The EASY Way To Get Out Of Bunkers

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Are bunkers ruining your score? I get it. They can be so intimidating. But today, I’m giving you three easy techniques to make getting out of the bunker feel so much easier. So, stick with me and by the end of this video, you’ll know exactly what to do next time you get yourself in a bunker. Hey everyone, I’m Georgia Bore and I help golfers like you improve their game with simple and effective coaching. Bunker shots are one of the biggest struggles that I see with amateur golfers, but the good news is that they don’t have to be. Before we get started, if I could just ask one favor, it’d be to hit that subscribe button. It really helps the channel and it means you’ll never miss another video. So, let’s get into it. The standard bunker shot. If you can master this one, then you can get more confidence and master pretty much any bunker shot in this situation. There’s a few things that I really like to dial into when it comes to bunkers. And the first thing is club selection. So, ideally, we want to go for a high lofted club. So, I pretty much always choose a 60°ree wedge because it’s my go-to club. I know it’s going to pop out nicely and I know it’s not going to travel too far once it reaches the green. However, depending on the sand situation. So, if the sand’s really hard or really wet, then you may need to go for more of a gap wedge, a sand wedge. But if the sand is fluffy and the club can glide underneath, then a 60°ree is great. Also looking at the wall that we’ve got in front of us here. You can see we have got a high lip. If this was flat, then you wouldn’t need to really use a club that’s going to have to travel high. You could almost chip a nine or a pitch out. But for this, we need to get the ball up high and we need to make sure it’s going to get out. So 60° is perfect for pretty much most of the time. Now, before we even think about setup and technique, the one thing we must do before we get into the sand is take our grip. Why is that? Is that we need to open the club face to make sure it gets out of the sand. That sounds simple. That to most people is take your grip, open the club face. However, if you do that, once we get down to the ball, your wrists are going to roll back to try and get the club face square. And as you can see, this goes from being open, pointing up to the sky, to now closed. You’re going to dig into the sand. It’s gonna fly straight forward, and you’re never going to get out. All you need to do, lay the club head flat on the sides of the bunker so that it points up to the sky. And then take your grip. You’ve got no way of rolling it closed. Next up is the setup and the posture. So straight away, we need to bring our ball position forward in our stance. We’re going to take a wide stance and we’re going to flare out our toes like this. We’re going to get low to the ground and we’re going to shuffle our feet into the sand. This is going to allow us to be nice and low. We’re going to have that really nice stable base. And you can see I’ve got lots of power loaded, ready to go. I’m going to pop a slight bit of more weight into my lead side. And when it comes to body alignment, I’m just going to aim myself a little bit left of target, only ever so slightly because when we open that club face, naturally, it’s going to aim us off to the right. So, just adjusting that by setting ourselves ever so slightly off to the left is going to allow the club to deliver to the ball at the correct time. So now when it comes to the technique, this is where I see so many golfers panic, rush, and get stuck in the bunker. All I want you to think of is that we hit into the sand just behind the ball. The club works underneath the sand and it exits the sand just in front of the ball. Okay? So we don’t hit down on this like we do with an iron. We don’t want ball to ground contact. We don’t want to miss the ball all together like we do with a driver. We actually don’t really want to make contact with the ball when it comes to the sand. If the sand is nice and fluffy, as we mentioned before, if it’s wet, it’s hard, then that’s where you’ll see you have to clip it out like a chip. But in this situation, we want to glide underneath the sand, just behind, just after, and the ball’s going to pop out ever so nicely. In doing that, we need to keep our club face open. Like we mentioned before, we’ve already discovered that. We’ve already opened the club face, so that’s nicely done for us. So, just making sure the weight stays forward. Club face stays open. We’re going to swing, keeping that club face open throughout. Going to hit into the sand behind. Exit the sand just in front. You can see I’m nice and low to the ground, which just really enables that club face to stay open throughout. That felt really nice and I’ll take that every day on the golf course. Quickly before we move on to the next point, I just want to share with you a huge announcement. I am now on Pro Shop. This is a brand new golf coaching app where I’ll be sharing exclusive golf tips and drills to help you lower your scores and play more consistent golf. You’ll also get access to dozens of world-class coaches, structured training plans, and a growing community of golfers. And the best part is that you can try it completely free for 14 days just to see how much your golf improves. So scan the QR code on screen or click the link in the description to start your free trial today. I’ll see you inside. Now, there’s a few common mistakes that I see a lot of golfers make when it comes to the bunker. I’m not perfect. I make these mistakes sometimes, too, too. These follow as ball position too far back in the stance because golfers try and think hitting down into the sand is going to help the ball up even easier. But in actual fact, you’re just going to get stuck. You’re going to decelerate and the ball’s never going to come out. Instead, we just want that ball position just left of center. Now, this going to allow the club to work underneath the sand and pop out at the correct time. Now, number two is decelerating and not following through. It’s one of the most common mistakes that I see. And don’t get me wrong, when I’m a bit nervous sometimes, I can get a bit short of my follow through, but it’s so common. It’s an easy mistake to make and it’s what gets you stuck in the bunker and it ruins your confidence. Okay. So, all we need to think of is that we want to match the same length of swing back and through. So, rather than decelerating, you can see the club just gets stuck. You’re never going to get out. Instead, think club face stays open, weight stays forward, and we’re going to match the same length of swing back and through. So, if you go too long and stop, you’re going to see it. If you go too short and then follow through and try and thin it through, it’s going to be bad. So, just matching that same length back and through is going to give you confidence that you’re gonna get it out every time. So, different scenario. And a very common question that I get asked is how do I deal with a fairway bunker? Now, not much changes, but I’m going to talk you through the steps that I take when I’m in this situation. So, first off, we need to track our yardage. So, using my Nikon Cool Shop Pro 3, I’m going to see how far I’ve got left. 63 yards the flag. Now, the one thing I would say is add maybe five or 10 yards onto that because if you get any sand trap between the ball and the club or if you decelerate slightly and hit into the sand too much, then the ball’s not going to travel as far. So, 63 yards, I’d usually hit a nice half pitching wedge. I’m going to go up to a nine iron wedge. But make sure you make that change before we even step into the bunker. So now look at the lip on this. It’s not as high. Therefore, I don’t need a club that’s going to pop up super high. So I can afford, as I mentioned before, to play this as normal and just swing like normal. So I’m going to pick my target. I’ve got my club. I’m still gonna shuffen my feet into the sand because I still want to feel obviously if it’s wet or if it’s soft. I’m then gonna take my stance again, flaring these two toes out just to give me that extra rotation when I’m in the bunker. And then with the technique, I’m just going to aim to clip the ball off the sand. So, not like we’ve seen before, we’re not having the club to go all the way to the sand and come out afterwards. We just want to clip this now like a normal iron shot. So, I’m gonna give this shot a try. Now, like we said, we don’t want to be making a divot. We want to just clip the ball off the sand like we normally would with a nice clean divot. That was really nice. Really nice. I’m happy with that and I’ll take that every day on the golf course. So, there we have it. Some of my easiest tips to get out to the bunker every time. So, if you took value from this video, I would really appreciate it if you hit that like button and most importantly, hit subscribe. This means you’ll never miss another video and you’ll get better at golf in the process. So, hit subscribe and I’ll see you in the next one.