Golf Swing Lessons, Tips & Instruction – Golf Bunker Sand Shots
How To Hit Golf Bunker Sand Shots www.swingmangolf.com Golf Swing Lessons, Tips & Instruction – Golf Bunker Sand Shots Learn how to hit golf bunker shots and how to hit more consistently out of the bunker. Hitting bunker shots is one of the most feared shot with many amateur golfers. But in a bunker you have more margin of error than a normal chip shot. In this video Golf Instructor, Jaacob Bowden will show you a few tips on how to hit bunker shots and be more confident in the bunker. Leave a COMMENT if this video was of help to your golf game. Get Your Free Article “The 3 Keys To Distance” at http
great video…
im off 7 and im 16…. and this was the worst part of my game !! great tips
thank you
just one more thing…. say i was in a bunker that was about 150 yeards away from the green and i decided to use an 8 iron to get out of it and try reach the green !! do i use the exact tips u just gave are do i have to do something different ! be great if you could reply !! thanks again
Glad to help.
From fairway bunkers, I would say to 1st make sure you have a high enough loft club to get out of the bunker. Beyond that, if you have a clear & safe shot to the green & aren’t going to lay up, it’s really just a matter of making the same swing you would make from the fairway…but w/ one extra club. You might also want to aim for the middle of the green too, rather than going for the flag.
I’m sure there’s other ways to do it, but that’s what I do & it works well for me.
Again …. thanks a million
keep dem goin
he holed it at 2:51!
Haha, good eye. We filmed me hitting two balls that direction. I actually almost made the first one too. You can see the first ball just to the left of the hole. :-p
yeah pretty cool man thanks for the tips
I like your voice and the way you talk…
it’s really nice to listen to.
what part of the usa are you from? Maryland?
Hehe, thanks. :-p I’m originally from Barnhart, MO (25 miles south of St. Louis). After college, I moved to Kansas City…and have since lived in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pebble Beach, and Zurich, Switzerland.
Out of intreest, do you hold any golf qualifications? You seem to miss out a lot of important info!!!
Sure, I’ve got quite a bit of experience. I started the PGA PGM Program, but I don’t have any interest in finishing it because it focuses more on running golf shops than teaching/playing. I’ve turned in scores in multi-day pro tournaments in the 60s, posted a grid-record 421-yard drive in a sanctioned long drive event, won the Pinnacle Distance Challenge with a televised 381-yard drive, taught hundreds of personals/group lessons, written numerous articles for golf magazines…
…, have an upcoming interview on ESPN Golf Talk Radio, etc.
The Swing Man Golf YouTube videos that we’ve posted aren’t meant to be all-inclusive video lessons- rather just some basic tips to give people quick solutions & suggestions to help address some common problems.
at last good advise from someone who can actually play golf
Very useful tips on getting out of the bunker, especially the one about drawing the lines behind the ball. Thanks!
Sure thing. Of course the lines would be illegal to do during the round…but I like it for practicing.
Drawing a line with your golf club would be illegal, but how about making a light indentation in the sand, say, 4 or 5 inches behind the ball with your foot? Gives you something to aim at. Right?
Hmmm, good question…to be honest, I don’t know if that would be legal or not. To error on the side of being safe and legal, I just try and imagine where the lines would be and then sometimes I’ll pick out a grain of sand that I want to hit that would be somewhere between the imaginary lines. That seems to work okay for me.
One of the guys that I played golf with today said that he thought that, maybe, intentionally making a light indentation in the sand behind your ball might be considered “improving your lie,” which is a no-no.
Just checked…USGA Rule 13-4: Ball in Hazard (Bunker) – Prohibited Actions – The player must not test the condition of the hazard, touch the ground in the hazard with his club or hand, or touch/move a loose impediment in the hazard. Penalty for breach of rule is 2 strokes.
Better sharpen up my visualization skills!
very good tips. i needed to watch this desperately. should improve my bunker play this weekend!
Hey Jaacob,
Great tips mate ! I get out of bunkers every time and I get “wows” for my bunker play. The tips about reduciing tension generally and judging putting/chipping distances are really great ones. Finally, i have found some instructions which make a lot of sense and is easy to apply and less technical jargon. Have reduced my score by 6-8 shots after applying your tips in 4 weeks times. Thanks mate!
Cheers from Germany !
probably the best bunker tip video on the net, defs on youtube. great vid mate