Hard sand - bunker shot

[tthomasgolfer605]

 

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3 hours ago, CasualLie said:

Assuming you have a good bunker technique to begin with, there is not a lot of adjustment for hard packed / think sand.  True, what others mentioned you cannot be using the same amount of bounce because it will "bounce" off the hard sand and blade into the ball.  But setup the same for everything, except put a little more weight forward.  This will help you come in a little bit steeper and negate some of the bounce.  Less speed, and that's it.  A little steeper to drive down, smooth that tempo, you do not need a lot of speed.  And naturally your follow though should be abbreviated.

 

Biggest mistake I see on these shots is way too much speed.  Some of you with over active trail arms might want to try as you come into impact squeeze the pinky and index fingers on the lead hand to stop the momentum.  Takes some practice to get the timing right but it will stop that tail arm/hand doing crazy stuff.

Yep, seems to me that out of basically hard pan bunkers, you hitting almost the opposite shot as the normal explosion type bunker shot. 

[bladehunter]

My visual if it’s a true hard bunker ( like concrete ).   Is this.  Hitting a flop off the cartpath.     It requires speed , a wide open face , and a shallow delivery that hit close to or on the ball.   I say all that realizing the eye rolls I’ll get.  if done correctly it will have some spin on it. So I’m trying to fly it to the hole.  
 

You can also play a lob wedge back in your stance and play the steep trap shot. I call that the stab dump.  you’re basically stabbing it out steep and dumping it up on the green. Very little control.   

[b.mattay]

I use the exact same technique as a normal bunker shot, just drop my hands at address to promote a little steeper AOA. I'll also drop my trail foot back to give my hands room to swing.