Golfers have misconception that bunker play is difficult and yet if you watch and listen to the pro tournaments on TV you will soon realize that many players actually relish being in them.
Mark Hutchings, associate professional at Stony Plain Golf Course, makes a promise: Follow what he has to say and he guarantees that you will get out of the bunker every time.
"Use the bounce of the sand wedge. And follow through to a full finish," said Hutchings.
Without getting too technical, "bounce" is the angle from the leading edge of a golf club to the point where the club sole touches the ground at impact. All clubs have a "bounce" angle — longer irons have much less — but suffice to say "bounce" is what makes a sand wedge work.
"You want to open up the sand wedge as much as possible which helps increase the bounce — more bounce is better than not enough — thereby increasing the angle of bounce.
"That's why you want to hit an inch and a half to two inches behind the ball and let the sand wedge's bounce do the work. You don't want the club digging in like a shovel. You want the club to bounce and skip through the sand, hence the term ‘bounce.'
"To execute a bunker shot you want to hit the sand behind the ball and have the sand push the ball out of the bunker.
The second key is to get to a full finish.
"If you get to a full finish every time, your ball will get out of the bunker. That's a promise," said Hutchings.
"A lot of amateurs chop at the ball. They may hit the sand two inches behind the ball, but then they tend to stop their swing.
"You always want to accelerate through any shot, but it's especially true in bunkers.
"If I tell my students to get to a full finish, it ensures that they will accelerate through the ball. Thinking about getting to a full finish is just an easier swing thought than thinking about accelerating. If you get to a full finish, you have to accelerate the club. There is just no way around it. Everything else just happens."
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