00:04Hi my name is Nick Drain. I'm a PGA professional and a master fitting
00:08specialist here at the Titleist Performance Center at Woban. In this
00:11video we're going to talk about the greenside bunker shot. The greenside
00:14bunker shot, typically we're going to use our most lofty club in our bag, our
00:18sand iron, anywhere from 56, 58 or 60 degrees and loft. It's the only shot in
00:23golf we're actually not trying to hit the golf ball. We're actually going to
00:25hit the sand behind the ball and I'm going to demonstrate to you ways that we
00:30can do that. A lot of common mistakes that I see golfers make in the bunker is that
00:34again they are trying to help the ball out of the bunker through an incorrect
00:38setup which doesn't allow them the best opportunity to get the ball out of the
00:42sand. Quite often I see golfers trying to move back on the golf ball, so too much
00:48weight on their back foot trying to lift it. As I mentioned earlier we're actually
00:52going to hit the sand not the ball. That's what's going to propel the ball
00:55into the air onto the green. Here's an example of how I see a lot of golfers
01:00make a few mistakes in the bunker. They don't shuffle their feet into the sand,
01:05the ball is too middle of the stance and with regards to the grip they take their
01:10grip and then they open the club face which in theory isn't actually doing
01:15anything and then they try and lift the ball out of the bunker. You can see
01:23there I didn't actually contact the sand behind the ball and lift it out. Too much
01:28golf ball and it's gone way too far. A couple of key things in your setup you
01:33need to pay particular attention to to allow you to be successful out of the
01:36bunker. Firstly let's talk about the stance width. So a nice wide base, shuffle
01:42the feet into the sand that's going to lower you into the ground. One of the key
01:47things, so I've already got a very lofty golf club in my hand. What I'm going to do is I'm
01:51going to open the club face slightly and then take my grip. The leading edge of
01:58the golf club is going to point towards my left toe. One thing you'll see in my
02:03setup is that my left foot is turned out slightly. That's going to allow me to put
02:07a little bit more weight on my left side, maybe 60-40 favouring the left and make
02:13it easier as I turn through. My ball position, as I mentioned earlier, this is
02:18the shot where I'm going to hit the sand, not the golf ball. So in theory I'm moving
02:22the ball a couple of inches ahead of where I would ideally have the ball in
02:27my stance if I was playing off the grass and I'm going to draw a nice line about a
02:32club head width inside my left heel as a reference. I'm now going to focus on
02:37hitting that line in the sand, not the golf ball itself. My swing itself I'm going to
02:43make a three-quarter backslink and then make sure that I have all my weight
02:47finishing towards the target and hopefully it'll come out like that.
03:13I'll see you next time.
