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LEANDER GOLF
Bunker Drills, Problems & Fixes
Line Drill
Purpose: More Consistent Sand Play
Draw a 10-foot long straight line in the sand and straddle the line, with the line being just to the left of the center of your stance.
Move down the entire length of the line, making swings so your club contacts the sand at the line.
After developing a consistent entry point with your swings, do the same thing again, only place a ball two to three inches to the left of the line before each swing.
Draw a 10-foot long straight line in the sand and straddle the line, with the line being just to the left of the center of your stance.
Move down the entire length of the line, making swings so your club contacts the sand at the line.
After developing a consistent entry point with your swings, do the same thing again, only place a ball two to three inches to the left of the line before each swing.
Dollar Bill Drill
Purpose: Better Sand Play
Place a dollar bill in the sand and put a ball on George Washington's face.
Now, take your swing, striving to enter the sand at the back of the dollar and exiting at the front of the dollar.
This should help you visualize the proper path your clubhead should take through the sand when hitting out of a green-side bunker.
Place a dollar bill in the sand and put a ball on George Washington's face.
Now, take your swing, striving to enter the sand at the back of the dollar and exiting at the front of the dollar.
This should help you visualize the proper path your clubhead should take through the sand when hitting out of a green-side bunker.
2 Drills from Seve B. (1. Club in Pocket 2. Throw Club)
1. Club in Pocket Drill - Upon follow through, act as if you are put the club in your frontside pocket at the finish. Doing so will help you to get the club head to overtake the hands and steepen the shaft in your follow through, which will make you use the bounce of the club correctly and add loft, and will make you add speed to the clubhead. We don't want to ball to come out low and running . We want to ball to exit the sand high and soft.
2. Throw Club Drill - Throwing the club into the side of the bunker during follow through will help you to get a feel for keeping a loose grip in the sand. If too much tension in hands your clubhead cannot get the speed it needs in the sand. So, throw the club as you hit the ball into the side of the bunker out in front of you. Release through the ball and let go. Preserve the feel created by this drill as you hit sand shots WITHOUT letting go of the club.
2. Throw Club Drill - Throwing the club into the side of the bunker during follow through will help you to get a feel for keeping a loose grip in the sand. If too much tension in hands your clubhead cannot get the speed it needs in the sand. So, throw the club as you hit the ball into the side of the bunker out in front of you. Release through the ball and let go. Preserve the feel created by this drill as you hit sand shots WITHOUT letting go of the club.
Square Drill
Purpose: Consistently Get Out of Green-Side Bunkers
To develop a visual image of what you need to do to get out of green-side bunkers, draw a 6 inch square box in the sand and put a ball in the middle of it.
Now, swing so your club enters the back of the box and travels in a shallow path through the front of the box, displacing the sand throughout the box.
To develop a visual image of what you need to do to get out of green-side bunkers, draw a 6 inch square box in the sand and put a ball in the middle of it.
Now, swing so your club enters the back of the box and travels in a shallow path through the front of the box, displacing the sand throughout the box.
Buried 2 x 4 Drill
Purpose: Fine Tune Depth You Dig Into the Sand on Bunker Shots
Bury a 2 x 4 half and inch below the surface of the sand and place a ball on top of it.
Now, hit the ball out of the sand.
The buried 2 x 4 will keep you from digging too deep into the sand and teach you to splash the ball out of the sand and eliminate those heavy bunker shots that result in gallons of displaced sand, and the ball, invariably, remaining in the bunker.
Bury a 2 x 4 half and inch below the surface of the sand and place a ball on top of it.
Now, hit the ball out of the sand.
The buried 2 x 4 will keep you from digging too deep into the sand and teach you to splash the ball out of the sand and eliminate those heavy bunker shots that result in gallons of displaced sand, and the ball, invariably, remaining in the bunker.
Easy Bunker Practice (No Sand Required)
Purpose: Get practice hitting out of sand when you are away from the course.
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