I Wish A Golf Coach Had Told Me This Sooner
Bunker Play · 7/25/2026 · 453K views · 9K likes
Do bunker shots make you nervous before you’ve even started your swing? Perhaps you’re worried about thinning the ball into the face, leaving it in the sand or hitting it far too long. The frustrating part is that you might occasionally hit a lovely bunker shot — but you’re never quite sure what you did differently. In this lesson, I help a golfer who was struggling with exactly that problem. After one simple change, he went from fatting and thinning bunker shots to getting the ball out consistently — including from some very difficult lies. And the solution had almost nothing to do with complicated stance positions, opening the clubface or memorising a long list of technique. It was simply about understanding what actually gets the golf ball out of the bunker. In this video, you’ll discover: • The simple image that can make bunker shots feel far less intimidating • Why trying to help the golf ball into the air can cause fats and thins • How to use the sand to carry the ball naturally out of the bunker • Why you don’t always need to aim your feet dramatically to the left • How the same bunker technique works from firm sand, soft sand and downhill lies • How changing the depth of the sand controls the height and distance of the shot The golf ball doesn’t care what your bunker swing looks like. It simply needs a big enough wave of sand beneath it to carry it out. Once you understand how to create that wave and push it towards the target, bunker play can become much simpler. Chapters 00:00 Why bunker shots make golfers nervous 00:51 A real golfer’s bunker problems 01:42 The one bunker concept everything flows from 02:02 Stop trying to help the ball into the air 02:25 How the sand actually gets the ball out 03:14 Your only objective in the bunker 03:45 Practising the sand-pushing action 04:13 Why the golf ball still flies high 04:54 His first shot using the new idea 05:23 Why pushing the sand works better 05:54 Letting your body organise the swing 06:27 Do you really need to aim left? 07:23 Controlling the direction of bunker shots 08:23 Playing a difficult downhill bunker lie 09:00 Does bunker ball position matter? 10:19 How to escape firm or compact sand 11:31 Controlling bunker-shot height 11:45 How to play from deep, soft sand 12:38 The complete bunker lesson explained 13:20 Discover what’s wrong with your golf swing Free bunker practice plan I’ve created a simple practice plan to help you take this bunker lesson to the course and turn the idea into a reliable skill: https://www.dannymaude.com/if-you-struggle-with-bunker-shots-just-do-this Discover exactly what your golf swing needs Have you ever watched a golf lesson but still wondered whether it applies to your own swing? The Swing Coach App analyses your golf swing, identifies what may be going wrong and, more importantly, shows you what to do to improve it: https://www.dannymaude.com/Swing-coach-app More simple golf lessons You can find more lessons, practice plans and coaching resources on my website: https://www.dannymaude.com Subscribe for more simple, practical golf lessons designed to help you improve your strike, direction and consistency without making the golf swing more complicated than it needs to be. #BunkerShots #GolfTips #GolfLesson #ShortGame #DannyMaude