Have you noticed a change in how Tour pros hit bunker shots these days? It looks a little different from the conventional approach that was taught for decades. So what is the technique? Why does it work? Is it better? In this Film Study, Luke Kerr-Dineen breaks down the modern bunker trend and why it’s becoming more and more prevalent.
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41 Comments
Cool now tell me how to stop thinning it into the next time zone
I aim for bunkers no I never hit them
Is Harry Potters dad commentating?
This is how I've been playing my bunker shots since I was a kid! Did the same when I played against Collin in high school
I came up with a new way to hit out of the bunker, hands have to be very low, crouched low, off the heel, it hits it a good distance https://youtube.com/shorts/9Zeiad9jkbM?feature=share
Bunker is not the most difficult shot. You don't even have to hit the ball. 😉
Weight forward and keep it there eh. Sounds familiar
What strategy do they use to play out of bunkers with no sand in them like we deal with a public courses?
Go do a search for Faldo and bunker tips. Pretty much exactly his technique. He's been around a while. New trend, eh?
Public golf courses have crappy bunkers and there’s no place to practice bunker shots
Try this at your local Course and youll be hitting in 50 yards over the green
Not the whole secret but good advice
Thank you, Dan Grieve
Just use the toe of the club, keeping the heel or hosel out of the sand. The hosel is what catches the sand. But still use a steep swing, hitting the sand behind the ball. Try it. It works like magic for me.
1:20
Am I the only nerd here that knows exactly which wedge that is?😂
just hit the slice method, it's easy as. And you dont have to squat low perfectly and look like a fool.
Clubs are getting too easy – should have brought in standardisation a long time ago for the pro regarding wedges and lofts.
For the last four years bunker shots have been my best shot. The last 3 weeks it's been my worst. Fn golf man
Dan Grieve teaches this method as well. If only there was a practice facility nearby. my only time to practice bunkers seems to be when I land in one.
I tried this for the first time yesterday, in a tournament, no practice. Came out perfect, amazing, and has a tap in par. Could bunkers really be that easy?
I have been playing 40 years… i would rate my bunker play at around 10 shots worse on my handicap. With this technique it seems impossible to hit the dreaded skull.
If the sand is nice, that’s a big IF, I would rather be in a green side bunker 7days a week than a thick Bermuda ruff. Way easier to control.
Bunker shots are the easiest shots in the sport—you don't even have to hit the ball, but the sand.
This piece is a load of old cobblers.
We the pro’s play bunkers out of the best conditions possible. For the rest of who play public golf courses, we hit out of bunkers that have no sand, have rocked, are poorly raked or kept up, feel like concrete. We play under extremely different playing conditions…so any instructional videos for amateurs to try to immulate the pros is a joke….
The best sand play is to stay out of bunkers.
The green side bunker isn't the most most difficult shot in golf
A spoon
Not really a new thing. Been a playing pro for the last couple of years but I did that 8 or 9 years ago when I first started playing. That’s one of the reason why I never really had to train junker play and was always better than most even at high level
Thank god my coach actually taught me exactly how to hit bunker shots with this method and ive loved bunker shots ever since. He showed me how to alter my technique slightly for hard municipal sand or wet sad as well as nice country club sand. Then he gave me some secret sauce on how he hits fried eggs right next to the lip lol
5:18… The way Jason gets out of the bunker here, is the only way I used to play bunker shots. It worked kinda great actually… never thought of it as a trick shot
U missed the most important question tho that amateurs want to know. How to hit that perfect amount of sand first??
About all I’ve ever found is u try to skim off some sand. Talk about stating the obvious. The REAL question is HOW?
It's all in the hands great words by tiger woods
They should put a depth gauge on each trap. Love those hard pan traps
This is new? Apparently I've been an innovator, I've been doing this for at least 20 years…
That's how Seve taught look at his bunker lesson
For me , bottom line is there is no practice bunkers anywhere near me that are open to the public..that i know of…? Central Connecticut 🤷🏼♂️✌️
Sam Utley… "The Art of the Short Game"… 2007. page 77 this set up and swing exactly…
I was taught by the a pro to hit out of the bunker with a square face using the bounce over 20yrs ago. No one believed me that's the way I was taught.
Seve aimed shut and Gary player put weight on the lead side. We call it new school because everyone does it 🤣.
Low hands, weight on the left knee, smack the back of the club 1.5” behind the ball. Easy peasy.
Hitting the ground first with an open clubface? Sounds like a normal shot to me..
Such a game of science math and precision! Ugh! 🤪🏌️♀️⛳️♥️
It's NOT the most difficult shot in golf.