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Michelle Winkler
Michelle Winkler answers a question she frequently gets about bunker play. Should you look at the ball or the sand? She then demonstrates a tee drill that will help you execute sand shots properly.
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Is there a similar drill for the driver? I have seen Justin Rose do some interesting things in his pre-swing ritual.
Does this also help with the driver??
Really good swing thoughts in this lesson. Anxious to try the drill on the range. Thanks
Excellent tip for cleaner constact - cannot see how that can fail.
I enjoy the daily tips but all the bunker tips are shown with nice fluffy clean sand, neatly raked and they look nothing like the bunkers I get into, and I am in a lot. Some haven't seen a rake in days and the sand is like hitting off concrete. I struggle with the drills suggested like the tee drill here or fried egg or others. To get the club into/under the sand the swing is so hard there is no margin for error, and I am not that good. Too far back the club dives into the mud/sand mix and the ball rolls 6ft, too close and it thins and shoots across the green, usually into the bunker on the other side. If the bunker didn't have a lip I'd use a putter. Any tips or drills or suggestion for hitting out of "bad" bunkers?
I noticed you used the tee from a slightly uphill lie in the bunker. What adjustments to the drill (if any) would you make to practice it from downhill lies in a bunker? Tee it a little higher? A little lower? I tend to struggle with downhill lies in bunkers. Thanks.
Is the 10 finger grip gives you a more relaxed grip ?
practice with pinky off the grip. After practice swings do u regrip with full grip?
do you break your wrists?