Short Game · Technique

Set up a downhill bunker shot with the ball forward

For a downhill bunker shot, the coach likes to move the ball up (forward). He explains the bottom of the swing sits at the sternum, so with the ball forward you lean the upper body on top of it, which sets the spine perpendicular to the slope and the shoulders matching the angle of the slope. It feels like the left shoulder is low; swing down and underneath it and finish low.