Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
HOW TO HIT THE DOWNHILL BUNKER SHOT | Legend Tom Watson
downhill bunker lie just like the downhill shot we have to align our body with the slope we have to align our body and make sure that we get our weight on the inside of our left foot and keep it there we have to get our shoulders aligned with the down slope like this we can't lean back into the slope with gravity and be perpendicular to gravity we have to lean down the slope like this now for a downhill shot like this we have to have the face open we have to make sure that we take the club on a very vertical path we don't want to hit the sand on the back swing because that's a twoot penalty we want to make sure that the club clears that lip going back goes vertical and then down very sharply with an open face just behind the ball you have to catch it behind the ball and then you swing on through like this keeping the face open now let's try this shot lean lean down the slope weight on the left foot wide stance shoulders with the slope take the club up keep the face open going through like this you have to hit it actually pretty hard as you see it's not an easy shot by doing all these things making sure that you keep the club face open you come up you drive it down and keep it open through the impact area you have the best chance of a success from a downhill bunker line
HOW TO HIT THE DOWNHILL BUNKER SHOT | Legend Tom Watson
downhill bunker lie just like the downhill shot we have to align our body with the slope we have to align our body and make sure that we get our weight on the inside of our left foot and keep it there we have to get our shoulders aligned with the down slope like this we can't lean back into the slope with gravity and be perpendicular to gravity we have to lean down the slope like this now for a downhill shot like this we have to have the face open we have to make sure that we take the club on a very vertical path we don't want to hit the sand on the back swing because that's a twoot penalty we want to make sure that the club clears that lip going back goes vertical and then down very sharply with an open face just behind the ball you have to catch it behind the ball and then you swing on through like this keeping the face open now let's try this shot lean lean down the slope weight on the left foot wide stance shoulders with the slope take the club up keep the face open going through like this you have to hit it actually pretty hard as you see it's not an easy shot by doing all these things making sure that you keep the club face open you come up you drive it down and keep it open through the impact area you have the best chance of a success from a downhill bunker line
