We hear a lot about the importance of the bounce of the club in bunkers and this video demonstrates it perfectly from leading wedge expert Alex Buckner.

You might have the same loft on a club but the grind and bounce will lead to very different shots.

1. Understand how your swing works

2. Understand the course conditions

3. How you want the club to work with the sand 

4. What works best with fluffy sand

5. What works best with hard, packed sand

About Alex Buckner

Alex is a Golf Monthly Top 50 coach and hosts the first wedge game specific podcast - The Wedge Pod. He has a performance-led approach to his coaching which has given him knowledge in not only instruction, but also in how to train players and performance wedge fitting. Alex is trusted to educate other coaches across Europe, regularly holding short-game seminars and he coaches multiple players on the DP World Tour, Challenge Tour and the Ladies European Tour.