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Short Game · Technique

Bunker ball above feet: aim right and draw it off the bank

For a bunker shot on a bank, playing your normal shot makes you hit well behind it. The instructor aims about five to six yards right of the target with the face not too open, then swings more from the inside, which flattens the swing so the ball draws out with the slope. He uses less loft, more like a 54.

Channel: Dan Grieve

Watch official source at 39:41

Try it

  1. Aim five, six yards right of target
  2. Keep the face not that open
  3. Come in from the inside so it flattens and you draw it with the slope
  4. Use more like a 54

Why this context matters

Ball-above-feet lie in a greenside bunker.