Green Side Bunkers Club Selection

[MARCKEEP]

I'm having trouble lately getting out of green side bunkers.

Currently have a 60* 10 bounce Callaway MD

56* 8 bounce Callaway MD

56* 10 bounce  Titleist  SM 7

My grip, stance and swing are all wrong right now and need to get back to basics.

Just a year ago I was exceptionally good out of sand??? What went wrong?

[boogielicious]

29 minutes ago, MARCKEEP said:

I'm having trouble lately getting out of green side bunkers.

Currently have a 60* 10 bounce Callaway MD

56* 8 bounce Callaway MD

56* 10 bounce  Titleist  SM 7

My grip, stance and swing are all wrong right now and need to get back to basics.

Just a year ago I was exceptionally good out of sand??? What went wrong?

Welcome to The Sand Trap! Any club can do in a bunker. You may just need to refresh your technique. The thread below has a video and discussion.

I use my 58 high bounce wedge out of the sand. I stand with my feet fairly wide, hands low, weight a little left and swing with soft arms. And I just think about taking sand and focus behind the ball. I don’t open the face too much unless I need to go high.

Also, we have a Member Swings section. You could video some sand shots and post there for help.

[MARCKEEP]

Will do.

Thank you 

[Club Rat]

6 hours ago, MARCKEEP said:

What went wrong?

Not all bunker shots are played the same, pending sand condition, the lie in the bunker (uphill, level or downslope)
Most bunker shots played from the level area, I splash the ball out with a solid thump of the sole of the club.
Uphill, it's more about hitting behind the ball a certain amount to create a cushion of sand between the ball and club face.

Are you thinning the shots, or hittting them fat or something else? 

[Double Mocha Man]

I once spent 6 months in a sand trap.  Well, not literally.  But every day, for half a year, I spent an hour in the practice trap hitting to a flag, practicing uphill, flat, downhill, side hill lies.  At different distances.  I made myself get better, much better.

I started looking forward to trap shots.  Not long afterwards I played in a scramble with a choice on one par 5, near the green, of making a difficult chip/pitch or taking an easy bunker shot.  I remember lobbying for the sand but scrambles being scrambles, everyone in the group was shaken to the core at the thought of executing a sand shot.  We chipped up poorly and only made par.

To this day I still relish being in a greenside trap vs. greenside rough or gnarly uneven lie for a pitch shot.

[MARCKEEP]

5 hours ago, Club Rat said:

Not all bunker shots are played the same, pending sand condition, the lie in the bunker (uphill, level or downslope)
Most bunker shots played from the level area, I splash the ball out with a solid thump of the sole of the club.
Uphill, it's more about hitting behind the ball a certain amount to create a cushion of sand between the ball and club face.

Are you thinning the shots, or hittting them fat or something else? 

 

I've been thinking them, then fat sometimes.  Having trouble bringing the club face back to where I intend to with the proper swing speed. Mabey coming in a bit steep also

[WilliamB]

I find great success with my 54*-12* sw, If I go too high with the loft I don't do as well.