The Modern Bunker Trend That Tour Pros Use | Film Study | Golf Digest

[@billmalec]

Their bunkers are perfect and totally consistent. The ones we play suck.

[@Tom_Swift]

For years I've been wanting some coach / youtube channel to do a municipal bunker tutorial It's like hitting out of hard dirt. And after it rains, it's mud 😂

[@CanadianBiPolarBear]

Yeah inconsistant types of sand and amounts of sand in every bunker

[@MarkMyWordsXx]

You guys are right, that's the difference between us and pros

[@finnobrien7604]

@@Tom_Swift for very firm bunkers with less sand, you have to take a wedge with less bounce and get very steep.

[@billmalec]

@@MarkMyWordsXx it makes a huge difference hitting out of good bunkers, good grass, etc.

[@Ruckus45]

For the last four years bunker shots have been my best shot. The last 3 weeks it's been my worst. Fn golf man

[@sammaier4485]

What strategy do they use to play out of bunkers with no sand in them like we deal with a public courses?

[@warriorkidd5]

low bounce wedge, or drop your hands / the heel if the wedge which lowers bounce more and allows it to dig. practice it to get the feel of how hard u need to swing for different distances

[@RJMConsultingCDOs]

Practice.... What a concept!

[@Buckseyy]

My trick to being better in the sand is to play courses that don't have concrete for bunkers.......

[@matthewetters9424]

Absolute Truth!

[@prorobo]

That does help. 🫡

[@nicksundstrom7341]

Such great advice.

[@digs-]

I exclusively play courses with concrete bunkers. I don’t recommend it

[@gregor5423]

@@digs-😂😂😂

[@harrisonrands1594]

Cool now tell me how to stop thinning it into the next time zone

[@go4jackson]

Stay committed to the shot! By that I mean keep the body down through the contact with the ball and only release the upper body once you've completely swung through the ball. I release too early to and rush into my follow through to avoid getting stuck too far back and thin it like this as well. Hope this helps!

[@DinkinFlicka11]

😂

[@Aubnormal]

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.

[@MrOliverwoods]

Thank you, Dan Grieve

[@fever040]

Yep exactly like he describes it in his book. And another advantage is that swinging straight you need less speed so you can get even more control.

[@marktheblake]

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.

[@John-yj7io]

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.

[@chulalurcher-j3z]

Go do a search for Faldo and bunker tips. Pretty much exactly his technique. He's been around a while. New trend, eh?

[@dm4789]

Exactly. There is absolutely nothing new about this. This was Seve’s method, too. And a LOT of others.

[@henrugolf]

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

[@nathaliea_girl4616]

1:20 Am I the only nerd here that knows exactly which wedge that is?😂

[@marvfj6451]

Yes!

[@fairwayfreunde]

I still dont get why I have to open the clubface in the bunker

[@marvfj6451]

The conventional wisdom is that opening the face helps golfers avoid the club digging into the sand rather than gliding through it. 😊

[@cinemodfpv3499]

This guy spends more time in the sand than David Hasselhoff

[@jimmythorpe65]

😂😂😂

[@ryajsmit]

Not the whole secret but good advice

[@alcw625]

Public golf courses have crappy bunkers and there’s no place to practice bunker shots

[@jeremyburns8567]

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.

[@MrDogfish83]

Weight forward and keep it there eh. Sounds familiar

[@sa_maccas2266]

Try this at your local Course and youll be hitting in 50 yards over the green

[@poocrayon4588]

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.

[@jamescameron314]

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.

[@JasonNomoa]

I aim for bunkers no I never hit them

[@marvfj6451]

Genius!😊

[@krijo210]

Bunker is not the most difficult shot. You don't even have to hit the ball. ;)

[@longgolf5530]

The best sand play is to stay out of bunkers.

[@DP-ol5uv]

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….

[@ccrider-]

Emulate

[@whitey6317]

Is Harry Potters dad commentating?

[@MichaelEnright-gk6yc]

A spoon

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

Watch Moe Norman hit out of the sand - you will see he had this motion 50 years ago.

[@bradleyhamilton49]

Weird to feature him because Colin looks more uncomfortable than most pros in bunkers and chipping

[@nathanielgoss7197]

15th on tour this year in sand save %

[@gregorylu]

He used to be not great around the greens but this year he’s well above average around the green.

[@ericlutz7939]

Hit the sand , not the ball.

[@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656]

I don’t always remember that.

[@danmyers9372]

That’s fine if the bunkers on your course actually have sand. The muni courses many of us play have a thin layer of sandy dirt on top of hardpan. Try playing out of these with an open club face or worse yet a wedge with lots of bounce.