"Fried Egg" Bunker Golf Tip with Shawn Cox

To help you with your golf game, Golf Life traveled to San Diego and met with Shawn Cox. Watch as Shawn gives you two great ways to get out of difficult bunker shots.

Video details

  • Instructor: Shawn Cox
  • Category: Lessons
  • Topic: Bunker Play

Transcript preview

Hi, this is Sean Cox, Director of Golf at the Grand Golf Club. I want to help you with a couple difficult shots in the bunker. First one is the fried egg. Okay. When we have the fried egg, the first problem that we have is getting the ball out. But the bigger problem we have is getting the ball to stop. Now, typically, we're told maybe to close the face, but I've got a method that'll actually help you get the ball to stop. It's a recoil shot. So what happens here, what we're gonna do is we're gonna come into the ball, hit the sand, but then bring the club right back right away. What that does is it deadens the ball so it has a chance to stop. The problem with the ball being buried is there's no way to create spin. Spin typically helps us stop the ball. Well, if there's no spin, then I need to make the ball float out of the bunker. So I'm going to set up to this shot shot, and I'm going to hit and recoil. And if you notice, that ball came out nice and soft. Now the second shot is I'm gonna have the shot where I'm stuck under this lip. Now, if I'm under this lip, problem is it's gonna be very difficult to follow through. So One of the things that we're gonna do to help us create some power is we're gonna do what I call the elevator. You're gonna come into the ball and then you're gonna chicken wing, and it's like you're pulling the club like an elevator. So I'm gonna set up to this ball and I'm gonna elevator. And notice where my elbow finished there. Okay? Just like that. So that's…