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Playing Lessons Xtra: Bunker Shots with Sophia Popov

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Instructors Jim "Bones" Mackay, Sophia Popov

2020 AIG Women’s Open champion, Sophia Popov, demonstrates how she thinks her way through and then executes a bunker shot. Watch full episodes of Playing Lessons on Golf Channel, Tuesdays at 7 PM ET.

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