Today I’m going to talk about the bunker shot. One of the biggest issues with amateurs in bunkers is that they’re trying to help the ball get up over the lip of the bunker, and they actually scoop it. And when you scoop, you don’t hit a lot of sand as you can see. Most of the time the club doesn’t quite get the sand. So I would suggest first of all to open the club face a little bit, so we can utilise the bounce on the club. And what I’m now trying to do is actually hit down into the sand. So here we go, my lower body is pretty steady on the backswing, and I hit down into the sand and the bounce helps the club to come out of it. And whenever I hit down, I will not top it, and the ball will come out even over a steep lip because we have lots of loft. I hope that’s beneficial for you all. Good luck. Hi Bryna, thanks for your question via Facebook about over-rotating on the backswing.
Let’s see if I can help you. I would suggest that you think, as a right-hander, of your right knee being the anchor of the bottom half of the swing. So when i make a backswing and I rotate, I try to keep this knee still. And now turn your left shoulder against the right side so it’s almost like, if there was a wall, you want to keep very solid here and make a backswing where now the left shoulder is kind of behind the ball and not in front of it. Because a lot of people, they reverse pivot like that, now they’re in front of it and they can’t hit it very properly. So you want to keep this solid, turn against it, and create a lot of power and now you can also transfer your weight. You have to get some weight on that right side, and that’s easier when you keep your knee in a solid place. I hope that helps, good luck with it. Hello Rolf Olaf, I got your message per Facebook, and let’s talk about golf course management. Last week, the 10th hole, for instance, I had 264 yards to get into a bunker.
So instead of hitting driver, which goes about 280, my driver, I would probably hit a three wood, and then I might hit one club more, maybe two, but if I’m hitting from the fairway instead of out of the bunker, it’s a big benefit. The next tip would be regarding pin positions. If the pin for instance is back left, I would sometimes play for the fat of the green.
Yeah, if you have a short club you can attack the pin, but if you have a mid iron, it’s not worth it. So play for the fat part and be happy with par. Hope that helps..