
Plugged Ball in the Sand? Try This!
Finding your ball plugged in a greenside bunker can be intimidating. Cathy Kim breaks down the exact club selection, clubface setup, and swing adjustments you need to pop the ball out safely.
Cathy Kim is an LPGA and PGA Class A member and Director of Instruction at the Baltimore Country Club in Lutherville Maryland.
Cathy specializes in golf instruction for all ages and skill levels. Cathy’s philosophy is quite simple: to help every golfer to understand why their golf swing looks the way it does and how to improve it to become the best golfer they can be.
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Finding your ball plugged in a greenside bunker can be intimidating. Cathy Kim breaks down the exact club selection, clubface setup, and swing adjustments you need to pop the ball out safely.

Stop “thinning” your fairway woods. If you’ve been taught to play the ball super far forward in your stance, you might be setting yourself up for a top. Learn Cathy Kim’s preferred ball position to ensure a clean, sweeping strike every time you’re on the fairway.

Are you “swatting” when chipping and blading the ball? LPGA Professional Cathy Kim explains how active wrists lead to the leading edge digging in. Learn how to lean left and use a “bigger putting stroke” to keep your hands quiet and your chips crisp.

Cathy Kim demonstrates a great drill you can do with any of your irons to improve your ball compression at impact. Ball compression is crucial for ensuring that your shot travels the desired distance.

Struggling to keep your lead shoulder down during your backswing? Cathy Kim explains why you might be lifting up instead of tilting and how a simple shift in your footwork can fix your shoulder plane automatically.

LPGA professional Cathy Kim explains how to master wrist hinge using a simple golf tee. Learn how to create an L-to-L swing by directing the butt end of your club toward the ground for better control and power.

Topping the ball? We’ve got the fix! This confidence-killing shot is actually the easiest to correct. LPGA Pro Cathy Kim shows you the one simple setup change. a little lean, that instantly turns a dreaded top into a clean, downward strike!

LPGA Professional Cathy Kim fixes the common fault of making a reverse shoulder turn (lifting without rotation). This simple drill connects your arms to your torso, forcing proper body rotation to synchronize your swing and generate more speed by dropping the club “in the slot.

When you have a wedge shot into the green Cathy Kim teaches a simple club choice strategy to match the space available to land and stop the ball.

Cathy Kim shows how to stop the heel of your club from digging in the ground and hit nice clean chip shots from the center of the clubface every time.

Are you losing distance and consistency because your golf club “droops”? In this lesson, Cathy Kim shares a simple drill using a hand towel to help you hold the angle of your club. Learn how to hit down on the ball, improve your consistency, and gain more distance.

Struggling with an inconsistent putting stroke? In this lesson, Cathy Kim introduces a simple drill to help. By connecting your putter to your belly button, you will learn to feel the natural arc of a putting stroke and develop a more consistent motion for better accuracy on the green.