Prior to the round Rory was hitting a bunch of practice bunker shots. The one thing I noticed was that he seemed to almost "pin" his elbows to his torso and rotated his shoulders back and through. The club stayed more outside on the backswing, then exited to the left super fast. Did anyone else notice that? It looked super easy and very controllable. I struggle with bunker shots so I was curious if Rory's method is unusual or standard practice.
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I didn't get a chance to see it, but it sounds rather standard to me in terms of what I'd expect to see from a good bunker player. We can all develop at least a decent greenside bunker game if we know some of the basics and simply put the time in at the practice beach.