Bunker shot

August 22nd, 2025

Watch Rory McIlroy bounce his greenside bunker shot at 18 off the bleachers and back onto the green to set up INSANE birdie

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June 17th, 2024

US Open 2024: Bryson DeChambeau called it ‘the bunker shot of my life’. Here’s the stat that proves it

DeChambeau broke the statistical mould when he executed his dramatic and telling bunker shot on the 72nd hole.

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June 7th, 2024

Watch: Viktor Hovland botches bunker shot, saves par with miraculous hole-out at the Memorial

For a split-second, the world No.5 was one of us and then the world righted itself.

February 22nd, 2024

Opinion: Sands Of Time

Why it’s the bunker shot that reveals a golfer’s true character

February 23rd, 2022

Jason Laws: Stress-free sandies

Build your base for better bunker shots.

March 1st, 2021

The clubs Branden Grace used to win the 2021 Puerto Rico Open

November 25th, 2019

Watch the up-and-down for birdie that earned Jon Rahm $US5 million and clinched the Race to Dubai title

Splashing a roughly 20-yard bunker shot to a makable birdie for a tour pro under ordinary circumstances wouldn’t be too taxing, but with so much on the line, this was no gimmie.

October 22nd, 2019

Watch Jason Day’s incredible up and down from a bunker using a 6-iron (and only a 6-iron)

The shot was made possible by one of three challenges during Monday’s 18-hole competition.

May 5th, 2018

Phil Mickelson takes the pin out for a bunker shot

Phil Mickelson faced a relatively straight-forward bunker shot on Quail Hollow’s fourth hole and decided to have the pin pulled out by his brother and current caddie.

April 3rd, 2018

Adam Scott: Sandman

Extricating your ball from a bunker needn’t be as complicated as you might think.

Play the super-soft short bunker shot like a pro

Rickie Fowler: Sand By Me

Jenny Shin: Bunker Basics

Butch Harmon: Rule No.1 in the sand.

David Leadbetter: Bunker Shot

The Anatomy of a Bunker Shot

March 24th, 2016

Hank Haney: Bunker Fundamentals

Make sure you don’t skimp on the swing.

September 11th, 2015

Matt McLean: Greenside Bunkers

Simplify Your Bunker Shots and Learn To Open The Face and Skim The Sand

August 27th, 2015

Butch Harmon: Take The Easy Way Out

Ball forward, spank the sand behind it.

July 23rd, 2015

Man breaks rib in bunker

Aussie sand trap proves too much for old man

July 2nd, 2015

Jason Day: Day At The Beach

I Can Help You Make More Sandies

July 2nd, 2015

Tom Watson: Command The Sand

A Drill To Take The Guesswork Out Of Bunkers

Virginia 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Lucas Herbert	-24	18	4
2	Sergio Garcia	-20	18	4
3	Bryson DeChambeau	-19	18	4
4	Dean Burmester	-18	18	4
5	Josele Ballester	-17	18	4
T6	Thomas Detry	-16	18	4
T6	Anthony Kim	-16	18	4
T8	Scott Vincent	-15	18	4
T8	Jon Rahm	-15	18	4
T8	Joaquin Niemann	-15	18	4
11	Victor Perez	-14	18	4
T12	Caleb Surratt	-13	18	4
T12	David Puig	-13	18	4
T14	Charles Howell III	-12	18	4
T14	Marc Leishman	-12	18	4
T14	Paul Casey	-12	18	4
17	Tyrrell Hatton	-11	18	4
T18	Ian Poulter	-10	18	4
T18	Graeme McDowell	-10	18	4
T18	Dustin Johnson	-10	18	4
T21	Branden Grace	-9	18	4
T21	Adrian Meronk	-9	18	4
T21	Jeongwoo Ham	-9	18	4
T21	Tom McKibbin	-9	18	4
25	Miguel Tabuena	-8	18	4
T26	Thomas Pieters	-7	18	4
T26	Cameron Smith	-7	18	4
T26	Richard Bland	-7	18	4
T26	Charl Schwartzel	-7	18	4
T30	Lee Westwood	-6	18	4
T30	Carlos Ortiz	-6	18	4
T30	Richard T. Lee	-6	18	4
T30	Younghan Song	-6	18	4
T30	Sebastian Muñoz	-6	18	4
T35	Byeong Hun An	-5	18	4
T35	Björn Hellgren	-5	18	4
T35	Bubba Watson	-5	18	4
T35	Yosuke Asaji	-5	18	4
T39	Martin Kaymer	-4	18	4
T39	Brendan Steele	-4	18	4
T39	Talor Gooch	-4	18	4
42	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	18	4
43	Abraham Ancer	-2	18	4
T44	Matthew Wolff	-1	18	4
T44	Anirban Lahiri	-1	18	4
T46	Michael La Sasso	E	18	4
T46	Cameron Tringale	E	18	4
T46	Jason Kokrak	E	18	4
T46	Laurie Canter	E	18	4
T46	Elvis Smylie	E	18	4
T51	Harold Varner III	+1	18	4
T51	Luis Masaveu	+1	18	4
53	Ben Campbell	+4	18	4
54	Peter Uihlein	+5	18	4
55	Sam Horsfield	+6	18	4
56	Minkyu Kim	+10	18	4
	Danny Lee	-2		4

Leaderboard

THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Wyndham Clark	-30	F	4
2	S.W. Kim	-27	F	4
3	Scottie Scheffler	-25	F	4
4	Jackson Suber	-23	F	4
5	Keith Mitchell	-22	F	4
T6	Tony Finau	-20	F	4
T6	Zach Bauchou	-20	F	4
T6	Tom Hoge	-20	F	4
T9	Johnny Keefer	-19	F	4
T9	Jesper Svensson	-19	F	4
T9	Max Greyserman	-19	F	4
T9	Sungjae Im	-19	F	4
T9	Stephan Jaeger	-19	F	4
T14	Taylor Moore	-18	F	4
T14	Blades Brown	-18	F	4
T14	Brooks Koepka	-18	F	4
17	Ben Silverman	-17	F	4
18	S.Y. Noh	-16	F	4
T19	Garrick Higgo	-15	F	4
T19	Jordan Spieth	-15	F	4
T19	A.J. Ewart	-15	F	4
T19	Seamus Power	-15	F	4
T19	Pi Coody	-15	F	4
T19	Peter Malnati	-15	F	4
T19	Rico Hoey	-15	F	4
T19	Ryo Hisatsune	-15	F	4
T19	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-15	F	4
T19	Kensei Hirata	-15	F	4
T19	Steven Fisk	-15	F	4
T19	Erik van Rooyen	-15	F	4
T31	Eric Cole	-14	F	4
T31	Luke Clanton	-14	F	4
T31	Mac Meissner	-14	F	4
T31	Doug Ghim	-14	F	4
T31	Mark Hubbard	-14	F	4
T31	Sam Ryder	-14	F	4
T31	Chris Kirk	-14	F	4
T38	Emiliano Grillo	-13	F	4
T38	Chan Kim	-13	F	4
T40	Neal Shipley	-12	F	4
T40	Adrien Saddier	-12	F	4
T40	Matthieu Pavon	-12	F	4
T40	Tyler Duncan	-12	F	4
T40	Luke List	-12	F	4
T40	Camilo Villegas	-12	F	4
T40	Austin Eckroat	-12	F	4
T47	Dan Brown	-11	F	4
T47	Fabián Gómez	-11	F	4
T47	Taylor Pendrith	-11	F	4
T47	John Parry	-11	F	4
T47	Justin Lower	-11	F	4
T47	Patrick Fishburn	-11	F	4
T47	Patrick Rodgers	-11	F	4
T54	Adam Svensson	-10	F	4
T54	Tom Kim	-10	F	4
T54	Jeffrey Kang	-10	F	4
T54	Charley Hoffman	-10	F	4
T54	Troy Merritt	-10	F	4
T59	Chad Ramey	-9	F	4
T59	Jonathan Byrd	-9	F	4
T59	Jordan Smith	-9	F	4
T62	Thorbjørn Olesen	-8	F	4
T62	Yongjun Bae	-8	F	4
T62	Rasmus Højgaard	-8	F	4
T62	Hank Lebioda	-8	F	4
66	Mackenzie Hughes	-7	F	4
T67	Lanto Griffin	-5	F	4
T67	John VanDerLaan	-5	F	4
69	Zac Blair	-4	F	4
70	Danny Willett	-3	F	4
CUT	Nick Hardy	-5	F	2
CUT	Zecheng Dou	-5	F	2
CUT	Robert Streb	-5	F	2
CUT	Michael Brennan	-5	F	2
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	-5	F	2
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	F	2
CUT	Car Young	-5	F	2
CUT	Scott Piercy	-5	F	2
CUT	Haotong Li	-5	F	2
CUT	Jackson Buchanan	-5	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-5	F	2
CUT	Lee Hodges	-4	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	-4	F	2
CUT	Will Gordon	-4	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	-4	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	-4	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	-4	F	2
CUT	William Sides	-4	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	-4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Yu	-4	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	-4	F	2
CUT	Vince Whaley	-4	F	2
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-4	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	-4	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	-4	F	2
CUT	Ben Martin	-3	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	-3	F	2
CUT	Matti Schmid	-3	F	2
CUT	Billy Horschel	-3	F	2
CUT	Beau Hossler	-3	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	-3	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	-3	F	2
CUT	Ronin Banerjee	-3	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-3	F	2
CUT	Keita Nakajima	-3	F	2
CUT	K.H. Lee	-3	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	-3	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-3	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	-3	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	-3	F	2
CUT	William Mouw	-2	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryan Brehm	-2	F	2
CUT	Trace Crowe	-2	F	2
CUT	Martin Laird	-2	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	-2	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	-2	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	-1	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	-1	F	2
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-1	F	2
CUT	Adam Hadwin	-1	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	E	F	2
CUT	Davis Thompson	E	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	E	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	E	F	2
CUT	Ben Kohles	E	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	E	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	E	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	E	F	2
CUT	James Hahn	+1	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	+2	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+2	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+2	F	2
CUT	Preston Stout	+3	F	2
CUT	Austin Cook	+4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Roy	+4	F	2
CUT	Henrik Norlander	+4	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	+5	F	2
CUT	Ryan Palmer	+6	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+6	F	2
CUT	Greg Gregory	+8	F	2
CUT	Alex Huang	+9	F	2
CUT	Adam Headley	+12	F	2
CUT	Nathan Petronzio	+13	F	2
WD	Cameron Champ	-	-