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Face to face drill for greenside bunker shots

For a splash bunker shot, keep the loft and bounce on the club so it slides rather than digs. Take the club back to about halfway with the face pointing back at your own face, which keeps the bounce activated and ready to release, and through impact keep the face looking back at you so the loft and bounce stay on through the strike.

Channel: Dan Grieve

Watch official source at 20:23

Try it

  1. take it back and halfway with that club face pointing back at your face
  2. as you go through impact the club face can be looking back at you

Why this context matters

For a bunker with a nice amount of soft, crumbly sand.