1. High Lip Bunker: These bunkers are small and circular, but run deep. They tend to have a big lip between the ball and a green. The key is to swing the club back very steeply and then follow through.
2. Wide Flat Bunker: Other bunkers may be shallow but run extremely wide and expansive. You will not need to pop the ball up as high, but loft it low so it can travel a longer distance.
Basically, there two types of sand shots: The explosion shot out of a green-side bunker and the clip shot out of a fairway bunker.
Hitting an explosion shot, the goal is to use the power of the sand created by the blow of the club to lift the ball out of the bunker. Take your stance by implanting your feet into the sand. Your feet should be the same width as when swinging a driver.
Normally with sand wedges, your stance would be aimed about 30 degrees to the left of your target.
With the new ProTouch Wedge that many golfers are now using as a sand “rescue” club to help in all types of sand and grass, you take your normal golf stance parallel to the target.
The ProTouch Wedge’s innovative Sole Channel Technology brings a new look to the wedge and more confidence for the short game and sand bunker play in golf no matter where you are in the world.
The wedge design features four deep grooves or channels running perpendicular to the leading edge through the back of the bounce. The channels act like rails to guide the club head, keeping it square throughout the swing. There is less shifting or movement in the sand or deep rough, providing more forgiveness.
ProTouch Wedge with Sole Channel Technology
The USGA has approved this new ProTouch Wedge design.
The Sole Channel technology helps guide the club head down the swing path, through the ball, toward the target for a more effective rough or greenside bunker shot.
Again, regardless of the lie, the Sole Channels are designed to encourage a normal square stance and square face at address and impact. This allows you to hit a regular pitch shot, just like you would from a distance of 60 to 80 yards, without having to open your stance, open your club face, or hack down on a ball in the rough.
The ProTouch Wedge’s Sole Channel sections have zero bounce. The sole moves with the turf (even deep rough) and the channels move through the sand instead of colliding with it. Yet there is still enough bounce to successfully push the sand to allow the head to slide under the ball. Even in conditions when sand in a bunker may be wet or very shallow, the channels permit the club head to effectively move through the sand with the right amount of bounce.
The ProTouch Wedge is available in 56 and 60 degree lofts and is 5% heavier than conventional wedges. The added weight helps create momentum toward the ball and reduces deceleration. This provides better feel for shots that don’t require a full swing.
In sand, play your about 6″ back in your stance. As you take the club away, use your wrists more then in a normal golf shot. As you descend on the golf ball, aim to make contact with the sand 1″ behind the golf ball. Swing the golf club just as you would if you were hitting a normal shot and follow through.
The goal of the shot is to hit behind the ball and essentially chunking it, so you will have to swing harder. Generally you have to swing 1.5 to 2 times as hard as you would if you were hitting the ball off the fairway.
After a rain, sand clumps together and becomes harder so strike the ball somewhat like you would a fairway shot. The technique is the same except you don’t swing quite as hard or hit as far behind the ball.
Hitting out of a fairway bunker is in a sense the opposite procedure of hitting out of a green-side bunker.
Where the goal of green-side sand shots is to hit behind the ball, the goal of a fairway bunker shot is to hit in front of the ball.
Start by taking a firm stance in the sand by burrowing your feet in the sand. Take aim and setup the same way you would if you were hitting on the fairway except for the position of the golf ball. Place the ball one to two inches back from your normal position. This will help you clip the ball before the sand.
Take your normal swing and as you descend, aim at hitting down on the top of the golf ball. 99% of the time if you aim at hitting down on the top of the ball, the club will clip the backside of the ball. This is exactly what you want.
Make sure to follow through as in normal golf shot. The consistency of the sand, (either wet or dry) will affect the outcome of the shot. Just remember, the dryer the sand, the more a minor mis-hit will be magnified. However, the goal in both cases is still the same: Hit the ball before the sand.
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