{"id":228498,"date":"2019-10-03T16:58:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/how-to-hit-a-splash-bunker-shot\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:13:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:13:48","slug":"how-to-hit-a-splash-bunker-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/how-to-hit-a-splash-bunker-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunker Lesson 6 &#8211; 30 yard shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Rousseau &#8211; Bunker Lesson 6<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><a href=\"\/how-to-hit-high-bunker-shots\/\">Lesson 1: High Shot from Wet Sand<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"\/how-to-play-a-plugged-lie\/\">Lesson 2: Plugged Lies<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"\/how-to-hit-a-bunker-shot-on-a-downslope\/\">Lesson 3: On the Downslope<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"\/how-to-hit-a-bunker-shot-on-the-upslope\/\">Lesson 4: On the Upslope<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"\/how-to-hit-a-longer-bunker-shot\/\">Lesson 5: 60 yard shot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, this is a long bunker shot that can completely ruin your day if you don&#8217;t tackle it in the right manner. You can play it as a pitch and hit the ball first (as we did from 60 yards) but achieving a predictable strike and controlling the distance will be challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is significantly easier to play this distance as a long &#8216;splash&#8217; shot. This gives us the freedom to make a bold swing at it, secure in the knowledge that we are making contact with the sand first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mGlbwMhmWrk?rel=0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rousseau-bunker-lesson-6\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Rousseau &#8211; Bunker Lesson 6<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-set-up\">Set-Up<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the standard splash shot, set up with the face not quite\nso open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-swing\">Swing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, much like the greenside splash shot, the rhythm is fairly languid\u00a0 -but the swing is long. We are aiming to strike the usual 2 inches behind the ball and most importantly, have the back of the club skid through the sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rousseau-bunker-lesson-6-1\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Rousseau &#8211; Bunker Lesson 6<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-movement-psychology\">Movement Psychology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The key here is not to be anxious about the distance<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">.<\/a> This will lead to a frantic rhythm and an aggressive motion. Trust in the long fluid motion of the club and that the bounce will keep the speed on as the club slides through the sand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfcoach.online\/a\/18140\/LfyX4nyx\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Golf-Coach-Access-Get-Started.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150144\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rousseau-bunker-lesson-6-2\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Rousseau &#8211; Bunker Lesson 6<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the sixth instalment of this bunker series, PGA Professional Dr Noel Rousseau highlights the keys to playing a 30 yard shot with former European Tour player David Griffiths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2202,4733,108,4742,406,4738,4739,4745],"class_list":["post-228498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instruction-19th-hole","tag-bunker","tag-david-griffiths","tag-european-tour","tag-golf-bunker","tag-golf-instruction","tag-noel-rousseau","tag-rob-clayden","tag-sand-wedge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.7 (Yoast SEO v23.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rousseau - Bunker Lesson 6 - 30 yard shot - Golf Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rousseau - Bunker Lesson 6 - 30 yard shot. 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