is that why one having the correct
Bounce but also the correct delivery into the yeah so like it’s having the confidence in for me with the club like the bounce as you like you I mean camera might not be able to see it from that far but looking at this line on the back
Of it should should be where you should be striking the club okay um you know like if you look at this here yeah if you would to be like you should be looking to hit sound with this okay okay interesting does that make sense not Ed
To try and get it out so they’re the two things so I’m looking at that the ball position handle position and then like making it basic so I’m looking at the there and with the right balance I can then strike the ground with confidence
Yeah okay to get it out yeah I think the the acceleration is one thing that I think once you have that confidence is really impressive yeah especially with that shot just a nice little bit ofit yeah little bit of roll out so so what I’ve always struggled with the bunkers like I don’t
Know if we have any Boll for this but hopefully we do but what I’ve always struggled with the bunkers is I somehow like yeah tow it so badly like when you seen these marks it even more so and it goes like over there type thing um and
It’s led to me to almost have this sense of like anxiety in bunkers whereby I’m in it and I’m like oh my God like want to get up and down noge want to get out like I’m praying if I was here I’m like TR to get on the green so I think like
Big thing is like in a bun of Loft your friend yeah so really so have some add some Loft like to start with like forget where the ball’s going to go look okay we’re in a practice bunker it means nothing but I lost your friend set up to it for me
Okay so like you get wi base um you can stand a little bit further away okay that’s it perfect is that Bas base okay that’s pretty good yeah okay wait it’s weight 60% in your left foot okay that’s it and then and then feel like you’re
Going to just strike the back of the club in in about there there okay that’s what I have yeah yeah and I know I know going to make another mark on where the grooves are not okay but also I’m so nervous over it I feel so like when when you mean your backing
There is like really short okay is it yeah so feel like you’re going to try this one where you’re going to have LOF you’re going to go a bit longer yeah and you’re going to go to short okay what so long long long to short with Loft on it okay
Okay I’m happy the bad shots are there yeah yeah they’re there they’re there yeah and then so then same similar again yeah when you try this if you to like mirror me sure you’re going to you’re going to feel like you’re going to swing around more okay well am I going up
You’re going like up right does that make sense feel yeah num so you’re going to like swing swing a bit more around yourself TR the sand for some reason I always think when I think of hinging my wrist I just got you you think up yeah rather
Yeah so you can still hinge if you to like draw a line but if it say Target line yeah you us to draw a line like you’re going to try and get the butt of the club when you do that to aim at that club because you can hinge it on any
Line you like you Hing it shallow you can hinge it steep yeah you’re going to try and get if you go to the if you set up to it sure and take your Club so you wear your arms parallel to the floor okay keep going next one you you’re
Going to try and get the B of the club like there like that okay close but you seem like you’ve can’t believe that’s on camera yeah I’ve just missed the ball in a bunker and I put it in a video for all you guys to
See if you guys don’t want to miss the ball the bunker and hit shots like this make sure you hit that big red subscribe button down below to keep upst with all the golf Magic’s content back to the video gone like full full like extension okay yeah and the ball’s gone
Nowhere yeah does that make sense yeah that happens i’ I’ve remember I’ve actually got a video where that’s happened um so feel feel like you’re going to draw it okay so like if you if you’ll just draw it set up right yeah right head leg back you’re going to try
And draw draw this Bunger shot sure you’re going to really like that exaggerate that’s it and what I’m you’re going to try and draw it doesn’t matter where it goes little little draw sure nearly I know I know what you mean I feel like I’m L leaving it so open you
Basically you’re going you drag it so much and then and then you you’ve got so much you Club so far out like you dig it under the ground yeah cuz no yeah cuz that that um for people looking back home yeah you look into like if you look
At your divots like really you can see the yellow under the sand you’re trying to take as not not not really steep but not like a little bit of sand yeah trying to keep the like I said the ball there weight stays left and wait lofs your friend yeah then you just try
To get this here to strike the strike the sand yeah okay and and make that conscious thought sure to feel that you can have more Loft lower the handle yeah okay and feel like you can use the back of the okay and just and stay left yeah that sounded a little bit better
It’s still yellow in it yeah s closer yeah do me one more can I watch from here yeah so like here if I was like you’re drag this foot like back to that’s it that’s it really just lower the handle and stand further away you standing way too near it keep going keep
Going keep going keep going oh my go right there yeah well I can’t get much worse so stand further away lower the handle feel like going to draw it okay a it’s getting close getting there you’re aim right you’re not aiming you’re still aiming left the flag we’ll get you out
Yeah I’m not going to be a complete perfect lie oh no yeah yeah give me give me I don’t deserve aim feel like you’re aim the right one okay keep a and then we’re going to pull it onto the left one okay okay does that make sense I mean
You’re aiming got keep keep F further right there you go there you go oh my Lord okay and really just and then you’re going to pull it onto the left that makes sense oh it’s so close so when you get and this last shot cuz this is this you’re
Going to be don’t move very much okay but you’re going to do that but when when you do it you’re going to let the club overtake you okay cuz you’re driving it Oh am I what I’m like I’m okay driver you got to let the club overtake you okay that’s it yeah I’ll
Get you there we go there we go we’re getting closer better yeah better I mean to go from that to that let’s let’s let’s hit one more you can see the the noise is getting a little bit better there yeah but that’s basic so I was so drastically if you
Wanted to practice drill yeah a lot of people back home bit of fun yeah is try and just hit right hand only uh what is that to the club release release if you like I mean if you like this so you’re going to go right hand only um you can
Put your left hand where you like but you’re looking at in terms of that it does so many good things for that in the club go past you but have a go what what if I what if I just pure it first time I start playing his right right
Only have a nice light so watch just there you go that tell by the sound the stri yeah right hand only oh that’s a nice sound practice swing yeah I’ve whiffed it twice in this video the thing is that was quite a nice sound that was a practice swing I can’t do that
Again do laughing at me come on thanks for watching once you get better at it is the reason why I’m doing that why I’m missing the ball cuz I’m still so outside you you you’re basically you aim to you’re too near the ball okay your shoulders are open yeah
And then you you miss the ball right okay that makes sense say my shoulders open you shut your shoulders yeah and hit and that’s why like mentioned to try and feel like you’re going to draw it okay see feel like you’re going to shut your shoulders and let let the CL I I
Get you okay so even though I feel like I’m aing left my shoulders are probably neutral okay last one perhaps so way further away is that right right foot back keep going keep going keep there you go and and then should that’s it and then let the club just over pass go past
And you’ll be perfectly fine oh nearly he’s so close I’m so close but that’s enough for me to practice to show how drastically run to me getting it out yeah I feel like I’m butting him out a little bit early yeah cuz you’re trying to get the club out
Ball out of sand yeah and I totally understand it’s a tough part toughest part of the game yeah absolutely it’s the toughest part for me so I do I appreciate your help because I’ve always been in bunkers as we can see beforehand just completely incorrect so that’s
Going that’s going to really help a lot and I hope it helps you guys too and you’ve got a laugh out of it by seeing me um miss the ball three times in the bunker really appreciate it thank you very much well that was uh tough I’ve exposed
Myself for my Bunker play to all the golf magic viewers but it’s been a bit of time and now I’m getting there I’m thumping the sand a lot better now there’s still a lot of work to do you can see that still a little bit steep into it but I’m understanding how
To use the bounce of my new sm10 wedge correctly so I hope this video has helped you guys cuz Todd was an absolute gent and he’s provided many tips in this video that will help you guys get better from a 100 yards and in if you guys have
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