Best quick lessons ever. Chris Ryan’s chipping lessons have been immediately tremendously impactful in saving strokes for me. Can’t wait to try these sand lessons. Very easy to follow the visual instruction.
I have been playing bad golf for a couple of months - so I took two weeks off playing to study what I was doing wrong - I landed on your series "back to basics" and I cant explain enough how amazing you break down the key elements - I have summarized your points and the plan to go through them thoroughly before I touch a club again - and when I do I will start with getting my game right in the exact same order as your series and then get back to the course to play a round of golf - kudos Chris - Hope to meet you one day
The face to face concept is pure gold, immediately solved my issue of thins or shanks! Played around with the length of backswing for different distances and used the same feel.... bloody lovely, thanks Chris!
Really like your thoroughness on your bunker tips. Working at improving with that open face is challenging, but I'm determined. Going to use an alignment rod as you suggest. Knowing where the club enters and exists is definitely going to help me build my consistency. Thank you Chris.
Hi Chris, as a left handed golfer, it is very helpful when you describe your tips with "us" in mind. For example "shifting weight from the back leg to the front" verses, from your right leg to your left etc... Thanks, your tips are very helpful!
Thankyou Chris. Hopefully this bunker lesson will help me. I have been playing over 40 years and bunker play was and still is my worst nightmare. I have had lessons from different pros' all telling me different things, so you can imagine my brain is quite mixed up. Off to the range tomorrow to try this out.
Hi Chris, is is possible you can do a similar video but with wet claggy sand, I as others really struggle with sand in bunkers on less top notch courses. Loved the series, thanks and keep them coming.
Thanks for the quick response Chris. Played today, with two sand shots, no problem getting out and up and down for par once. Applied that set up to some of my chip shots and very happy. Thanks Chris.
Thia might be the best bunker video I have seen. Also there is a practice accessory called Accu-Mat ...it is a special carpet where the grain shows your strike path, It should work great for the last drill that you described, I will test it out tomorrow. Thanks Chris.
excellent set of videos on short game Chris - I loved the bunker one - I had never appreciated how open the club needs to be. I loved the thought of throwing sand on either shoulder. So easy to remember.
Chris is the best TH-cam golf teacher. I picked up the game of golf quite well. Probably I have good sport mind and without Chris vids lessons I wouldn't able to improve so quick. Unfortunately I can't afford for lessons, I can see he don't mind help out golfers by sharing his techni. So why do people subscribe to another channel been signed with Titleist. Instead subscribe here, if your still struggling in your game. Then take lessons from this man. Wake up golfers techni wins over any yours $600 driver.
This has helped tremendously. I seem to hit the shot to far or I’m stuck in the bunker. I understand how I’m suppose to hit the shot, will be practicing.
Great details on handle position in bunker vs chipping position. So much great info condensed into a perfectly clear lesson. A lesson worthy of Master Class level even though you label it basics. Thank you.
Hi Chris, Great video, especially for us high handicappers who spend a lot of time in the bunkers!! Could you consider creating a teaching video in bunkers with wet, hard sand please? In the UK this is what most of them are like!
Great video to watch, really enjoy the way you communicate the theory and application , keeping it simple and easy to understand, time to take it out onto the practice area and have a go.
Absolutely one of the best detailed videos without being boring, great content excellent sound, Chris you'll be at 100 k Subs in no time good luck and thank you,Cant wait for the other vids in the series
Thanks for the very good explination. After watching this video a few times it was easy to get out of the bunker for me. I used to have a lot of problems with this shot.
Great video as always, best explanation of how to play a bunker shot that I've seen. I will try this out ASAP. I can get out most bunkers but the ball always comes out really low, so I struggle with deep or high lipped bunkers sometimes.
good video on basic bunker shot, but what about different types of sands, find it more difficult with much softer sand? and what about plugged lies? thanks, Bob
Hey Chris, now I know the reason why I could not play very well from the bankers, great explanation I will practice and I am sure that I will improve a lot, thank, great video.
Great video Chris! Definitely need to practice this one and you've provided excellent instruction. I like the idea about 'no fear' approach shots, I leave a lot of balls short of the greens because I'm scared of the sand! Cheers.
Just tried the techniques here, bunkers are very wet, still have snow but the ball came out very nicely! For me, keeping the hands low using an open face and the 'face to face' swing pattern did the trick. No more bunker fear! Big thanks!!!
Another good vlog, I like the level of detail you go into. However, sadly our club for around 9-10 months of the year entering the sand so far behind the ball won't work as the sand isn't soft and fluffy like yours. Frequently our sand feels more like hitting from a path as it is so solid re quality of sand used and wetness.
Jack Tate its pritty much same technique, just different lofted club,hard bunkers you need a lob wedge with a lower bounce,sand wedge with higher bounce for the soft bunkers
I didn't suggest for a second that the technique was different simply the point of entry into the sand changes with the quality/firmness of sand. Greenside bunkers are strength of mine simply because I have spent so much time in them :( needless to say I am trying to change that.
My pro teaches a neutral (ie chipping) club position but three lessons later I''m still no nearer to getting the ball out that way so I guess I'll try this method, I may as well as nothing else works for me. Currently losing loads of shots through having to lay up short of greens all the time.
GREAT VID; unfortunately, every trap is different at a public course we play; however, when I play better courses where the sand is consistent, your lessons have improved my sand play tremendously. Thanks.
Really appreciate the content and the detail. It's helping me to understand the technique. On your last shot you hit it right of where you were aiming, that got me thinking about why it did that. Could you do a series of videos where you hit shots that end up not as expected and an analysis of why. It would help me to understand and correct poor shots.
Hi Chris. I hope this is not a dumb question, but I noticed that the sand you are in is pretty nice and light. Where I play, they use heavier and more course-type sand, especially when it is wet. Would this change the technique of the swing or mean more acceleration?
At 6:37 in this video , you shuffled your feet into sand before taking the swing. I’m always unsure how much to dig down. Any suggestions? Can you do too much or not enough. Because we can’t settle the club in the bunker there is no easy way to gauge... goes back to my earlier question about sand type(sandy/soft/wet) ... perhaps a future video about digging feet in sand based on lie and sand type
I generally dig in a little more on fluffy sand as it accentuates hitting behind the ball. In harder packed sand I don't dig in as much because I generally hit closer to the ball. I still dig my feet in a little though to keep my lower body quiet.
Hi Chris, I have the tendency to pull my lead shoulder up thru impact. Do you have to consciously keep it down or is my tendency due to an incorrect movement before impact?
I need a new sand wedge. Problem is I don't have access to a rack full of different clubs and a retailer with a practice sand trap on the premises so I have no idea what manufacturer, loft, shaft, face, or bounce is really best for me. Without being able to test a lot of different clubs in the sand how does an amateur golfer determine the most basic characteristics like loft and bounce that would be best for them? I currently have a 56 degree SW with 12 degrees of bounce and a steel shaft but I have no idea whether 55 degrees or 58 degrees of loft and 8 degrees or 10 degrees of bounce and a steel or graphite shaft would be better. And where do you go to swing 5 or 6 different clubs 40-50 times in a real bunker? Or is there a general guideline for loft and bounce that will answer the question since most retailers don't want you defacing their inventory before you buy it?
Yeah this is a real issue and can be almost impossible to try them out in sand against one another. As a general rule I would look at 56* of loft, bounce above 9* and steel shaft. This would be a pretty good option for 90% of the bunker shots that you would face on the course 👍
@@ChrisRyanGolf Thanks for the reply. What determines whether 10*, 12*, or 14* of bounce is better? Is it the quality/type of sand you are most likely to encounter wherever you play? And given the club probably does double duty with flop shots and the occasional full fairway shots how do you choose? Seems a little like buying a pig-in-a-poke as we say in America.
Hey, yes I would tend to try and alter the approach angle and which part of the club enters the sand, a lot of this just comes with experience and playing from varying types of sand
Fabulous explanation again , simplifying the keys that make a good bunker player. Just one question , do you quieten your hips (ie less rotation) more than in your normal swing, and if so why? Many thanks as always, appreciate your ability to identify the mistakes and bad habits we have ,best regards
Hi Mark, yes I would say the lower body is less active, just don’t generally require that much power and speed in this shot so no need to use the legs as much 👍
First i just want to say your teaching methods and in debt details has help me so much, especially with iron play. However i am using Phil Mickelson’s method of hinge and hold keeping the club face upwards and body turn from sand. i have tried your method but lose so much control and feel. Any thoughts on these two different approaches ?
Hi Henning, I would personally use this method as I feel it’s easier to master and requires a lower skill level. Mickelsons method requires much more skill, has a smaller margin for error in my view 👍
In the first set of bunker shots you are hitting the sand a lot nearer to the ball than you described at the beginning. Personally I feel that hitting the sand 3-4 inches before the ball with the club face that far open means the ball would not reach that flag
Best quick lessons ever. Chris Ryan’s chipping lessons have been immediately tremendously impactful in saving strokes for me. Can’t wait to try these sand lessons. Very easy to follow the visual instruction.
I have been playing bad golf for a couple of months - so I took two weeks off playing to study what I was doing wrong - I landed on your series "back to basics" and I cant explain enough how amazing you break down the key elements - I have summarized your points and the plan to go through them thoroughly before I touch a club again - and when I do I will start with getting my game right in the exact same order as your series and then get back to the course to play a round of golf - kudos Chris - Hope to meet you one day
The face to face concept is pure gold, immediately solved my issue of thins or shanks! Played around with the length of backswing for different distances and used the same feel.... bloody lovely, thanks Chris!
Really like your thoroughness on your bunker tips. Working at improving with that open face is challenging, but I'm determined. Going to use an alignment rod as you suggest. Knowing where the club enters and exists is definitely going to help me build my consistency. Thank you Chris.
Thank you Chris Ryan for your Back to Basic videos. You are by far the best golf instructor on the Internet! Very grateful for your help.
Thanks Jay glad the videos are helping 👍
Hi Chris, as a left handed golfer, it is very helpful when you describe your tips with "us" in mind. For example "shifting weight from the back leg to the front" verses, from your right leg to your left etc... Thanks, your tips are very helpful!
Well done on the bunker instruction. Simple and easy to understand, and hopefully replicate on the course!
Thankyou Chris. Hopefully this bunker lesson will help me. I have been playing over 40 years and bunker play was and still is my worst nightmare. I have had lessons from different pros' all telling me different things, so you can imagine my brain is quite mixed up. Off to the range tomorrow to try this out.
Always good to go back to these lessons for a refresh of skills.
You are an excellent coach Chris, thank you.
Hi Chris, is is possible you can do a similar video but with wet claggy sand, I as others really struggle with sand in bunkers on less top notch courses. Loved the series, thanks and keep them coming.
This is absolutely gold man ! Always good to rehearse a few things on basics , enjoying this series a lot !
Thanks 🙏🏻
Thanks for the quick response Chris. Played today, with two sand shots, no problem getting out and up and down for par once. Applied that set up to some of my chip shots and very happy. Thanks Chris.
Thanks Paul and glad the video has helped 👍
Really impressed by your communication skills Chris, and I'm a [non-golf] trainer and coach
I've never seen the bunker shot dissected in such procedural and conceptual detail. Thank you!
Thia might be the best bunker video I have seen. Also there is a practice accessory called Accu-Mat ...it is a special carpet where the grain shows your strike path,
It should work great for the last drill that you described, I will test it out tomorrow. Thanks Chris.
excellent set of videos on short game Chris - I loved the bunker one - I had never appreciated how open the club needs to be. I loved the thought of throwing sand on either shoulder. So easy to remember.
Great instruction Chris, clear concise and most importantly its effective.
Chris is the best TH-cam golf teacher. I picked up the game of golf quite well. Probably I have good sport mind and without Chris vids lessons I wouldn't able to improve so quick. Unfortunately I can't afford for lessons, I can see he don't mind help out golfers by sharing his techni. So why do people subscribe to another channel been signed with Titleist. Instead subscribe here, if your still struggling in your game. Then take lessons from this man. Wake up golfers techni wins over any yours $600 driver.
Thanks and glad you like the channel and videos
This helped me make two sand save pars today! Many thanks Chris for the video and the clear explanation. Cheers from Nova Scotia. M.
This has helped tremendously. I seem to hit the shot to far or I’m stuck in the bunker. I understand how I’m suppose to hit the shot, will be practicing.
Very Good Video Chris. You are an excellent instructor
Excellent Chris, Ive always struggled with bunker shots (green side), I tried your method today and it does work, I saved 3 shots today!
Awesome, that’s great to hear 👍
Great details on handle position in bunker vs chipping position. So much great info condensed into a perfectly clear lesson. A lesson worthy of Master Class level even though you label it basics. Thank you.
Hi Chris, Great video, especially for us high handicappers who spend a lot of time in the bunkers!! Could you consider creating a teaching video in bunkers with wet, hard sand please? In the UK this is what most of them are like!
Great drill, I’ve to play on Wednesday and I was out of the bunker in a good position every time, thanks Chris
Thank you so much! This is one of the most helpful instructional videos I have ever seen. Well done! Cheers!!
Great video to watch, really enjoy the way you communicate the theory and application , keeping it simple and easy to understand, time to take it out onto the practice area and have a go.
Best bunker instructions, Chris!!! It works for me!! Thank you😘
Tried this today Chris, helped so much, got up and down out of every green side bunker I went in! Thank you!!
Awesome, bunker wizard!
Most detailed bunker video I've encountered to date. Great series. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Stephane 👍
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Always well- explained!!!!
Absolutely one of the best detailed videos without being boring, great content excellent sound, Chris you'll be at 100 k Subs in no time good luck and thank you,Cant wait for the other vids in the series
Thanks John 👍
Wow! Great instruction! Can't wait to go play in the sand, and try and put all of your direction into action.
Thanks Jeff
Thanks for the very good explination. After watching this video a few times it was easy to get out of the bunker for me. I used to have a lot of problems with this shot.
Thanks Marcel 👍👍
Excellent clarity
Hi Chris, Thanks, The video lessons are superb. Explained well, we can catch up easily. You are the best. Technically sound. Simply loved it.
Very nice and helpful instructions
Once more a superb, informative and helpful video. Excellent Chris. Well done and thank you.
Thanks Edward 👍
Love this series Chris. Like having an MOT, back to basics, excellent advice, thanks
Thanks Chris glad you enjoyed 👍
ChrisRyanGolf 👍
Great video as always, best explanation of how to play a bunker shot that I've seen. I will try this out ASAP. I can get out most bunkers but the ball always comes out really low, so I struggle with deep or high lipped bunkers sometimes.
Thanks Allan
Best video I’ve ever seen on sand trap play.
Great idea about keeping the swing more flat. Good bunker video.
Thanks 👍
Another great video Chris. Makes bunker play so simple.
Thanks Victor
A very good, helpful and understanding video. Good on you Chris
Thanks 👍
Chris great video..you made this simple and easy..thanks again
good video on basic bunker shot, but what about different types of sands, find it more difficult with much softer sand? and what about plugged lies? thanks, Bob
Great instruction for bunkers with real sand, what do u recommend for bunkers with very little or no sand in them? Thank you.
So helpful Chris. Thanks for the series. Awesome
Thanks Georgie
Very nicely explained, thanks Chris.
Thanks glad you enjoyed 👍
Always struggled with bunker play sure this guidance will help - another good video
Thanks Chris
Excellent lesson thanks
Fantastic. Highly recommend
Hey Chris, now I know the reason why I could not play very well from the bankers, great explanation I will practice and I am sure that I will improve a lot, thank, great video.
Thanks Jose
Very simple and can't wait to try out in the practice bunker
Thanks Laurie
Great video Chris! Definitely need to practice this one and you've provided excellent instruction. I like the idea about 'no fear' approach shots, I leave a lot of balls short of the greens because I'm scared of the sand! Cheers.
Just tried the techniques here, bunkers are very wet, still have snow but the ball came out very nicely! For me, keeping the hands low using an open face and the 'face to face' swing pattern did the trick. No more bunker fear! Big thanks!!!
Awesome, thanks Chris glad it helped 👍
Great vid has to be the best bunker vid ive seen
Thanks Jason
Another Great Lesson.
Your a great teacher. Thanks
Awesome lesson
Thank you a great insight. As you correctly say, my heart sinks when I enter a bunker resulting in poor results. Now I see why. Thank you
Hey Chris, instead of using a 56* wedge and opening the face, how about using a 60* or 64* wedge?
Thanks for this Chris, great explanation
Another good vlog, I like the level of detail you go into. However, sadly our club for around 9-10 months of the year entering the sand so far behind the ball won't work as the sand isn't soft and fluffy like yours. Frequently our sand feels more like hitting from a path as it is so solid re quality of sand used and wetness.
Jack Tate its pritty much same technique, just different lofted club,hard bunkers you need a lob wedge with a lower bounce,sand wedge with higher bounce for the soft bunkers
I didn't suggest for a second that the technique was different simply the point of entry into the sand changes with the quality/firmness of sand. Greenside bunkers are strength of mine simply because I have spent so much time in them :( needless to say I am trying to change that.
This is flawless instruction.
Thanks Kurt
My pro teaches a neutral (ie chipping) club position but three lessons later I''m still no nearer to getting the ball out that way so I guess I'll try this method, I may as well as nothing else works for me. Currently losing loads of shots through having to lay up short of greens all the time.
Our “ sand” in Colorado is more like damp clay. Any tips for that, especially greenside?
Great empathy Chris, used this on plugged ball, it worked, I got out of the bunker
GREAT VID; unfortunately, every trap is different at a public course we play; however, when I play better courses where the sand is consistent, your lessons have improved my sand play tremendously. Thanks.
Hi Paul, yes that is certainly an issue for many, varying types of sand, amounts, depths etc all make bunker shots that much harder 👍
I understand what was said with more weight on your left side but is there a weight shift during the bunker swing?
Chris, awesome as usual!
So much helpful Chris, thanks.
Thanks Peter 👍
Excellent bunker instruction.
Thanks Omar 👍
Really appreciate the content and the detail. It's helping me to understand the technique. On your last shot you hit it right of where you were aiming, that got me thinking about why it did that. Could you do a series of videos where you hit shots that end up not as expected and an analysis of why. It would help me to understand and correct poor shots.
I love your videos but the green side bunkers on my course are sometimes head or shoulder high. I cannot get out towards the green. Help
Spot on
Thanks again! I look forward to practice using these techniques!
Excellent review
Exelent video lesson Chris🤗😉👊
If I had seen Back to Basic Bunkers earlier would have made less of a spectacle of myself in the course. Thanks Chris.
Thanks, hope the bunker play is now much better 👍👍
Thanks Chris, great video.
Thanks Jennifer 👍
Hi Chris. I hope this is not a dumb question, but I noticed that the sand you are in is pretty nice and light. Where I play, they use heavier and more course-type sand, especially when it is wet. Would this change the technique of the swing or mean more acceleration?
Good job. Thanks
Excellent tuition - thank you so much! :)
Thanks
Excellent video
At 6:37 in this video , you shuffled your feet into sand before taking the swing. I’m always unsure how much to dig down. Any suggestions? Can you do too much or not enough. Because we can’t settle the club in the bunker there is no easy way to gauge... goes back to my earlier question about sand type(sandy/soft/wet) ... perhaps a future video about digging feet in sand based on lie and sand type
I generally dig in a little more on fluffy sand as it accentuates hitting behind the ball. In harder packed sand I don't dig in as much because I generally hit closer to the ball. I still dig my feet in a little though to keep my lower body quiet.
Great video
Thanks 😊
Hi Chris, I have the tendency to pull my lead shoulder up thru impact. Do you have to consciously keep it down or is my tendency due to an incorrect movement before impact?
The lead shoulder should rise up through impact so wouldn’t see that as a major issue 👍
Very good Chris 👍
Full of lessons thanks a lot
I need a new sand wedge. Problem is I don't have access to a rack full of different clubs and a retailer with a practice sand trap on the premises so I have no idea what manufacturer, loft, shaft, face, or bounce is really best for me. Without being able to test a lot of different clubs in the sand how does an amateur golfer determine the most basic characteristics like loft and bounce that would be best for them? I currently have a 56 degree SW with 12 degrees of bounce and a steel shaft but I have no idea whether 55 degrees or 58 degrees of loft and 8 degrees or 10 degrees of bounce and a steel or graphite shaft would be better. And where do you go to swing 5 or 6 different clubs 40-50 times in a real bunker?
Or is there a general guideline for loft and bounce that will answer the question since most retailers don't want you defacing their inventory before you buy it?
Yeah this is a real issue and can be almost impossible to try them out in sand against one another. As a general rule I would look at 56* of loft, bounce above 9* and steel shaft. This would be a pretty good option for 90% of the bunker shots that you would face on the course 👍
@@ChrisRyanGolf Thanks for the reply. What determines whether 10*, 12*, or 14* of bounce is better? Is it the quality/type of sand you are most likely to encounter wherever you play? And given the club probably does double duty with flop shots and the occasional full fairway shots how do you choose? Seems a little like buying a pig-in-a-poke as we say in America.
Chris, like the prior comment , how about a firm and wet sand. The club just bounces of the firm and wet sand.
Chris, would you do something different if the sand is too fine or if it’s wet!
Hey, yes I would tend to try and alter the approach angle and which part of the club enters the sand, a lot of this just comes with experience and playing from varying types of sand
since the clubface is open-- at address the face is aimed right of the target correct? sorry I'm such a noobs!
Fabulous explanation again , simplifying the keys that make a good bunker player. Just one question , do you quieten your hips (ie less rotation) more than in your normal swing, and if so why? Many thanks as always, appreciate your ability to identify the mistakes and bad habits we have ,best regards
Hi Mark, yes I would say the lower body is less active, just don’t generally require that much power and speed in this shot so no need to use the legs as much 👍
thank you Chris, great video.
But why not using a club with 80 degrees instead to open the loft? Is 56 and 12 the best for a bunker shot?
Thanks for watching, taking a 56 and opening up the face exposes the bounce more and makes this club more effective from the sand 👍
First i just want to say your teaching methods and in debt details has help me so much, especially with iron play. However i am using Phil Mickelson’s method of hinge and hold keeping the club face upwards and body turn from sand. i have tried your method but lose so much control and feel. Any thoughts on these two different approaches ?
Hi Henning, I would personally use this method as I feel it’s easier to master and requires a lower skill level. Mickelsons method requires much more skill, has a smaller margin for error in my view 👍
Brilliant!
Great vid this, plenty of good tips.
Thanks Adam
In the first set of bunker shots you are hitting the sand a lot nearer to the ball than you described at the beginning. Personally I feel that hitting the sand 3-4 inches before the ball with the club face that far open means the ball would not reach that flag