The Only Simple Bunker Lesson You Will Need
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The Only Simple Bunker Lesson You Will Need
How would you like to be better at bunker shots? How do we know how to swing? For those looking to get up and down more often, this video on The Only Simple Bunker Lesson You Will Need is for you. We have the golf swing and your total game broken down to the 5 most important keys in our Top Speed Golf System. In this video we'll cover some swing tips for bunker play, while improving key fundamentals! Start having real control of your game. Be able to hit any shot in golf! We’ll teach you.
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Clay Ballard
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Big fan of your content, love the stuff you put out. I go over with my young junior golfer son quite often. How much does the different types of sand texture impact this shot? Obviously some courses have really nice powdery sand, whereas some other courses have what feels like dirt, also when it rains, the sand texture changes, how does this influence how hard you swing and where you enter the sand or does it at all?
I have an excellent bunker shot, and although I visualize it differently, this video explains why it works. I imagine I am smacking the sand with my hand (instead of a club), hitting it hard enough to spray the sand all the way to the hole (that gives me the swing speed the video talks about). And I imagine hitting the sand so that I take a full handful of sand with the ball sitting on top (which is the same as the video talking about hitting 6" behind the ball). I'm so psyched for the snow to melt so I can try overlaying the instruction in this video on top of how I visualize it now.
Thanks for sharing! Hope you can get out there soon. Best of luck!
you are lucky to have good sand in your bunkers. We have wet hard packed bunkers at many courses in Asia.. Only option is to actually chip the ball out of the muck. Think baked mud for a surface or something slightly softer than concrete !
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Thanks!
Unless the ball is buried, why not just pick the ball clean off the sand? Making this change removed any hesitation to bunker play.
That would be very difficult. You would have no margin for error. It's actually much easier to follow the technique in the video. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Any pointers on hitting out of heavy sand, or more granular sand? Hard pan bunker shots are another shots we encounter here in NY.
Why not just not hit any sand but have less of a swing and speed - in other word just play it like any chip on the grass? I’m a beginner so don’t get why you have to hit it 5 inches behind and go Thru all the sand
Margin of error. You're going to make contact with the ground even on chip shots. If you don't open up your wedge in the bunker and expose the bounce, the leading edge will start digging into the sand as soon as it makes contact with the sand. There are times where you'll want to vary how much you expose, like when you have bare lie in the bunker you'll be more successful only opening up the wedge a little bit, so it'll actually dig underneath the sand. Here is a great video that goes over this: ruclips.net/video/C4LijkfyjMo/видео.html - The only time you'll want to hit ball first out of a bunker is in fairway bunkers where you have clearance and are trying to make a full shot. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor
Nice video. Make sure your shadows don’t block our view of your swing. It was hard to see!
Thanks!
So swing with less speed if you don’t want it go far? What if you only need the ball to go like 4 feet and stop quickly?
I wouldn't ever advocate less speed out of a bunker. Four feet and stop quickly takes some serious skill and practice. You would have to hit closer to the ball with a wide open face. You'd need lots of spin which requires lots of speed. Hopefully you don't run into this situation too often. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor
Great Video. I’m a pretty decent golfer 6 Index and struggled in the sand for the last few years. I always thought an inch or two behind the ball. And that has been my problem. Lots of skulls. I’m going to work on 4-6 inches behind on entry with fuller swings. Thanks
Glad it helped
Great video! My daughter plays for her HS team. this is one of the most challenging shots for her. I am going to get her to watch your instruction....hopefully will help as she was told yesterday to hit the sand about 2-3 inches back from ball.
Good luck!
Not all sand is like that.. At my club the sand is firm, dense and often wet. What now?
Hi Martin, you'll just take less sand. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Clay you have a great way of explaining the feel and physics of the gold swing. i just started my 3rd year. First round 118 and today i shot an 82. I have watched a thousand golf how to do videos and in the end yours ave made the biggest difference. Cheers.
Thanks Sam! Sounds like you're on the right track. Keep up the good shooting!
You can't expose the bounce on hard compact sand, or you will skull it rt? In this scenario you have to hit closer to the ball with a more closed face, correct?
I was thinking the same thing. I'm wondering what to do on wet sand, or compacted sand. I'd assume to do what you said.
Wondering the same thing myself. I just went through hell on some compacted bunkers, about a week ago. I couldn't figure out what the problem was. That particular ball will not be bothering anyone, ever again. . . .
correct
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Haha. Yesterday i had same problem and going to play again in about 30 min.
I am always afraid to hit it 150 yds.
that tricked out golf cart looks like it's driven into the bunkers to hit bunker shots. Do you manage the distance of your bunker shots by adjusting the follow through? With the back swing staying the same with every shot?
You control the distance with the speed/length of the swing and the amount of loft you're using.
@@TopSpeedGolf Okay, that sounds standard. The reason I asked is I watched a video with Golf WIth Aimee where she said she always keeps her backswing the same, but thinks about the length of her follow through as her means of controlling distance with bunker shots. Perhaps that's just another means of controlling speed/length as you say. Moot point, in other words
Excellent tips. Would you apply the same technique to hard surface bunkers?
Mathisneat was asking myself the same thing
If you hit it an inch behind you just don’t swing so hard dummy lol Jason day literally hits It as close as he can to the ball to create more spin lol. 6 inches behind no way to control the spin as your second shot proved... It rolled way to much after landing.
You are exactly right, you can get more spin by hitting closer to the ball. You have to have a lot of skill like Jason Day to do that. Unfortunately, I have seen too many amateurs blade it way over the green trying to get more spin. Taking more sand is a higher percentage play. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
@@TopSpeedGolf ahhhh okay. So what you’re saying is that for most people you suggest them learning his first? I gotcha... makes sense.
I'm afraid to do a full swing as I might blade it.
It just takes practice to get used to it
"If I'm about 2 inches away from the ball, there's a road with a little old lady walking with cookies she baked and I bet I'll hit her if I do this. Let's give it a shot and see"
Lol, sounds like a exaggerated version of the clay ballard trying to hit two inches behind the ball and almost made it to the road.
Super bunker lesson!! Great teacher. I did this at my last game and it worked!!!!! Thanks Clay!! Came out every time. Now just have to work out how to control the distance yet be aggressive with the swing. Thanks
Great to hear!
I wish someone would do video when the ball is right up against the face of the bunker
Hi Bill, you just do your best to get the club on it. Many times you'll have to blast it out to the side depending on where you are in relationship to the hole. In some cases if it is really bad then you may have to take an unplayable lie and drop it in the bunker with a penalty. Best of luck! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Lob wedge open club face and hit like no sand and try and almost do a flop shot
thanks Clay for great advice on bunker shots, hopefully will help, have good weekend , greetings from Ireland
You should do a video when the bunker is made with play sand(Harder not maintained well).
Check out this video and use the technique Clay talks about when hitting out of wet sand: ruclips.net/video/FVqWoduC-tk/видео.html. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
it must from the 1,5m deep bunker bised hole
Hi Achmad, please check out our channel for many videos on hitting bunker shots.
I’ve been waiting for this! Excellent advise! No more will I be stuck in sand!! :)
Good lesson, but it doesn't address the texture & dryness of the sand, and varying distances. Also, I was surprised to see you hit 6"-7" behind the ball. Typically it's more like 2'-4" in my location (NH) depending on distance & condition of the sand.
You control distance like any other shot with speed and loft. You can also hit closer to the ball to make it go further but your margin for error gets smaller. If the sand is firmer then open the face a little less to allow the club to dig a little and hit closer to the ball. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Congrats on 500k Clay!!!! I know this isn't a new video but I go back to one of your videos everytime i need some help with something on the course. Thanks so much man for teaching these things!!!!!
I have no idea what you said... Lol... I couldn't stop looking at your golf cart
Love the Cart! Love the Snelly’s too! I also like to use a weaker grip for my sand shots around the green. The bunker is our Friend!!
R. Taylor wow that’s a big six inches 😊
Sorry Paul Wilson, but that bunker is no friend of mine. lol
Jim Johnson Love your bunker instruction. My problem is distance. Greenside bunker with no green to work with is no problem. L/W will do the trick. Its when the pin goes further away 10 to 15 yds that I can't control. I've been using a s/w but can't control distance.
You control distance out of the bunker like any other other shot; loft and speed. The only difference is where you hit the sand in relationship to the ball also makes a big difference. Practice consistently hitting the sand 4-6 inches before the ball and you'll be able to control your distance easily with loft and speed. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Nice, but how do you hit from public course bunkers and some CC courses where the sand is wet and often hardened halfway to asphalt? That's what I face 90% of time and my golfing buddy finally; gave up on one course and pulled out his five-fingered drop wedge.
Hi, if the sand is really firm then you play it the same way but hit a little closer to the ball. If it's really hard then you can open the face a little less which will help the club dig. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Your videos are very helpful, and easy to comprehend. Thank you.
Glad you like them!
So it’s 1:1 even if I am hitting 6 inches behind ball?
The 1:1 ratio applies to a shot in the fairway, meaning that if you swing 70mph the ball will go roughly 70 yards. With the sand Clay was hitting out of, swinging 70mph and hitting ~6" behind the ball made it go ~20 yards. Hope that makes sense. Best of luck! Nate | TSG Instructor
@@TopSpeedGolf thanks :)
Yeah, perfect lie in perfect sand. Does not help at all on a public course with hard, dirt like sand.
Technique is still the same.
Hey, I’ve been on really nice sand and still hit like crap. Good technique is good technique. You want to learn how to hit out of wet sand or poor sand conditions? Search that. I have picked a shot out of wet sand like a chip off a tight lie with some success. Look at your lie and decide how to hit it.
Clay, when you set up what are you looking at? I know if I look at the ball I will hit too close to the ball even though I have positioned the ball up front. Do you look six inches behind the ball? Thanks.
I look at the ball but you should look wherever allows you to get the best results.
How do you control entry/low point into sand? With chip you teach armpit is low point - which of course is ahead of ball; but here you want low point behind ball?
I’d assume putting weight on the back foot would help strike more sand. Can someone confirm ?
What if the sand in the bunker is 1/4" deep? I keep running into crappy bunkers that are like hitting off the sidewalk.
Hoi. Basically I like Clay's lessons and I also subscribed for a year to his training. But this bunker lessons does not convince me. Esp. all the movement with the body, the straightening of the right leg etc. are imho a big source for mishits. I started using Jason Day's way of playing out of the bunker about 2 months ago and it completely changed my bunker shot quality. I rarely mishit now and most times get rather close to the flag.
Hi Andreas, glad to hear you found something that works great for you. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good shooting. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
I like the bacon slicer idea...
Thanks for sharing!
If your bunkers are hard and compacted opening the face doesn’t work, the bounce causes the club to skip into the ball!
You still need to open the face some most likely. You just need to hit closer to the ball and more down into the sand instead of shallow. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Any 9 year old with a butter knife can get out of that sand. Try getting out of the wet, pebble and weed infested dirt we get on typical munis.
Yeah, that's no fun. You just can't take as much sand. Keep in mind that it is a hazard. I think the new rules allow you to take a drop with a penalty. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instruction
my course has no fluffy sand, it is typically thin sand, damp and hard. If it hit that far behind the bounce just ricochets off the sand and I blade it.
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Remember to pack your speedometer
Also remember not to really bury your ball when hitting in the bunker
Holy cow this video saved me! Just saying to me that I need to swing like it's a 70 yard wedge shot from the fairway, completely unlocked my bunker problems.
I basically just hit a "fat" wedge shot, and I'm out beautifully every time. Thanks Clay!
Throw it up into the green on nice fluffy pillow of sand. Thanks. Now let us pray 🙏.
That's fine unless you've got bunkers like the mud bowl's at my course
I can see that another viewer had the same comment. Most traps that the average player hits out of are not maintained with any depth of soft sand. I lost 4 strokes on my last round frustrated in the bunker!
HELP please.
Hi Burt, see my answer on your other post. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Just loved this excellent but simple explanation how to successfully play out of bunkers. I took it to the course and experienced significant improvement in my bunker play.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Clay, would this be the same as a lob shot swing, when I practice lob shots the technique feels more natural and I have no problem getting the ball up with a natural swing and a faster swing as well. Where as there are so many different videos and techniques on you tube on how to play a bunker shot etc and that's where I'm struggling trying all these techniques. Also are you focusing your eyes where you are wanting to thump the sand as that's what I do with a lob shot and don't have to think to much about it. Thanks.
It would be similar but you don't want to hit the ground too much behind the ball.
Yup. I have been taking full swing, open blade, but...about 2 inches before and, sure, it goes over the green, every time!
now i know. about 6 inches! thanks
Hope it helps
how deep should you clubhead go underneath the ball? like just barely beneath the ball?
just say bounce next time
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Well done Clay! Great lesson and very easy to follow.
Thanks!
Has Anyone ever been able to PICK the ball off the sand like a chip shot ?
i watched this on thursday and on saturday i had THREE sand saves. THREE!! (and the fourth came within an inch of going right into the cup). thank you Clay!!!
Awesome! Keep up the good work!
To: Mr. Clay Ballard. your video is the best instruction I have ever seen on sand play. I implemented your advice in a competitive round and knocked it two feet from the hole on a long bunker shot. Thank You!
Thanks! My pleasure!
I play urban golf. Any advice for playing with thru mud or soggy grass?
It's really important to make ball first contact.
clay do you have a video on alignment? When i try opening the face the ball goes right. When you open the face, does it still point to the target but the stance becomes open/points left?
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/CRSuR3owYns/видео.html
Ive started golfing about a month ago and I managed to lower my handicap down to +24, but I always suffer so much at the bunkers.
Is there a reason why you make a full swing hitting 6 inches back? My initial instict was to hit the ball without touching the sand
I would try to keep your weight forward on your lead foot.
Man your videos are fantastic much better than most videos or lessons I have paid for. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Thanks!
yesterday trouble with bunkers in the tournament after this video 5 for 5 today second day. Thank you very much.
Nice work!
good video but I think better wording would be SWING QUICKER not HARDER!!!!
Thanks Sam!
Excellent video. One thing that seems to be missing in bunker videos, though, is how MUCH sand to take behind the ball. Do we want to just skim the sand, or do we want to hit, say, 1/2" below the surface of the sand?
Hi, it really just depends on that sand and the type of shot you're hitting. Take more sand and swing harder if you want the ball to roll out and less sand if you want to spin. It's something that takes practice to get the feel for it. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Is there a corresponding vid for hard lies (little sand) and fairway bunkers with big lips, this two are killing my game.
Hi Andy, there might be. Feel free to search our channel. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Clay, what are you looking at when hitting 6 inches behind the ball?
Are hands higher than normal in bunker shots compared to the full swing?
Lower. Helps you come in more shallow
Ok got out of the bunker....how to control distance into the target green?
Watched this video and the next day it saved me playing a couple of holes and getting stuck in the bunker. You sir are a golf teaching legend
Glad to hear it. Thanks for the kind words!
Great video but you forgot to explain the last part of the swing right after impact. It's not a normal golf swing as if you were on the fairway. The finish is how this shot is going to work right. Please explain that missing part where the rotation after impact is more circular and flatter. I may be exaggerating the concept with those words but the pros do it all the time. Thanks ....
The finish is a result of doing all the other things Clay talked about correctly.
At 3;30 Ball went 6 inch? 6 feet maybe. 😆🤣
How would we play a sand shot when the bunker sand is hard or hardly any sand ...?
You would play it the same way but hit closer to the ball. If it's really hard then you may want to not open the face up as much. This will allow the club it dig just a little. play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
Yeah what about wet compacted sand?
hit ahrder under the sand, but it won't get too much spin.
By the way...what is a lob wedge
By the way...what is a sandwedge
Have you ever seen or used a 9 wood? And what would be it’s purpose?
I have not. They are typically used by those with lower club head speeds because it's easier to get the ball up in the air.
I have a lot of trouble getting the ball out of the bunker at tournaments and this video was helpful. ☺️
Thanks!
Simply change the type of sand you play in...yall
Thank you, I have been screaming them out of the sand lately. I'll work on this.
You got this!
golf not gold.
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Another great video, and you answer my question for hitting it further out of the sand.
Glad to hear it!
Any tips for drop kicking the ball (open clubface, hard swing, club hits sand first, slides right into back of ball and blades it straight into the side of the bunker)? Sometimes closing the face helps, but then you hit it too fat, obviously. I'm playing a 56* with 12 bounce. Do you recommend a lower bounce?
Best golf lessons on youtube.
Thanks!
Should the same swing thoughts be applied for a 60 yd wedge shot in terms of arms and hips/body but with two key differences - open blade and hitting well behind the body? In my wedge shots, my arms are asleep but lower body are driving the engine...in your vid, seems to be the opposite. Also, hinging early is being promoted, yes?
Excellent videos I play off 10 I always watch your videos for tips great bunker video I don’t always land in them nice to understand the science behind the bunker shot 👍
How about doing this shot in wet/ heavy sand?
Hi Bill, you just hit a little closer to the ball. Play well! Quentin | TSG Instructor
thank you, this helps alot :)
Glad it helped!
I'm afraid to do a full swing as I might blade it.
It takes some practice
6 inches? I think you meant 6 feet. :) Great lesson as always Clay.
more often, six inches is an exaggeration
If I may give you an advice is the last part of your video is fully enough for us to comprehend the shot what you spoke in the first part until more than middle of the video was too confusing and not accessory at all so please keep it simple and not so many words the videos otherwise result too heavy and confusing
Great tips, but here in Southern Nevada there are lots of courses with very compact sand- not the fluffy stuff. Very hard to be consistent in that stuff.
So what do you do when you play at courses where the sand is hard?? Or maybe only about half an inch of soft sand and thick hard compact sand under it??
New to your channel. Love your videos. They are a big help.
Thanks Neil!
Great video. Would your swing plane be out to in or are you swinging square ?
It's more in-to-out because the shaft is so flat with greenside bunker shots. Play well! Nate | TSG Instructor
Thanks for the reply Clay. I’ve started playing again after an 18 year break from the game and I’m now enthusiastically trying to catch up on so many changes to the game. Unless I’m mistaken (highly likely) I always used to stand with an open stance and clubhead open and swing out to in to slide under the ball. What’s very odd is that it used to work for me but now doesn’t - hence the reason for watching the video. Watching the pros out of bunkers does amaze me and I was obviously thinking that I was now doing something wrong. By the way I subscribed to your channel a while back and you have helped me in many ways get back to playing golf. Cheers.
This is REAL TALK. I think I'm cured. Lol
Thanks Dwayne! Glad the video helped.
How do you suddenly hit 6 inches in front of the ball? You haven't explained what you change in your swing to do that. What makes the club bottom out suddenly 6 inches sooner?
Needed this desperately
Hope it helps!
These tips absolutely work! Used it today and I consistently hit much better shots. Striking the sand 4-5 inches behind the ball was the key for me. Thanks!!
You know what I call barely out of the bunker......SUCCESS!!!!!!
Halo may frande you are good tetechere
Thanks!
Thanks for this excellent and easy to follow video. Particularly the part about following through and pointing the belt buckle and buttons to the hole at the end of the swing. I can feel such a difference and my pitching is much more consistent. Thanks a million!!