Hitting the bunker blast

[DeadAim]

Apparently I used to swing from the greenside bunkers (quite effectively), because I have been having difficulty in setting up to Hit from them. What should I do to setup correctly for a greenside bunker hit? Interestingly enough my fairway bunker play is far better with my Hit stroke.

Thank you,

Cary

[pshr]

Confirmed Hitter here, but swing w/L wedge out of greenside bunkers.
Use a Hit if buried lie or real wet. What does the Doc say about this?
Thanks for seeing so many sickies.......pshr

[DeadAim]

Hope one of the gurus replies to this thread. I bet a simple setup thought works.

[JohnThomas1]

Have you tried vertical hinging?

John

[bts]

Clubface open for adding the loft and taking the bounce to action,

Weak grip slightly behind ball, which is slightly forward of stance

Angled hinge gliding the clubhead deliberately entering the sand behind ball and through the sand.

[DeadAim]

Hands slightly behind ball.?? Is that "address" "modified or Impact Fix?"

[YodasLuke]

I hope that I can come to the rescue...

First, rotate the CLUBFACE, not the HANDS. Hold the club if front of you at chest high so that you can see the change in clubface angle. It should look about 45 degrees open when held with a normal grip (not turned or rolled). This places the #3 pressure point more on top of the shaft.

In the event you need a vertical hinge action, you can zero out the #3 accumulator to make the ball go higher with less roll. When you zero out #3, angled hinge feel translates to vertical hinge look.

One of the biggest mistakes that I see too often is making no accomodation for the face angle. The machine (body) has to be rotated to the left to get the face to aim to the target.

Now comes the thing that ruins all bunker play:
The base of the plane has rotated to the left of the target, although, the clubface in aligned to it. The mistake is to try to swing the clubhead to the target. The propensity is to swing the clubhead in the direction of the clubface alignment. This will change low point, because the base of the plane was manipulated and will result in fat and thin shots. THE CLUBHEAD MUST TRAVEL DOWN THE BODYLINE (left of the target) WHILE THE CLUBFACE AIMS DOWN THE TARGETLINE (at the target).