Treat Long Bunker Shots Like Any Other Sand Shot

Jason Baile

Jason Baile

Director of Instruction, Jupiter Hills Club; Golf Magazine Top 100; Golf Digest Best in Florida

One of the things I see amateurs doing is swinging way too hard out of a bunker. The Rules of Golf give us 14 clubs, so we might as well use them.

For a long bunker shot, the only adjustment I make is take a lower-lofted club. I set up the same, use the same technique and keep that same good bunker shot rhythm, allowing the ball to come out lower and roll towards the hole.