Fairway Bunkers:
ball back of center
upper body arm swing
swings goes flatter-more horizontal
wrist hinge goes horizontal not vertical
pace is slower-will keep footing in sand, use more club enough to get over any lip
just that easy
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Originally Posted by BrianL99
Excellent advice and I agree 100%. Making a zillion adjustments for a higher handicap player, is just asking for trouble. Use your usual setup and swing and keep your lower body quiet. Same swing, just "lower".
The average player's goal should be to make sure your next shot is a putt.
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got on bunker play, relates primarily to fairway bunkers. You need to keep your lower body still or you're never going to get the sole of the club back to the exact spot you need to get it. I think the tip came from Tom Watson and he said to "pinch your knees" to quiet the lower body. As you point out, it really applies to all bunker shots. You need to limit your lower body movement (Stan Utley is a huge proponent of this, with his recommendation for a very wide stance in a bunker).
To your other point of avoiding bunkers, great advice. Unless I have an PW or less in my hand, I'm not playing over any green side bunkers, unless I have a10-15 yard gap ... I'm going around them. 2 reasons for this. A) I don't want my next shot to be out of a bunker, if I can help it. B) If I do end up in a bunker I wasn't trying to fly over, the odds are, it rolled in there. A ball that rolls into a bunker is almost always easier to get out, than a ball you flew into a bunker.
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