you are lucky to have good sand in your bunkers. We have wet hard packed bunkers at many courses in Asia.. Only option is to actually chip the ball out of the muck. Think baked mud for a surface or something slightly softer than concrete !
To: Mr. Clay Ballard. your video is the best instruction I have ever seen on sand play. I implemented your advice in a competitive round and knocked it two feet from the hole on a long bunker shot. Thank You!
Clay you have a great way of explaining the feel and physics of the gold swing. i just started my 3rd year. First round 118 and today i shot an 82. I have watched a thousand golf how to do videos and in the end yours ave made the biggest difference. Cheers.
I have an excellent bunker shot, and although I visualize it differently, this video explains why it works. I imagine I am smacking the sand with my hand (instead of a club), hitting it hard enough to spray the sand all the way to the hole (that gives me the swing speed the video talks about). And I imagine hitting the sand so that I take a full handful of sand with the ball sitting on top (which is the same as the video talking about hitting 6" behind the ball). I'm so psyched for the snow to melt so I can try overlaying the instruction in this video on top of how I visualize it now.
These tips absolutely work! Used it today and I consistently hit much better shots. Striking the sand 4-5 inches behind the ball was the key for me. Thanks!!
Great video! My daughter plays for her HS team. this is one of the most challenging shots for her. I am going to get her to watch your instruction....hopefully will help as she was told yesterday to hit the sand about 2-3 inches back from ball.
Super bunker lesson!! Great teacher. I did this at my last game and it worked!!!!! Thanks Clay!! Came out every time. Now just have to work out how to control the distance yet be aggressive with the swing. Thanks
Just loved this excellent but simple explanation how to successfully play out of bunkers. I took it to the course and experienced significant improvement in my bunker play.
Excellent videos I play off 10 I always watch your videos for tips great bunker video I don’t always land in them nice to understand the science behind the bunker shot 👍
Congrats on 500k Clay!!!! I know this isn't a new video but I go back to one of your videos everytime i need some help with something on the course. Thanks so much man for teaching these things!!!!!
i watched this on thursday and on saturday i had THREE sand saves. THREE!! (and the fourth came within an inch of going right into the cup). thank you Clay!!!
Great Video. I’m a pretty decent golfer 6 Index and struggled in the sand for the last few years. I always thought an inch or two behind the ball. And that has been my problem. Lots of skulls. I’m going to work on 4-6 inches behind on entry with fuller swings. Thanks
Big fan of your content, love the stuff you put out. I go over with my young junior golfer son quite often. How much does the different types of sand texture impact this shot? Obviously some courses have really nice powdery sand, whereas some other courses have what feels like dirt, also when it rains, the sand texture changes, how does this influence how hard you swing and where you enter the sand or does it at all?
Holy cow this video saved me! Just saying to me that I need to swing like it's a 70 yard wedge shot from the fairway, completely unlocked my bunker problems. I basically just hit a "fat" wedge shot, and I'm out beautifully every time. Thanks Clay!
Thanks for this excellent and easy to follow video. Particularly the part about following through and pointing the belt buckle and buttons to the hole at the end of the swing. I can feel such a difference and my pitching is much more consistent. Thanks a million!!
Clay, your advice is so simple yet so amazingly intelligent. You described all of the incorrect thought processes I go through when practicing bunker shots. No one has ever explained the club head speed is the real key. Thank you so much for this video and all the other videos 🙂
I struggle in bunkers because one I never practice and two its rare I going in them ,however thank you Clay for giving me the instruction that I can rely on.
Yup. I have been taking full swing, open blade, but...about 2 inches before and, sure, it goes over the green, every time! now i know. about 6 inches! thanks
Jim Johnson Love your bunker instruction. My problem is distance. Greenside bunker with no green to work with is no problem. L/W will do the trick. Its when the pin goes further away 10 to 15 yds that I can't control. I've been using a s/w but can't control distance.
You control distance out of the bunker like any other other shot; loft and speed. The only difference is where you hit the sand in relationship to the ball also makes a big difference. Practice consistently hitting the sand 4-6 inches before the ball and you'll be able to control your distance easily with loft and speed. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Excellent video. One thing that seems to be missing in bunker videos, though, is how MUCH sand to take behind the ball. Do we want to just skim the sand, or do we want to hit, say, 1/2" below the surface of the sand?
Hi, it really just depends on that sand and the type of shot you're hitting. Take more sand and swing harder if you want the ball to roll out and less sand if you want to spin. It's something that takes practice to get the feel for it. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Thanks for the reply Clay. I’ve started playing again after an 18 year break from the game and I’m now enthusiastically trying to catch up on so many changes to the game. Unless I’m mistaken (highly likely) I always used to stand with an open stance and clubhead open and swing out to in to slide under the ball. What’s very odd is that it used to work for me but now doesn’t - hence the reason for watching the video. Watching the pros out of bunkers does amaze me and I was obviously thinking that I was now doing something wrong. By the way I subscribed to your channel a while back and you have helped me in many ways get back to playing golf. Cheers.
Undoubtedly one of the best bunker videos i have ever seen on the net. Like every weekend player, bunker shots are the weakest of all. Bu today i practiced your technique & got best results ever. Needless to say i need to practice a lot but at least now i have the correct technique. Thanks a billion. Next bunker issue: distance control :(
Clay, when you set up what are you looking at? I know if I look at the ball I will hit too close to the ball even though I have positioned the ball up front. Do you look six inches behind the ball? Thanks.
You can't expose the bounce on hard compact sand, or you will skull it rt? In this scenario you have to hit closer to the ball with a more closed face, correct?
Wondering the same thing myself. I just went through hell on some compacted bunkers, about a week ago. I couldn't figure out what the problem was. That particular ball will not be bothering anyone, ever again. . . .
Great tips, but here in Southern Nevada there are lots of courses with very compact sand- not the fluffy stuff. Very hard to be consistent in that stuff.
Any tips for drop kicking the ball (open clubface, hard swing, club hits sand first, slides right into back of ball and blades it straight into the side of the bunker)? Sometimes closing the face helps, but then you hit it too fat, obviously. I'm playing a 56* with 12 bounce. Do you recommend a lower bounce?
Ive started golfing about a month ago and I managed to lower my handicap down to +24, but I always suffer so much at the bunkers. Is there a reason why you make a full swing hitting 6 inches back? My initial instict was to hit the ball without touching the sand
Check out this video and use the technique Clay talks about when hitting out of wet sand: th-cam.com/video/FVqWoduC-tk/w-d-xo.html. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Should the same swing thoughts be applied for a 60 yd wedge shot in terms of arms and hips/body but with two key differences - open blade and hitting well behind the body? In my wedge shots, my arms are asleep but lower body are driving the engine...in your vid, seems to be the opposite. Also, hinging early is being promoted, yes?
Great tips - especially on the set up and the club head speed. Don't be scared to swing it. Does the consistency of the sand vary the distance to enter the sand behind the ball? These look like pretty fine and well groomed sand. What about washed out bunkers, wet sand, or very grainy sand that is a lot harder than this?
Hi Clay, would this be the same as a lob shot swing, when I practice lob shots the technique feels more natural and I have no problem getting the ball up with a natural swing and a faster swing as well. Where as there are so many different videos and techniques on you tube on how to play a bunker shot etc and that's where I'm struggling trying all these techniques. Also are you focusing your eyes where you are wanting to thump the sand as that's what I do with a lob shot and don't have to think to much about it. Thanks.
clay do you have a video on alignment? When i try opening the face the ball goes right. When you open the face, does it still point to the target but the stance becomes open/points left?
How do you control entry/low point into sand? With chip you teach armpit is low point - which of course is ahead of ball; but here you want low point behind ball?
So what do you do when you play at courses where the sand is hard?? Or maybe only about half an inch of soft sand and thick hard compact sand under it??
Hi Bill, you just do your best to get the club on it. Many times you'll have to blast it out to the side depending on where you are in relationship to the hole. In some cases if it is really bad then you may have to take an unplayable lie and drop it in the bunker with a penalty. Best of luck! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Great video, one question? How do you hit the ball when the hole is only 4 - 5 meters away. Slower or shorter swing. Thanks for your answer in advance. Marcel
I wouldn't ever advocate less speed out of a bunker. Four feet and stop quickly takes some serious skill and practice. You would have to hit closer to the ball with a wide open face. You'd need lots of spin which requires lots of speed. Hopefully you don't run into this situation too often. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor
Nice, but how do you hit from public course bunkers and some CC courses where the sand is wet and often hardened halfway to asphalt? That's what I face 90% of time and my golfing buddy finally; gave up on one course and pulled out his five-fingered drop wedge.
Hi, if the sand is really firm then you play it the same way but hit a little closer to the ball. If it's really hard then you can open the face a little less which will help the club dig. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
that tricked out golf cart looks like it's driven into the bunkers to hit bunker shots. Do you manage the distance of your bunker shots by adjusting the follow through? With the back swing staying the same with every shot?
@@TopSpeedGolf Okay, that sounds standard. The reason I asked is I watched a video with Golf WIth Aimee where she said she always keeps her backswing the same, but thinks about the length of her follow through as her means of controlling distance with bunker shots. Perhaps that's just another means of controlling speed/length as you say. Moot point, in other words
Hoi. Basically I like Clay's lessons and I also subscribed for a year to his training. But this bunker lessons does not convince me. Esp. all the movement with the body, the straightening of the right leg etc. are imho a big source for mishits. I started using Jason Day's way of playing out of the bunker about 2 months ago and it completely changed my bunker shot quality. I rarely mishit now and most times get rather close to the flag.
Hi Andreas, glad to hear you found something that works great for you. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good shooting. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Hi. I assume the bottom of the swing is where the club enters the sand? In a normal shot the bottom of the swing is under your shirt logo. What do you do to move bottom of arc that far back for a bunker shot?
my course has no fluffy sand, it is typically thin sand, damp and hard. If it hit that far behind the bounce just ricochets off the sand and I blade it.
Great video. On most public courses the sand in not maintained well or is to firm, rocky or less than desirable. What method would you recommend for getting out consistently. Thanks
Thanks Burt! You do the same thing except you may need to hit the sand a little closer to the ball. You may also need to open the face just a little less so that the club will dig just a little. Go out and practice it. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
I can see that another viewer had the same comment. Most traps that the average player hits out of are not maintained with any depth of soft sand. I lost 4 strokes on my last round frustrated in the bunker! HELP please.
Most amateurs need 12 degrees or more of bounce in their sand wedges - especially for the fluffy sand seen at better courses like the TPC system of courses. Low bounce wedges dig too much.
You would play it the same way but hit closer to the ball. If it's really hard then you may want to not open the face up as much. This will allow the club it dig just a little. play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
you are lucky to have good sand in your bunkers. We have wet hard packed bunkers at many courses in Asia.. Only option is to actually chip the ball out of the muck. Think baked mud for a surface or something slightly softer than concrete !
To: Mr. Clay Ballard. your video is the best instruction I have ever seen on sand play. I implemented your advice in a competitive round and knocked it two feet from the hole on a long bunker shot. Thank You!
Thanks! My pleasure!
Clay you have a great way of explaining the feel and physics of the gold swing. i just started my 3rd year. First round 118 and today i shot an 82. I have watched a thousand golf how to do videos and in the end yours ave made the biggest difference. Cheers.
Thanks Sam! Sounds like you're on the right track. Keep up the good shooting!
I have an excellent bunker shot, and although I visualize it differently, this video explains why it works. I imagine I am smacking the sand with my hand (instead of a club), hitting it hard enough to spray the sand all the way to the hole (that gives me the swing speed the video talks about). And I imagine hitting the sand so that I take a full handful of sand with the ball sitting on top (which is the same as the video talking about hitting 6" behind the ball). I'm so psyched for the snow to melt so I can try overlaying the instruction in this video on top of how I visualize it now.
Thanks for sharing! Hope you can get out there soon. Best of luck!
thanks Clay for great advice on bunker shots, hopefully will help, have good weekend , greetings from Ireland
Best bunger lesson! Thanks
You're welcome!
These tips absolutely work! Used it today and I consistently hit much better shots. Striking the sand 4-5 inches behind the ball was the key for me. Thanks!!
Best golf lessons on youtube.
Thanks!
Great video! My daughter plays for her HS team. this is one of the most challenging shots for her. I am going to get her to watch your instruction....hopefully will help as she was told yesterday to hit the sand about 2-3 inches back from ball.
Good luck!
Excellent greenside bunker video and I taught golf for 10 years. Great job!
Super bunker lesson!! Great teacher. I did this at my last game and it worked!!!!! Thanks Clay!! Came out every time. Now just have to work out how to control the distance yet be aggressive with the swing. Thanks
Great to hear!
Just loved this excellent but simple explanation how to successfully play out of bunkers. I took it to the course and experienced significant improvement in my bunker play.
Glad it was helpful!
Man your videos are fantastic much better than most videos or lessons I have paid for. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Thanks!
Watched this video and the next day it saved me playing a couple of holes and getting stuck in the bunker. You sir are a golf teaching legend
Glad to hear it. Thanks for the kind words!
Excellent videos I play off 10 I always watch your videos for tips great bunker video I don’t always land in them nice to understand the science behind the bunker shot 👍
yesterday trouble with bunkers in the tournament after this video 5 for 5 today second day. Thank you very much.
Nice work!
Excellent advise. Starting to get back to playing golf again and your advise is helping a lot.
Great lesson. I like how you showed what doesn't work. Thanks.
Congrats on 500k Clay!!!! I know this isn't a new video but I go back to one of your videos everytime i need some help with something on the course. Thanks so much man for teaching these things!!!!!
i watched this on thursday and on saturday i had THREE sand saves. THREE!! (and the fourth came within an inch of going right into the cup). thank you Clay!!!
Awesome! Keep up the good work!
Great Video. I’m a pretty decent golfer 6 Index and struggled in the sand for the last few years. I always thought an inch or two behind the ball. And that has been my problem. Lots of skulls. I’m going to work on 4-6 inches behind on entry with fuller swings. Thanks
Glad it helped
Big fan of your content, love the stuff you put out. I go over with my young junior golfer son quite often. How much does the different types of sand texture impact this shot? Obviously some courses have really nice powdery sand, whereas some other courses have what feels like dirt, also when it rains, the sand texture changes, how does this influence how hard you swing and where you enter the sand or does it at all?
I have a lot of trouble getting the ball out of the bunker at tournaments and this video was helpful. ☺️
Thanks!
Holy cow this video saved me! Just saying to me that I need to swing like it's a 70 yard wedge shot from the fairway, completely unlocked my bunker problems.
I basically just hit a "fat" wedge shot, and I'm out beautifully every time. Thanks Clay!
Throw it up into the green on nice fluffy pillow of sand. Thanks. Now let us pray 🙏.
Great video. Very clear.
Thanks for this excellent and easy to follow video. Particularly the part about following through and pointing the belt buckle and buttons to the hole at the end of the swing. I can feel such a difference and my pitching is much more consistent. Thanks a million!!
Your videos are very helpful, and easy to comprehend. Thank you.
Glad you like them!
Clay, your advice is so simple yet so amazingly intelligent. You described all of the incorrect thought processes I go through when practicing bunker shots. No one has ever explained the club head speed is the real key. Thank you so much for this video and all the other videos 🙂
Another great video, and you answer my question for hitting it further out of the sand.
Glad to hear it!
I’ve been waiting for this! Excellent advise! No more will I be stuck in sand!! :)
Well done Clay! Great lesson and very easy to follow.
Thanks!
I struggle in bunkers because one I never practice and two its rare I going in them ,however thank you Clay for giving me the instruction that I can rely on.
Happy to help!
Any pointers on hitting out of heavy sand, or more granular sand? Hard pan bunker shots are another shots we encounter here in NY.
Yup. I have been taking full swing, open blade, but...about 2 inches before and, sure, it goes over the green, every time!
now i know. about 6 inches! thanks
Hope it helps
Needed this desperately
Hope it helps!
Jim Johnson Love your bunker instruction. My problem is distance. Greenside bunker with no green to work with is no problem. L/W will do the trick. Its when the pin goes further away 10 to 15 yds that I can't control. I've been using a s/w but can't control distance.
You control distance out of the bunker like any other other shot; loft and speed. The only difference is where you hit the sand in relationship to the ball also makes a big difference. Practice consistently hitting the sand 4-6 inches before the ball and you'll be able to control your distance easily with loft and speed. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
sick golf cart!
Thanks!
Great instructions. Thanks
You're welcome!
Thank you, I have been screaming them out of the sand lately. I'll work on this.
You got this!
Great lesson. Thank you, Clay
Good information, Clay! Very similar to how Rory plays the sand.
Thanks!
Excellent tips. Would you apply the same technique to hard surface bunkers?
Mathisneat was asking myself the same thing
Thanks Clay for another great explanation of technique and execution.
No problem George! Thanks for watching!
Excellent video. One thing that seems to be missing in bunker videos, though, is how MUCH sand to take behind the ball. Do we want to just skim the sand, or do we want to hit, say, 1/2" below the surface of the sand?
Hi, it really just depends on that sand and the type of shot you're hitting. Take more sand and swing harder if you want the ball to roll out and less sand if you want to spin. It's something that takes practice to get the feel for it. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Clay, what are you looking at when hitting 6 inches behind the ball?
Great video. Would your swing plane be out to in or are you swinging square ?
It's more in-to-out because the shaft is so flat with greenside bunker shots. Play well! Nate | TSG Instructor
Thanks for the reply Clay. I’ve started playing again after an 18 year break from the game and I’m now enthusiastically trying to catch up on so many changes to the game. Unless I’m mistaken (highly likely) I always used to stand with an open stance and clubhead open and swing out to in to slide under the ball. What’s very odd is that it used to work for me but now doesn’t - hence the reason for watching the video. Watching the pros out of bunkers does amaze me and I was obviously thinking that I was now doing something wrong. By the way I subscribed to your channel a while back and you have helped me in many ways get back to playing golf. Cheers.
Undoubtedly one of the best bunker videos i have ever seen on the net.
Like every weekend player, bunker shots are the weakest of all. Bu today i practiced your technique & got best results ever.
Needless to say i need to practice a lot but at least now i have the correct technique.
Thanks a billion.
Next bunker issue: distance control :(
Thanks. It's all my pleasure!
Clay, when you set up what are you looking at? I know if I look at the ball I will hit too close to the ball even though I have positioned the ball up front. Do you look six inches behind the ball? Thanks.
I look at the ball but you should look wherever allows you to get the best results.
Great lesson
Thanks!
You can't expose the bounce on hard compact sand, or you will skull it rt? In this scenario you have to hit closer to the ball with a more closed face, correct?
I was thinking the same thing. I'm wondering what to do on wet sand, or compacted sand. I'd assume to do what you said.
Wondering the same thing myself. I just went through hell on some compacted bunkers, about a week ago. I couldn't figure out what the problem was. That particular ball will not be bothering anyone, ever again. . . .
correct
@twoweeled soto
Haha. Yesterday i had same problem and going to play again in about 30 min.
You know what I call barely out of the bunker......SUCCESS!!!!!!
Great tips, but here in Southern Nevada there are lots of courses with very compact sand- not the fluffy stuff. Very hard to be consistent in that stuff.
I like the bacon slicer idea...
Thanks for sharing!
Any tips for drop kicking the ball (open clubface, hard swing, club hits sand first, slides right into back of ball and blades it straight into the side of the bunker)? Sometimes closing the face helps, but then you hit it too fat, obviously. I'm playing a 56* with 12 bounce. Do you recommend a lower bounce?
Ive started golfing about a month ago and I managed to lower my handicap down to +24, but I always suffer so much at the bunkers.
Is there a reason why you make a full swing hitting 6 inches back? My initial instict was to hit the ball without touching the sand
I would try to keep your weight forward on your lead foot.
You should do a video when the bunker is made with play sand(Harder not maintained well).
Check out this video and use the technique Clay talks about when hitting out of wet sand: th-cam.com/video/FVqWoduC-tk/w-d-xo.html. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
I play urban golf. Any advice for playing with thru mud or soggy grass?
It's really important to make ball first contact.
Should the same swing thoughts be applied for a 60 yd wedge shot in terms of arms and hips/body but with two key differences - open blade and hitting well behind the body? In my wedge shots, my arms are asleep but lower body are driving the engine...in your vid, seems to be the opposite. Also, hinging early is being promoted, yes?
New to your channel. Love your videos. They are a big help.
Thanks Neil!
Great tips - especially on the set up and the club head speed. Don't be scared to swing it. Does the consistency of the sand vary the distance to enter the sand behind the ball? These look like pretty fine and well groomed sand. What about washed out bunkers, wet sand, or very grainy sand that is a lot harder than this?
Practice hitting off of baked hard pan onto the hood of a 71 Buick. This will test you for sure. Thanks
Hi Clay, would this be the same as a lob shot swing, when I practice lob shots the technique feels more natural and I have no problem getting the ball up with a natural swing and a faster swing as well. Where as there are so many different videos and techniques on you tube on how to play a bunker shot etc and that's where I'm struggling trying all these techniques. Also are you focusing your eyes where you are wanting to thump the sand as that's what I do with a lob shot and don't have to think to much about it. Thanks.
It would be similar but you don't want to hit the ground too much behind the ball.
clay do you have a video on alignment? When i try opening the face the ball goes right. When you open the face, does it still point to the target but the stance becomes open/points left?
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/CRSuR3owYns/w-d-xo.html
How do you control entry/low point into sand? With chip you teach armpit is low point - which of course is ahead of ball; but here you want low point behind ball?
Thank you! What a difference it has made in just a few tries.
My pleasure!
So what do you do when you play at courses where the sand is hard?? Or maybe only about half an inch of soft sand and thick hard compact sand under it??
Thanks! Great lesson!
My pleasure!
thank you, this helps alot :)
Glad it helped!
I wish someone would do video when the ball is right up against the face of the bunker
Hi Bill, you just do your best to get the club on it. Many times you'll have to blast it out to the side depending on where you are in relationship to the hole. In some cases if it is really bad then you may have to take an unplayable lie and drop it in the bunker with a penalty. Best of luck! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Lob wedge open club face and hit like no sand and try and almost do a flop shot
Great video, one question? How do you hit the ball when the hole is only 4 - 5 meters away. Slower or shorter swing. Thanks for your answer in advance. Marcel
Marcel Van Rijn I’m not a coach but when I got taught I just shorten my swing and hit about 2.5 inches behind the ball
Nice video. Make sure your shadows don’t block our view of your swing. It was hard to see!
Thanks!
I am always afraid to hit it 150 yds.
So swing with less speed if you don’t want it go far? What if you only need the ball to go like 4 feet and stop quickly?
I wouldn't ever advocate less speed out of a bunker. Four feet and stop quickly takes some serious skill and practice. You would have to hit closer to the ball with a wide open face. You'd need lots of spin which requires lots of speed. Hopefully you don't run into this situation too often. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor
Cool lessons. Thank you
Thanks August!
Nice, but how do you hit from public course bunkers and some CC courses where the sand is wet and often hardened halfway to asphalt? That's what I face 90% of time and my golfing buddy finally; gave up on one course and pulled out his five-fingered drop wedge.
Hi, if the sand is really firm then you play it the same way but hit a little closer to the ball. If it's really hard then you can open the face a little less which will help the club dig. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Are hands higher than normal in bunker shots compared to the full swing?
Lower. Helps you come in more shallow
Have you ever seen or used a 9 wood? And what would be it’s purpose?
I have not. They are typically used by those with lower club head speeds because it's easier to get the ball up in the air.
Great video Clay. Is it different of wet/dry sand?
that tricked out golf cart looks like it's driven into the bunkers to hit bunker shots. Do you manage the distance of your bunker shots by adjusting the follow through? With the back swing staying the same with every shot?
You control the distance with the speed/length of the swing and the amount of loft you're using.
@@TopSpeedGolf Okay, that sounds standard. The reason I asked is I watched a video with Golf WIth Aimee where she said she always keeps her backswing the same, but thinks about the length of her follow through as her means of controlling distance with bunker shots. Perhaps that's just another means of controlling speed/length as you say. Moot point, in other words
how deep should you clubhead go underneath the ball? like just barely beneath the ball?
Not all sand is like that.. At my club the sand is firm, dense and often wet. What now?
Hi Martin, you'll just take less sand. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Hoi. Basically I like Clay's lessons and I also subscribed for a year to his training. But this bunker lessons does not convince me. Esp. all the movement with the body, the straightening of the right leg etc. are imho a big source for mishits. I started using Jason Day's way of playing out of the bunker about 2 months ago and it completely changed my bunker shot quality. I rarely mishit now and most times get rather close to the flag.
Hi Andreas, glad to hear you found something that works great for you. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good shooting. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Hi. I assume the bottom of the swing is where the club enters the sand?
In a normal shot the bottom of the swing is under your shirt logo.
What do you do to move bottom of arc that far back for a bunker shot?
Thanks mate,being struggling in the sand.
Glad to help
6 inches? I think you meant 6 feet. :) Great lesson as always Clay.
more often, six inches is an exaggeration
How about doing this shot in wet/ heavy sand?
Hi Bill, you just hit a little closer to the ball. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
my course has no fluffy sand, it is typically thin sand, damp and hard. If it hit that far behind the bounce just ricochets off the sand and I blade it.
Great video. On most public courses the sand in not maintained well or is to firm, rocky or less than desirable. What method would you recommend for getting out consistently.
Thanks
Thanks Burt! You do the same thing except you may need to hit the sand a little closer to the ball. You may also need to open the face just a little less so that the club will dig just a little. Go out and practice it. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
I'm afraid to do a full swing as I might blade it.
It just takes practice to get used to it
I have no idea what you said... Lol... I couldn't stop looking at your golf cart
Love the Cart! Love the Snelly’s too! I also like to use a weaker grip for my sand shots around the green. The bunker is our Friend!!
R. Taylor wow that’s a big six inches 😊
Sorry Paul Wilson, but that bunker is no friend of mine. lol
I can see that another viewer had the same comment. Most traps that the average player hits out of are not maintained with any depth of soft sand. I lost 4 strokes on my last round frustrated in the bunker!
HELP please.
Hi Burt, see my answer on your other post. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Thank you so much I love your videos :)
Glad you like them!
Most amateurs need 12 degrees or more of bounce in their sand wedges - especially for the fluffy sand seen at better courses like the TPC system of courses. Low bounce wedges dig too much.
Is there a corresponding vid for hard lies (little sand) and fairway bunkers with big lips, this two are killing my game.
Hi Andy, there might be. Feel free to search our channel. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Has Anyone ever been able to PICK the ball off the sand like a chip shot ?
How would we play a sand shot when the bunker sand is hard or hardly any sand ...?
You would play it the same way but hit closer to the ball. If it's really hard then you may want to not open the face up as much. This will allow the club it dig just a little. play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
What if the sand in the bunker is 1/4" deep? I keep running into crappy bunkers that are like hitting off the sidewalk.
Ok got out of the bunker....how to control distance into the target green?
Do you use your wrists,?
Oh, yeah. Let them fly Mark. Play well!
This is REAL TALK. I think I'm cured. Lol
Thanks Dwayne! Glad the video helped.
I'm lmao reading all my real golfer comments