Tom Watson’s favourite bunker lesson

IN OUR ONGOING series from Tom Watson’s “Lessons of a Lifetime” instructional DVDs, the eight-time Major winner demonstrates one of his favourite bunker lessons.

Watson says Claude Harmon showed him the one-handed drill featured in the clip below, which ensures you hit the ball with an open-faced sand wedge and that the grip end of the club never either leads by too far or gets too far in front of the swing.

“By doing it with one hand the club always came back to where the handle was pointing at the middle of your body,” he says.

Watson’s main points on the basic bunker shot are:

• Open body to target (aim left)
• Aim club face to right of target
• Swing along body line
• Enter the sand (a couple of inches behind the ball) with the flange of the club

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