2 easy keys to hitting a excessive, comfortable bunker shot

Few pictures strike worry into the hearts of mid- and high-handicappers just like the deep greenside bunker shot. Whereas golfers can typically extricate balls from shallow fairway bunkers with relative ease, deep bunkers require a selected approach.

So what’s one of the simplest ways to strategy a greenside sand shot when the face of the bunker is taller than your eyeline?

GOLF High 100 Trainer Trillium Rose shares some easy keys in a video posted on Titleist’s YouTube channel.

How one can hit a excessive, comfortable bunker shot

In response to Rose, the 2 most essential necessities for hitting excessive, comfortable bunker pictures are loft and pace.

“Be sure to have a high-lofted membership,” Rose says. “I’ve acquired a 58-degree in my hand — perhaps it’s a lob wedge for you.”

Whatever the membership, Rose recommends ensuring your grooves are clear and dry. Then, when you’ve addressed the ball, open the clubface.

“We’re gonna want a number of pace to get by this sand, which implies we’re gonna use your physique to show by and let your palms be good and comfortable,” Rose says. “Dig in [with your feet] if it is advisable, particularly on that entrance foot since you’re gonna must rotate your hips by.”

To keep away from extreme roll and distance on the shot, Rose suggests utilizing an abbreviated end.

“As a result of the flag’s fairly shut, I don’t wish to have the ball go over,” she says. “I don’t wish to have a really full end. I’m gonna have a pleasant lengthy again swing, after which a brief end.”

Give Rose’s recommendation a attempt to improve your bunker recreation at present. To observe a video of Rose’s tip in its entirety, click on right here.

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