bunker shots tips made easy - AMBITIOUS DESERT QUEEN

How to play out the sand bunker?

I love playing out of the sand bunkers, and today I will show you an EASY bunker tip to help you get out the bunker EVERY single TIME. This drill is one that I have used to train myself, and gain confidence to hit a perfect green side sand bunker every time and HELP lower those scores.

When it comes to hitting out of any bunker the most important part is feel. So what I like to do is draw a line an inch or 2 behind the golf ball (as pictured below) to help me imagine and gain a feel. The reason you would draw a line an inch or 2 behind the golf ball is because when it comes to green side bunkers, you are not actually hitting or making contact with the ball first.

Once you gain your feel and practice this drill, you will notice yourself being able to imagine or see this line while you are actually competing.

You are NOT making contact with the golf ball first in bunkers

The only bunker shot drill you will need!

As I stated before this drill has been my FAVORITE drill for as long as I can remember. My college coach showed it to me, and it helped my bunker game SOOO much.

Now after we draw a line an inch or 2 behind the ball you can now open your club face(as needed based on how imbedded your ball is into the sand bunker) and your goal with this drill is to make contact with your club exactly at that LINE that you drew behind your ball EVERY time.

By doing this, it will give you that ” THUMP” sound, and make the ball explode out of the sand giving you MAJOR control. Most people make the MISTAKE of thinking you have to make direct contact with the ball in order to get out green side bunker, but that is simply NOT true, and is probably why you see MANY people blade their green side bunker shots across the green, or have ABSOLUTELY no control over their green side bunker shots. (Example of what full drill will look like below)

As for ball position, depending on how buried the ball is in the green side bunker you should aim keep ball in CENTER front with an OPENED stance in your set up and golf stance.