Why do i thin bunker shots

It might be quite deep so the club might stay in the sand. You probably won't hear the club hitting the ball and the ball will just go and come down. But the ball will probably go up when you hit it fat. Generally you'll hit it fat and it will look like it's going to come out and then it won't reach the edge of the bunker and it will fall back in that's going to roll back to your feet.

So the thin and the fat shot, there are some differences there and we've got to consider what causes those shots. They're the key things in bunkers. So hitting down, opening up, turning to the left then accelerating.

Your bad shot will happen when you're on your back foot, you're scooping and you're decelerating so that's when you get your fat or your thin shot. When you get your good one in a bunker, hit down, turn to the left and accelerate through and that will generally get the ball out.

Then rake over the evidence. Few great bunker players stand tall in the sand. Most squat, knees bent, feet wide apart, toes pointed outward. This squat creates lower-body stability less hip action, better bunker swing and positions your hands lower to the ground. It also creates a slight cupping in your left wrist. Make your stance extra-wide and flare out your toes. Now swing. From a seated position, you can only move your arms and chest.

After a few chair swings, remove the seat and repeat the same feel. Hold your squat until well after impact. With your lower body less involved, your arm swing has to be dialed in. Groove the right moves by making right-arm-only practice swings. Poor ground contact when playing from a bunker is fairly common amongst golfers. Most will be making contact by hitting the ball both too fat and too thin. So what is a fat and a thin? Fat and thin are golfing terms for hitting too far behind the ball, too fat, and hitting the ground too much after the ball , thin.

When you are playing bunker shots, you actually want to hit the ball fat. To play quality bunker shots, you want the club head to enter the sand a couple of inches behind the ball.

Hitting two inches behind allows the club to slide under the ball in order to splash the ball out safely on to the green. If you make contact too far behind the ball then you will run into problems in the sand. If the club enters the sand a foot or so behind the ball, the club head will slow down through the sand and run out of speed. This loss of club speed will result in the ball only travelling a few yards and it is highly likely you will be playing your next shot from just in front of you.