Full Swing · Drill

Smash-the-sand line drill for solid impact

An impact drill done in a bunker. Draw a line between your feet, take the club halfway back, and try to smash the sand at the line or just in front of it; do it ten times, with a beginner maybe getting two or three out of ten and a goal of eight out of ten, keeping the swing to about halfway. The instructor likes the bunker because the sand is a constraint that makes it obvious how the hands, arms and body should work at impact, and you can feel the resistance of the sand and the energy the club head gets into it.