Gary Player: Strike the Match #golfswing #golf #garyplayer

Gary Player: Strike the Match #golfswing #golf #garyplayer

three things that always apply in every single bunker shot. When I gave lessons and I made it very simple, I drew a matchbox and I put a ball in the middle of the matchbox like that and I said to my student, “Look, when you used to light a match in the old days on a matchbox, you’d have to if you went through slowly like that, it wouldn’t light.” So, I drew the matchbox here and they had to get that to light it. So, we call it strike the match. That’s the first thing. Secondly, you got to stand wider in a bunker shot because you don’t want to have a lot of leg action. And if you stand wide, it curtails the amount of leg action you use. And then the most important thing is to set that club as quickly as you can. You can never set it quickly enough. Three things. Stand wide. Set the club. Light the match. Let’s see. You hit one. Light the match. Watch this one, baby.

Gary Player says the three things you need to be successful out of the bunker are to take a wide stance, set the club as quickly as you can, and strike the match.