Should I Have Stable Legs In Golf Fairway Bunkers? (Video) - by Natalie Adams
Should I Have Stable Legs In Golf Fairway Bunkers? (Video) - by Natalie Adams

Should I have stable legs in a golf fairway bunker shots? Well the answer to this is yes, you need to really focus when you’re playing any fair away bunker shot or maintaining the flex in your knees and also maintaining your posture; so maintaining the tilt of your spine. If you are in a fairway bunker we’re really looking to nip the ball off the top of the sands, without striking the sand first. If we strike the sand first, you are going to slow the club head down, you won’t transfer as much speed to the ball; so you’ll escape the bunker but not very far, and we’re looking for a fairway bunker shot, we’re looking for distance to get us back into the hole with that shot. So you’ve got to keep your knees stable, you’ve got to keep your legs stable as you play the shots.

If you increase the flex in your knees, then you’re going to standup slightly, and now you’re going to hit the top of the ball as you swing back in; and if you strike the upper part of the golf ball you won’t create any heights, and you’ll hit the ball straight into the face; and have to replay the shot again, wasting a shot. So it’s absolutely crucial to play an effective fairway bunker shot that you do maintain stability in your legs. So if we just go through that, when you setup, if you’re in the fairway bunker, tilt forward so that your arms can dangle under your shoulders nice and vertically and then just soften the knees so that you’re in a comfortable position. As I said, we’re looking to take the ball cleanly from the top of the sand. If you swing back and drop your knees down and increase the flex in your knees; as you swing back in, you’re either going to hit the sand, and the ball won’t travel very far, or you’ll stand up, and as you stand up, you’ll hit the top of the ball. And then the ball won’t fly high, you’ll just fire it into the face and it won’t escape the bunker. If you swing back and you straighten your knees, again you’ve lifted your posture up and the same is true again, you’re either going to hit the top of the ball with the straightened knees or you’re going to bend back into it and catch the sands. You’re making it very, very difficult to hit a clean shot and strike the ball crisply off the sand. So make sure you maintain the flex in your knees, keep your knees stable, so flex them initially so it becomes comfortable but maintain that flex in them; don’t increase it or decrease it. You should start hitting much better fairway bunker shots. 2014-05-20

Should I have stable legs in a golf fairway bunker shots? Well the answer to this is yes, you need to really focus when you’re playing any fair away bunker shot or maintaining the flex in your knees and also maintaining your posture; so maintaining the tilt of your spine. If you are in a fairway bunker we’re really looking to nip the ball off the top of the sands, without striking the sand first. If we strike the sand first, you are going to slow the club head down, you won’t transfer as much speed to the ball; so you’ll escape the bunker but not very far, and we’re looking for a fairway bunker shot, we’re looking for distance to get us back into the hole with that shot. So you’ve got to keep your knees stable, you’ve got to keep your legs stable as you play the shots.

If you increase the flex in your knees, then you’re going to standup slightly, and now you’re going to hit the top of the ball as you swing back in; and if you strike the upper part of the golf ball you won’t create any heights, and you’ll hit the ball straight into the face; and have to replay the shot again, wasting a shot. So it’s absolutely crucial to play an effective fairway bunker shot that you do maintain stability in your legs. So if we just go through that, when you setup, if you’re in the fairway bunker, tilt forward so that your arms can dangle under your shoulders nice and vertically and then just soften the knees so that you’re in a comfortable position. As I said, we’re looking to take the ball cleanly from the top of the sand. If you swing back and drop your knees down and increase the flex in your knees; as you swing back in, you’re either going to hit the sand, and the ball won’t travel very far, or you’ll stand up, and as you stand up, you’ll hit the top of the ball. And then the ball won’t fly high, you’ll just fire it into the face and it won’t escape the bunker.

If you swing back and you straighten your knees, again you’ve lifted your posture up and the same is true again, you’re either going to hit the top of the ball with the straightened knees or you’re going to bend back into it and catch the sands. You’re making it very, very difficult to hit a clean shot and strike the ball crisply off the sand. So make sure you maintain the flex in your knees, keep your knees stable, so flex them initially so it becomes comfortable but maintain that flex in them; don’t increase it or decrease it. You should start hitting much better fairway bunker shots.