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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Bunker Play by Leaving the Clubhead in the Sand
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to engage your arms for more effective bunker shots
- Recognize the importance of keeping the clubhead in the sand during your swing
- Develop a better understanding of maintaining proper shaft lean in the bunker
In this drill, you'll learn to focus on using your arms instead of your body for better bunker shots by leaving the clubhead in the sand. This technique helps prevent common mistakes like chunks and blades.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
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This bunker drill is leave the clubhead in the sand.
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00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:09.240
So many golfers who struggle with bunker play do so because they try to hit it
3
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:09.440
too much
4
00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:13.400
with their body and a bunker shot is more of an arm shot.
5
00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.910
In order to power it more with your arms or the reason you want to power it
6
00:00:17.910 --> 00:00:18.600
more with
7
00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:24.920
your arms is so that the club will pass the handle down at the bottom.
8
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.920
If you power it too much with the body you're going to have too much shaft lean
9
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:29.320
and you'll
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:34.250
take away bounce and because of that narrow angle you'll then start hanging
11
00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:34.780
back and that
12
00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:39.760
combo produces the really bad chunk blade combination.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.960
So for some golfers who have a really hard time quieting their lower body for
14
00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:44.840
this specific
15
00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:49.140
bunker shot I'll give them the task of basically take a swing and just feel
16
00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:50.320
like you're going
17
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.520
to throw the clubhead down into the sand and you're going to leave it there.
18
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:58.860
Now when it comes to actually hitting the golf ball you'll see that even if I
19
00:00:58.860 --> 00:00:59.280
try to
20
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.290
leave it there the momentum of the club is going to tend to come up but it's
21
00:01:03.290 --> 00:01:03.880
not going
22
00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.940
to have as much lag going into the hitting zone as some of you who really
23
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struggle with
24
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.440
your bunker shots.
25
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So for this little drill you're going to try and smack the sand with a pretty
26
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aggressive
27
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right hand but you're going to make sure that the club is going down and you're
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going to
29
00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:25.440
throw the energy down in front of the golf ball just slightly.
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So I'm going to get in my good bunker setup leaning a little bit left shoulders
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pretty
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level make it narrow backswing and then I'm going to throw the clubhead down
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into the
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sand and I'm going to feel like I'm going to leave it down there but the
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momentum is
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going to bring it slightly through.
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If you have really fluffy sand I have seen that you can do this, I'll try to
38
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exaggerate
39
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here, we'll do the best we can.
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You'll see in this sand if I actually leave it there I'm going to have to de
41
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celerate
42
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too much but if you have really fluffy sand where you can get the club to go
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very deep
44
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:08.360
down into the sand it is possible to leave it there.
45
00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:15.880
This also becomes a very useful shot when you have a severe uphill lie or if
46
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:16.240
you have
47
00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:22.100
a buried shot on a severe uphill lie because there you want to get a little bit
48
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steeper
49
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just like so and by throwing that energy down even on a semi buried uphill shot
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the
51
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ball will tend to pop out.
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So if you struggle too much with getting shaft lean body rotation and you look
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more
54
00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.590
like this when you see yourself from a face on camera you want to make sure
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that you get
56
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more of the energy coming from the hands to do that simple image is just
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leaving the
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club in the sand.
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Once you feel comfortable getting the energy going down then you can naturally
60
00:02:54.220 --> 00:02:54.640
let the
61
00:02:54.640 --> 00:02:59.020
body go with the club and carry momentum into a better follow through position.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This bunker drill is leave the clubhead in the sand.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:09.240
So many golfers who struggle with bunker play do so because they try to hit it
3
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:09.440
too much
4
00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:13.400
with their body and a bunker shot is more of an arm shot.
5
00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.910
In order to power it more with your arms or the reason you want to power it
6
00:00:17.910 --> 00:00:18.600
more with
7
00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:24.920
your arms is so that the club will pass the handle down at the bottom.
8
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.920
If you power it too much with the body you're going to have too much shaft lean
9
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:29.320
and you'll
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:34.250
take away bounce and because of that narrow angle you'll then start hanging
11
00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:34.780
back and that
12
00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:39.760
combo produces the really bad chunk blade combination.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.960
So for some golfers who have a really hard time quieting their lower body for
14
00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:44.840
this specific
15
00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:49.140
bunker shot I'll give them the task of basically take a swing and just feel
16
00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:50.320
like you're going
17
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.520
to throw the clubhead down into the sand and you're going to leave it there.
18
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:58.860
Now when it comes to actually hitting the golf ball you'll see that even if I
19
00:00:58.860 --> 00:00:59.280
try to
20
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.290
leave it there the momentum of the club is going to tend to come up but it's
21
00:01:03.290 --> 00:01:03.880
not going
22
00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.940
to have as much lag going into the hitting zone as some of you who really
23
00:01:07.940 --> 00:01:08.840
struggle with
24
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.440
your bunker shots.
25
00:01:10.440 --> 00:01:16.300
So for this little drill you're going to try and smack the sand with a pretty
26
00:01:16.300 --> 00:01:17.240
aggressive
27
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:21.250
right hand but you're going to make sure that the club is going down and you're
28
00:01:21.250 --> 00:01:21.720
going to
29
00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:25.440
throw the energy down in front of the golf ball just slightly.
30
00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:29.920
So I'm going to get in my good bunker setup leaning a little bit left shoulders
31
00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.400
pretty
32
00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:38.360
level make it narrow backswing and then I'm going to throw the clubhead down
33
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into the
34
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.410
sand and I'm going to feel like I'm going to leave it down there but the
35
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momentum is
36
00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.920
going to bring it slightly through.
37
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If you have really fluffy sand I have seen that you can do this, I'll try to
38
00:01:51.490 --> 00:01:52.360
exaggerate
39
00:01:52.360 --> 00:01:56.920
here, we'll do the best we can.
40
00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.220
You'll see in this sand if I actually leave it there I'm going to have to de
41
00:02:00.220 --> 00:02:00.760
celerate
42
00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:05.030
too much but if you have really fluffy sand where you can get the club to go
43
00:02:05.030 --> 00:02:05.720
very deep
44
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:08.360
down into the sand it is possible to leave it there.
45
00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:15.880
This also becomes a very useful shot when you have a severe uphill lie or if
46
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:16.240
you have
47
00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:22.100
a buried shot on a severe uphill lie because there you want to get a little bit
48
00:02:22.100 --> 00:02:22.800
steeper
49
00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:32.080
just like so and by throwing that energy down even on a semi buried uphill shot
50
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:32.600
the
51
00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:34.240
ball will tend to pop out.
52
00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:38.210
So if you struggle too much with getting shaft lean body rotation and you look
53
00:02:38.210 --> 00:02:38.240
more
54
00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.590
like this when you see yourself from a face on camera you want to make sure
55
00:02:42.590 --> 00:02:44.140
that you get
56
00:02:44.140 --> 00:02:48.150
more of the energy coming from the hands to do that simple image is just
57
00:02:48.150 --> 00:02:48.680
leaving the
58
00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.520
club in the sand.
59
00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:54.220
Once you feel comfortable getting the energy going down then you can naturally
60
00:02:54.220 --> 00:02:54.640
let the
61
00:02:54.640 --> 00:02:59.020
body go with the club and carry momentum into a better follow through position.
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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Bunker Play by Leaving the Clubhead in the Sand
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to engage your arms for more effective bunker shots
- Recognize the importance of keeping the clubhead in the sand during your swing
- Develop a better understanding of maintaining proper shaft lean in the bunker
In this drill, you'll learn to focus on using your arms instead of your body for better bunker shots by leaving the clubhead in the sand. This technique helps prevent common mistakes like chunks and blades.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This bunker drill is leave the clubhead in the sand.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:09.240
So many golfers who struggle with bunker play do so because they try to hit it
3
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:09.440
too much
4
00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:13.400
with their body and a bunker shot is more of an arm shot.
5
00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.910
In order to power it more with your arms or the reason you want to power it
6
00:00:17.910 --> 00:00:18.600
more with
7
00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:24.920
your arms is so that the club will pass the handle down at the bottom.
8
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.920
If you power it too much with the body you're going to have too much shaft lean
9
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:29.320
and you'll
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:34.250
take away bounce and because of that narrow angle you'll then start hanging
11
00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:34.780
back and that
12
00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:39.760
combo produces the really bad chunk blade combination.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.960
So for some golfers who have a really hard time quieting their lower body for
14
00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:44.840
this specific
15
00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:49.140
bunker shot I'll give them the task of basically take a swing and just feel
16
00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:50.320
like you're going
17
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.520
to throw the clubhead down into the sand and you're going to leave it there.
18
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:58.860
Now when it comes to actually hitting the golf ball you'll see that even if I
19
00:00:58.860 --> 00:00:59.280
try to
20
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.290
leave it there the momentum of the club is going to tend to come up but it's
21
00:01:03.290 --> 00:01:03.880
not going
22
00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.940
to have as much lag going into the hitting zone as some of you who really
23
00:01:07.940 --> 00:01:08.840
struggle with
24
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.440
your bunker shots.
25
00:01:10.440 --> 00:01:16.300
So for this little drill you're going to try and smack the sand with a pretty
26
00:01:16.300 --> 00:01:17.240
aggressive
27
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:21.250
right hand but you're going to make sure that the club is going down and you're
28
00:01:21.250 --> 00:01:21.720
going to
29
00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:25.440
throw the energy down in front of the golf ball just slightly.
30
00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:29.920
So I'm going to get in my good bunker setup leaning a little bit left shoulders
31
00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.400
pretty
32
00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:38.360
level make it narrow backswing and then I'm going to throw the clubhead down
33
00:01:38.360 --> 00:01:38.560
into the
34
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.410
sand and I'm going to feel like I'm going to leave it down there but the
35
00:01:41.410 --> 00:01:42.040
momentum is
36
00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.920
going to bring it slightly through.
37
00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.490
If you have really fluffy sand I have seen that you can do this, I'll try to
38
00:01:51.490 --> 00:01:52.360
exaggerate
39
00:01:52.360 --> 00:01:56.920
here, we'll do the best we can.
40
00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.220
You'll see in this sand if I actually leave it there I'm going to have to de
41
00:02:00.220 --> 00:02:00.760
celerate
42
00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:05.030
too much but if you have really fluffy sand where you can get the club to go
43
00:02:05.030 --> 00:02:05.720
very deep
44
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:08.360
down into the sand it is possible to leave it there.
45
00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:15.880
This also becomes a very useful shot when you have a severe uphill lie or if
46
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:16.240
you have
47
00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:22.100
a buried shot on a severe uphill lie because there you want to get a little bit
48
00:02:22.100 --> 00:02:22.800
steeper
49
00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:32.080
just like so and by throwing that energy down even on a semi buried uphill shot
50
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:32.600
the
51
00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:34.240
ball will tend to pop out.
52
00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:38.210
So if you struggle too much with getting shaft lean body rotation and you look
53
00:02:38.210 --> 00:02:38.240
more
54
00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.590
like this when you see yourself from a face on camera you want to make sure
55
00:02:42.590 --> 00:02:44.140
that you get
56
00:02:44.140 --> 00:02:48.150
more of the energy coming from the hands to do that simple image is just
57
00:02:48.150 --> 00:02:48.680
leaving the
58
00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.520
club in the sand.
59
00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:54.220
Once you feel comfortable getting the energy going down then you can naturally
60
00:02:54.220 --> 00:02:54.640
let the
61
00:02:54.640 --> 00:02:59.020
body go with the club and carry momentum into a better follow through position.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This bunker drill is leave the clubhead in the sand.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:09.240
So many golfers who struggle with bunker play do so because they try to hit it
3
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:09.440
too much
4
00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:13.400
with their body and a bunker shot is more of an arm shot.
5
00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.910
In order to power it more with your arms or the reason you want to power it
6
00:00:17.910 --> 00:00:18.600
more with
7
00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:24.920
your arms is so that the club will pass the handle down at the bottom.
8
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.920
If you power it too much with the body you're going to have too much shaft lean
9
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:29.320
and you'll
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:34.250
take away bounce and because of that narrow angle you'll then start hanging
11
00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:34.780
back and that
12
00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:39.760
combo produces the really bad chunk blade combination.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.960
So for some golfers who have a really hard time quieting their lower body for
14
00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:44.840
this specific
15
00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:49.140
bunker shot I'll give them the task of basically take a swing and just feel
16
00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:50.320
like you're going
17
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.520
to throw the clubhead down into the sand and you're going to leave it there.
18
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:58.860
Now when it comes to actually hitting the golf ball you'll see that even if I
19
00:00:58.860 --> 00:00:59.280
try to
20
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.290
leave it there the momentum of the club is going to tend to come up but it's
21
00:01:03.290 --> 00:01:03.880
not going
22
00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.940
to have as much lag going into the hitting zone as some of you who really
23
00:01:07.940 --> 00:01:08.840
struggle with
24
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.440
your bunker shots.
25
00:01:10.440 --> 00:01:16.300
So for this little drill you're going to try and smack the sand with a pretty
26
00:01:16.300 --> 00:01:17.240
aggressive
27
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:21.250
right hand but you're going to make sure that the club is going down and you're
28
00:01:21.250 --> 00:01:21.720
going to
29
00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:25.440
throw the energy down in front of the golf ball just slightly.
30
00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:29.920
So I'm going to get in my good bunker setup leaning a little bit left shoulders
31
00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.400
pretty
32
00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:38.360
level make it narrow backswing and then I'm going to throw the clubhead down
33
00:01:38.360 --> 00:01:38.560
into the
34
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.410
sand and I'm going to feel like I'm going to leave it down there but the
35
00:01:41.410 --> 00:01:42.040
momentum is
36
00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.920
going to bring it slightly through.
37
00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.490
If you have really fluffy sand I have seen that you can do this, I'll try to
38
00:01:51.490 --> 00:01:52.360
exaggerate
39
00:01:52.360 --> 00:01:56.920
here, we'll do the best we can.
40
00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.220
You'll see in this sand if I actually leave it there I'm going to have to de
41
00:02:00.220 --> 00:02:00.760
celerate
42
00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:05.030
too much but if you have really fluffy sand where you can get the club to go
43
00:02:05.030 --> 00:02:05.720
very deep
44
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:08.360
down into the sand it is possible to leave it there.
45
00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:15.880
This also becomes a very useful shot when you have a severe uphill lie or if
46
00:02:15.880 --> 00:02:16.240
you have
47
00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:22.100
a buried shot on a severe uphill lie because there you want to get a little bit
48
00:02:22.100 --> 00:02:22.800
steeper
49
00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:32.080
just like so and by throwing that energy down even on a semi buried uphill shot
50
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:32.600
the
51
00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:34.240
ball will tend to pop out.
52
00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:38.210
So if you struggle too much with getting shaft lean body rotation and you look
53
00:02:38.210 --> 00:02:38.240
more
54
00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:42.590
like this when you see yourself from a face on camera you want to make sure
55
00:02:42.590 --> 00:02:44.140
that you get
56
00:02:44.140 --> 00:02:48.150
more of the energy coming from the hands to do that simple image is just
57
00:02:48.150 --> 00:02:48.680
leaving the
58
00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.520
club in the sand.
59
00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:54.220
Once you feel comfortable getting the energy going down then you can naturally
60
00:02:54.220 --> 00:02:54.640
let the
61
00:02:54.640 --> 00:02:59.020
body go with the club and carry momentum into a better follow through position.
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