Fairway Bunker Tip; #1 Most Popular Golf Teacher on You Tube Shawn Clement

[bruinscf11]

wow your swing positions are awful,lol

[Andersbigno]

Hello Anders here from Norway. I herd from my local golfpro that I don't need to use my body and much rotation when I'm shoting a greenside bunkershot. Then I will have more controll and not shot the ball like I hit it to hard and I'm going way off the green and the target. What do you think about that? Did you understand what I mean? Do you have a difrent way to get more control in the greenside bunkershot than what I just said now?

- Thank you :)

[obi1jim]

would i use the same technique if i had to go over a reasonably high lip of the bunker

[shinji0843]

your feet doesn't move or shift at all, it's amazing. I have trouble with my feet shifting around in the sand - can you elaborate on the different kinds of stances or weight shift sequeneces, etc. depending on the sand (loose, hard, etc.)?

[clemshaw]

This shot feels very much like the "Golf Pro lesson feet together drill" and the "golf pro lesson uphill, downhill, sidehill shots"; where we hit uphill shots and ball below the feet shots; you will then see that there is nothing special and complicated about this shot; just place your feet in the sand like I show you and feel a nice whip through to the target;

Shawn

[bells11967]

Hey It work i done everythink you done in a fairway bunker it was close to the pin THANK YOU MATE!

[qbb01]

i hit the ball cleanly but never get any loft from bunkers? Can you help me?

[clemshaw]

Sure; go to my "golf pro lesson sand shot" and "golf pro lesson buried bunker shot"; Shawn

[Santolino1976]

Happy New Year Shawn! I want to thank you for very helpful vidoes showing all kinds of great technics.

Greetings from a cold Sweden.

[tlabel7]

Good video explaining the shot. Will incoporate into my teaching.

thx.

[clemshaw]

Hey tlabel;

Nice to hear from you!

All the best to you this Christmas and Happy New Year!

If you go to my website, you will see the "You Tube Shawn" page and all 136 of my other videos...Shawn

[finster869]

Shawn, Are you using more of an open stance with this shot help insure a full hip turn on the downswing despite the flat feet?

[clemshaw]

Good question!

The answer is no! The right foot staying down is what forces the left hip out of the way through the ball; other videos on the subject are: "Leverage Power", "On the slopes" and look at the ball below the feet and the uphill shot...players on Tour to watch are Kenny Perry, Scott Verplank, Boo Weekly, Brian Gay who all keep both heels on the ground through impact and well into the follow through!

Shawn

[bluejfk]

What about annika's right foot coming up early??

[clemshaw]

What I am talking about is the efficiency of this particular move; Annika has other efficiencies that allow her to perform such as her arm motion and her mind; Kenny Perry and Scott Verplank have other inefficiencies in their swings unrelated to this;

Thanks for posting! Shawn

[bluejfk]

I had tried to use annika's siwng ans a model for my own and added the right knee out thing on the dwons swing and now I have to get rid of it.

It seems that most of the things that I was told to abandon or unlearn (that I had picked up from Jack Nicklaus Lesson Tee) I am having to relearn all over again. UGH!!!

[rhino2694]

another great vid Shawn

[ThePutterKingJr]

Out of curiousity, why doesn't a normal swing (like one ide take off the fairway) ever work out of a bunker? I always collect sand first while on grass its always ball then ground...

Cheers.

[clemshaw]

Depending on the sand in the bunkers...some courses have the same sand in both greenside and fairway which is very difficult since the ball's weight brings it down lower into the sand below ground level instead of sitting up on grass which is above ground; very different! The sand shot would be like hitting out of a sandy divot! This is why golf courses should just leave very compacted humid sand in their fairway bunkers...that would be tough enough for most...Shawn

[pmuhlbier]

great explanation. this is the best

[masonb82]

Hi Shawn,

An off-topic question: could you work on a video for hitting out of the rough? I'm new to the game and never sure how I should play these shots. Do you hit the same as off a fairway but take an extra club in the rough, can you hit any club out of the rough, etc.? I've just got no idea. Thanks for all the great videos!

[clemshaw]

HMMM...sounds good; let me see what I can do;

Shawn

[itubeutude]

If you were hitting a longer iron, say a 5, would you still keep flat footed throughout the whole shot?

[clemshaw]

Yes you bet! Tiger's was a 3 iron from 215 plus yards over a lip, trees, and greenside bunker to stop the ball about 15 feet from the hole...

Shawn

[812ekoms]

Shawn, it looks as though you can really whip the golf club through with your feet anchored in the sand that way. Very good lesson, indeed.

[clemshaw]

Yes, as a matter of fact, it is a great way to practice...if you look at Kenny Perry and Scott Verplank through impact and deep into the follow through with all clubs including the driver, the right heel is on the ground right through 90 % of the finish...Prevents getting ahead and clears the hips properly through impact!

Thanks for the comment, Shawn