How To Hit Out Of Fairway Bunkers

How to hit out of fairway bunkers. In this weeks video golf tip I show you the things you need to do to hit out of fairway bunkers easily.

They are of course best avoided in the first place but if you do get in one here is the easy way to get out of a fairway bunker.

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My name is Brian Fitzgerald - I'm an Australian full time golf coach living in Melbourne and coaching at two venues. The Morack Public GC in Vermont South and the Lang Lang GC in beautiful South Gippsland (An hour and a quarter from Melbourne) where there are lot's of Kangaroos.

FAQ:
How long have you been a golf coach? I qualified as a full member of the Australian PGA back in 1985. Wow I don't feel that old.

Why do you make videos for YouTube? That is a great question and one I get asked a lot. I love helping people play better golf and people tell me I have a very unique coaching style that is very simple to understand. We really should do things simpler. I just make them to help people and if people like my videos they can either come for a golf lesson in person or if that is not possible you could join my membership program and I can then view your golf swing or any part of your game and really help improve what you do.

Do you always change some ones golf swing? To be perfectly honest I try not to. If I do try to change some ones golf swing I have to have a pretty good reason for doing so and the client has to be fully engaged and committed to both regular coaching and practice in order to make that change. Most people say they will do both with good intentions but most fall away pretty quickly.

So my preference is to change things that will improve their score easily. There are so many different ways to do this.

What do you film with? - I have a few few different cameras I use. An old GoPro Hero 4, an iPhone 6 and iPhone X, A Sony ZV1 and an old Panasonic Handy cam (I'm using that less and less now). I record my sound on an old iPhone 4.

What do you edit with? - About a year ago I switched to Adobe Premiere - prior to that it was Pinnacle Studio

Do you make money off YouTube? - Yes.It took me over 100 videos to make my first total $100 off adsense and then another 50 videos to make my next $100. I think it will slowly change, but VERY slowly.

Thanks for watching!
Brian

[threegolfnuts]

Hi Brian please please keep your content comming, your advice is gold mate. Just wanted to let you know I played a long course last week near 7000 yards, I shot 103 but on the last 6 holes I came off Par, bogey, Double b, Par, Birdie, I finished like a pro, hitting my driver 240 yards gun barrel and putting and chipping so well. I'm really proud of this score as I've only been playing 10 months. Thanks again Brian from your Scottish Fan.

[davidleigh]

As usual great advice Brian.
Stay well.

[johnschwartz]

Thanks for the referral Brian! I am basically using this technique. I also do not grind my feet into the sand; I try to stay on top of it. I know it's against the rule in the sand, but can I on the side of a high banked bunker, take the club and put a foot on the face and see where that particular loft is by looking at the handle angle? This way you know if you have the right loft to clear the high bank.

[stefancoors]

There seems to be two different approaches on how to hit fairway bunkers. Here, ball a bit forward in the stance, one club less. Others, like Rick Shiels: ball a bit back and one club up. Idea seems to be the same: catch the ball before the sand or it slows your swing too much. Since I adapted Rick‘s school of thought recently, I am weary to change it again. Are there different situations in the game where one is more preferable than the other?

[geoffcohen]

The other option you didnt mention from deep bunkers was to chip out sideways