In this Danny Maude golf lesson, you’ll learn a simple bunker shot concept that can make greenside bunker play feel much easier and help you get the ball out more consistently.
The key is not trying to scoop the golf ball into the air.
Instead, Danny Maude shows you how to **push sand into the back of the golf ball** and use that sand to carry the ball out of the bunker.
This simple visual helped one of Danny’s students get out first time, and it can also help you control your strike, the depth of sand you take and the height of the shot.
In this golf lesson you’ll learn:
• How to stop thinning bunker shots into the face
• Why taking too much sand kills bunker distance
• Where the club should enter the sand
• Why good bunker players start with the clubface open
• How the clubface can square through impact
• Why trying to add loft can create fat and thin bunker shots
• How to use the sand to lift the golf ball
• How to play bunker shots from hard compact sand
• How to adjust for soft or fluffy sand
• Why the swing should be fuller than most golfers realise
• How to make bunker shots feel more relaxed and repeatable
One of the biggest mistakes golfers make in bunkers is trying to lift the ball into the air.
That can cause the club to work backwards, the handle to stall and the strike to become inconsistent.
A much simpler picture is to focus on the sand.
Let the club enter roughly two or three inches behind the golf ball and then keep the sand moving forwards into the back of it.
When you do that, your body can begin to organise itself around the task naturally.
⏱️ **TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 How to make bunker shots easier
01:18 Why golfers thin or chunk bunker shots
01:35 What good bunker players do differently
02:30 The simple bunker visual that changes the strike
03:29 Where the club should enter the sand
04:18 Why good players start with the clubface open
05:27 How to square the clubface through the sand
06:47 How to play bunker shots from hard sand
07:36 How to play bunker shots from fluffy sand
08:55 Simple bunker setup and ball position
09:41 How to create a relaxed, flowing bunker swing
10:30 Final bunker practice keys
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