Possibly THE BEST BUNKER Tips Compilation Ever
Poor bunker play can kill a round. Pro golfers always say these are easy shots yet most of us amateur golfers struggle. Well here are the top sand save videos all in one place. Learn from the best.
Included are videos from Tiger Woods, Scottie Scheffler, Jason Day, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, Butch Harmon and Phil Mickelson.
These videos have greatly improved my sand game this summer. I have absolutely no fear now when I hit it into bunkers because I know I won't blade the golf ball and send the ball flying across the green into the woods, I also won't leave it in the bunker. The keys in these videos make it easy. I'm no star but generally I'm putting on my next shot after landing in the bunker and I couldn't say that a few years ago.
If you watch all these videos they have a lot of similarities.
1. For the most part they all say you should have wider stance when playing out of the sand.
2. Most videos advocate having the weight on the left side.
3. All of them discuss having the ball forward in the stance and the blade of your sand wedge open.
For me these are game changers.
In addition watching Tiger repeatedly talk about how he releases the club to get it out of the sand. This visual of Tiger releasing under the ball has transformed my bunker play. No longer am I chunking and digging in with my wedge because I'm releasing the club so there is no shaft lean. Having no shaft lean is absolutely key. If your hands are ahead of the ball when you strike the sand the leading edge of the sand wedge will dig in and you'll be hitting the ball 2 feet.
leave comments on whether this helps or leave some tips you have for getting out of the traps.