Golf Bump & Run
https://static.chrisbrooks.org/3.+Resources/Short+Game+Chef/Bump+and+Run/01+Intro.mp4
https://static.chrisbrooks.org/3.+Resources/Short+Game+Chef/Bump+and+Run/02+Setup.mp4
https://static.chrisbrooks.org/3.+Resources/Short+Game+Chef/Bump+and+Run/03+Stroke.mp4
https://static.chrisbrooks.org/3.+Resources/Short+Game+Chef/Bump+and+Run/04+Full+sequence.mp4
https://static.chrisbrooks.org/3.+Resources/Short+Game+Chef/Bump+and+Run/05+7+Iron.mp4
https://static.chrisbrooks.org/3.+Resources/Short+Game+Chef/Bump+and+Run/06+Pitching+wedge.mp4
One of the best tools in our arsenal, but we usually don’t practice much. Goes like a putt (no spin), but starts in the air a bit.
Setup
- Very different than pitch or bunker shot
- Practice with a 4 iron, starting one pace off the green
- Feet close together, get close to the ball (6-10”)
- Grip down almost to the shaft
- Lead wrist into [[Ulnar deviation]]
- Ball position is neutral
- Can lean handle slightly forward or keep it neutral
- We want a stroke, not a hit
Stroke
- We want shallow, not steep
- Slight in-to-out path
- Turn the toe in a tiny bit to match the draw path
- Want it to feel like a rocking-the-shoulders motion, legs very quiet
- Feel like you are making a putting stroke
- Equal length back and through
- By practicing with a 4 iron, you can emphasize how little a stroke is needed
Full Sequence
- Can practice with a small obstacle in front (sprinkler head), make it a bad lie
- Trying to land one step onto the green
- Very good shot into the grain on Bermuda grass (where likely to have club dig in)
7 iron keys
- Same as 4 iron, but sneak ball position toward the trail toe, but still keep between feet
- Slight amount of shaft lean
- Otherwise same
PW keys
- Might be a bit further off the green, or in a pitching/chip situation but a bad lie
- Want the toe of the club engaged, not the heel
- Practice with ball in hole
- Back toe alignment