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Old 02-09-2005, 11:29 AM
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Bunker play
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First, rotate the CLUBFACE, not the HANDS. Hold the club if front of you at chest high so that you can see the change in clubface angle. It should look about 45 degrees open when held with a normal grip (not turned or rolled). This places the #3 pressure point more on top of the shaft.

In the event you need a vertical hinge action, you can zero out the #3 accumulator to make the ball go higher with less roll. When you zero out #3, angled hinge feel translates to vertical hinge look.

One of the biggest mistakes that I see too often is making no accomodation for the face angle. The machine (body) has to be rotated to the left to get the face to aim to the target.

Now comes the thing that ruins all bunker play:
The base of the plane has rotated to the left of the target, although, the clubface in aligned to it. The mistake is to try to swing the clubhead to the target. The propensity is to swing the clubhead in the direction of the clubface alignment. This will change low point, because the base of the plane was manipulated and will result in fat and thin shots. THE CLUBHEAD MUST TRAVEL DOWN THE BODYLINE (left of the target) WHILE THE CLUBFACE AIMS DOWN THE TARGETLINE (at the target).
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