Play Better Fairway Bunker Shots with the Tee Drill
Maria Palozola shows how to pick the ball up cleanly from the top of the sand for more distance from fairway bunkers.
Maria Palozola has been selected as one of the Top 50 LPGA Teachers in the World from 2008 to the present and chosen as LPGA Midwest Section Teacher of the Year in 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 & 2018.
Maria was also selected as a U.S. Kids Top 50 Master Kids Teacher after making the Top 50 list in 2016, 2017 & 2018 and selected a Golf Range Association of America Top 50 Growth of the Game Instructor in 201, 2018 & 2019.
Listed as a Golf Digest Best Teacher in State, Maria was the Lead Instructor for the Golf Channel Academy with Maria Palozola in St. Louis, MO. Maria has appeared on the Golf Channel doing golf tips for the Golf Fix, School of Golf and The Morning Drive.
Maria Palozola instructs online at mygolfinstructor.com and gives lessons and clinics in person at stlouisgolflessons.com and mariapalozola.com.
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Maria Palozola shows how to pick the ball up cleanly from the top of the sand for more distance from fairway bunkers.
Maria Palozola’s ‘Chase the Ball’ Drill helps you stop chunking and hitting behind the ball by training you to get your weight through the shot.
Making clean contact with the ball before the ground is even more important when the fairway is wet or muddy. Maria Palozola shows how to have ball striking confidence in wet conditions.
Maria Palozola’s Seam on Your Shirt drill trains you to keep your rear arm in front of your body.
Maria Palozola shows how to control the trajectory on pitch shots by finishing your swing low, medium or high.
The flip happens when you incorrectly cup your wrists through the impact zone. Is that you? LPGA instructor Maria Palozola has the solution.
Maria Palozola demonstrates the Back Foot Back drill to stop slices and pull shots and tame your overactive hips.
Maria Palozola demonstrates the causes of not striking down properly on the ball. Eliminate these causes one by one and you’ll soon be hitting more solid golf shots.
Faced with a 50-foot putt …. what should you do? Maria Palozola takes you through her four steps to make sure that the worst case is a tap in.
Choking down on a golf club simply means moving your hands further down the grip. Maria Palozola shows when choking down the grip is the right option and how to do it.
Learning how to hit accurate pitch shots requires control of the carry distance, trajectory, bounce and roll. Maria Palozola shows how to master these four factors.
The Easy Aim Drill from Maria Palozola teaches you how to ensure that you are aimed directly at your target. It will help you to eliminate any second guessing and have confidence that your alignment is correct.
