Bunker Shots Up Hill and Buried
Hi Mike Cahill here with Cahill Golf in beautiful Palm Springs. Today I want to talk you about our uphill bunker shots. One thing that you will notice in the video is that the golf ball is buried in the sand. Generally when you have an uphill bunker shot the ball is not going to stay in position unless it is buried.
Approached properly the uphill buried sand shot is a pretty easy shot. One thing to keep in mind with this shot is we do not want an open club face. We want the club face square so it will aggressively dig into the sand; an open face on this shot will likely cause the ball roll off to the side and possibly back down into the bunker. So, keep the club face square.
Keep the club face square.
Place the ball a little bit forward in your stance. You will have a fairly wide range of area where you can enter the sand to hit the ball. As long as you catch some sand, enter anywhere from about a half an inch, all the way to about 4 inches behind the ball. This is an escape lie. Take a full aggressive swing, keeping in mind the ball is just not going to go that far when you hit it. The feeling will be that you are almost leaving the head in the sand. The club will go through.
Take a full aggressive swing.
PGA Instructor Mike Cahill and PGA Master Instructor Dave Cahill are here to help you play better and enjoy the game more. If you would like to learn more about our uphill bunker shot please come see us in Palm Springs for golf lessons or visit us for a Palm Springs a Golf School.
PGA Instructor Mike Cahill 612-501-9015 mikecahill@cahillgolf.com.
PGA Master Instructor Dave Cahill 952-994-0387 davecahill@cahillgolf.com