Bunker Tip from Top Teacher Dean Reinmuth

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• Instructor: Dean Reinmuth
• Category: Lessons
• Topic: Bunker Play

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My name is Dean Reimeth, and we're here in a fairway bunker. Now, fairway bunkers are a little bit difficult for the average player because they don't tend to catch the ball solid, but you can make them a lot easier if you do a couple things. One of the things you'll notice in your fairway bunkers is most people tend to hit— when they hit the ball, they hit behind it, so they hit the sand first. So that's why the ball doesn't go anywhere. There's some reasons for that, but there's a way to practice that. First, you take— set your feet a little bit so you have secure base. Then for our thing to practice, draw a line. When you take your practice swing, what you're trying to do is to make sure that you can touch just right on the line or slightly in front of the line. If what most— if you do what most people do is they hit behind the line, which is back here, then your weight isn't shifting enough. So you have to get used to the fact that although your feet are in the sand, you should shift just like you do on the grass. Most people won't hit 6 to 8 inches behind the ball on the grass, but they come to the fairway bunker and that's what they'll tend to do because they stop moving their weight in the feet. So once you're able to take practice swings and touch that line or slightly in front of the line, then doing the same thing over the ball. Just get set up, set your feet, and when you swing, make sure that you shift enough so you try to catch the ball first, which is like the line, and…