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Hitting out the Bunker
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:24 am
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:24 am
Any advice on hitting out of greenside bunkers? The last couple of rounds I have had to take penalties because I'll hit my shot out of bounds out of the sand. I would just be happy hitting it out of the sand anywhere on the green two putting and moving to the next hole. I have never been good out of the sand but do have some good shots here and there.
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Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:26 am to Sader1990
open stance
open the shite out of the clubface
cut across it and hit right before the ball
find a practice bunker somwhere and live it in it for an hour or two, bunker shots take practice.
make sure to accelerate and dont quit on it
make sure to use the bounce of the club and dont dig the leading edge into the sand
open the shite out of the clubface
cut across it and hit right before the ball
find a practice bunker somwhere and live it in it for an hour or two, bunker shots take practice.
make sure to accelerate and dont quit on it
make sure to use the bounce of the club and dont dig the leading edge into the sand
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:39 am to Sader1990
Squat like your sitting on a chair, put your weight on your front leg and leave it there (don't shift back on the back swing)
The other thing I think people miss is how the club head needs to be through impact... on regular shots, you rotate it back to square through impact. On bunker shots, it needs to stay open all the way through... think about the leading edge of the club like the blade of a machete, and you're cutting a tee out from under the ball. If you're chopping cane with a machete, you don't rotate as you swing though because the side of the blade would hit the cane. Same concept with bunker shots.
The other thing I think people miss is how the club head needs to be through impact... on regular shots, you rotate it back to square through impact. On bunker shots, it needs to stay open all the way through... think about the leading edge of the club like the blade of a machete, and you're cutting a tee out from under the ball. If you're chopping cane with a machete, you don't rotate as you swing though because the side of the blade would hit the cane. Same concept with bunker shots.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:44 am to Sader1990
A really common mistake is decellaration. Make sure to still accelerate through impact, if you make a good swing you aren't going to hit it to far.
Also a good tip I got once was, imagine the ball is sitting on Washington's face on a dollar bill. You want the club to enter the sand at the back of the bill and come out of the sand at the front of the bill.
Also a good tip I got once was, imagine the ball is sitting on Washington's face on a dollar bill. You want the club to enter the sand at the back of the bill and come out of the sand at the front of the bill.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:20 am to Sader1990
Hit through the ball!
For me, I tell myself to keep my hands low. It's just a mental thing for me
For me, I tell myself to keep my hands low. It's just a mental thing for me
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:30 am to Sader1990
Focus on a spot about a half inch behind the ball and don't decelerate.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:31 pm to Sader1990
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Hitting out the Bunker
I try to just chop down on the ball especially around the green. Higher the ball comes out, the better for me. If a fairway bunker, forget it I just take whacks and hope.
The key for any bunker shot to me, is deep knee bend, if knees bent you are good. If not, you will dig to China.
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 4:00 pm to Sader1990
Lay it open, open the stance, make a thump/splash 1-4 inches behind the ball depending how far you want to hit it and let the sand toss it out. I see way too many with the face shut and trying to chip it out of the bunker, I see a lot of people short sided keep leaving it in the bunker, a putt for par is better than another sand shot for par, it takes practice and precision to get down the really tough bunker shots but for now practice on getting it out and somewhere on the green so you have a putt if you are struggling that bad.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 4:29 pm to Sader1990
I have always been really hit or miss but mostly miss out of the bunker. Kinda just quit on the proper form and what not and just scoop the ball out with a 58. For a hack like myself I just to avoid a really big number.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 4:40 pm to Sader1990
See "secrets of the short game" by Phil Mickelson. (YouTube)
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Posted on 5/30/17 at 9:32 pm to Sader1990
Lot of good tips here. Start with the open stance and open club face and add hands positioned in front of left thigh. Also , Gary Player says " strike the match ." Accelerate through the sand.
Posted on 5/31/17 at 1:51 pm to Sader1990
Pretend there's a dollar in the sand and your ball is sitting on the middle of it.
Try to scoop (not literally) the dollar out without breaking it.
Imagine that when hitting a bunker shot.
Try to scoop (not literally) the dollar out without breaking it.
Imagine that when hitting a bunker shot.
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