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LPGA teaching Professional Meredith Kirk breaks down one of golf’s most useful short game shots — the bump and run. Learn how to set up, lean the shaft forward, and use a simple putting motion to keep the ball low and rolling toward the hole. A reliable move for consistency and control around the greens.
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If you're playing golf in Myrtle Beach, this is the golf shot you need. I'm Meredith Kirk, Class A LPGA Teaching Professional, and today I'm going to show you how to hit a good old bump and run.
A bump and run is a really easy shot to hit — and you’re going to need it in Myrtle Beach because you’ll have a lot of shots that look like this. You don’t have too many hills, and really you just want to run the ball up there.
You can grab any club in your bag that you feel confident hitting a bump and run with. I actually like to use a pitching wedge, but I have some students who prefer a 7-iron. You can even use a hybrid if that works for you.
Set up very similar to a chipping position. I’m going to have my hips slightly open, and I’ll lean my weight just a little bit toward my lead side — not as much as I would if I were chipping. But the key here is how I’m leaning the shaft at address.
When chipping, the shaft is normally slightly forward in the middle, but with the bump and run, I really want to de-loft the clubface. So, I’m going to move the handle forward, leaning the shaft so that if I were to drop it, it would rest around my mid-left thigh. That’s how you de-loft the face, and you’ll want to do this with any club you use for this shot.
Now — how do you take the club back? Remember, we’re not chipping here. I like to call it “putt-chipping” because I want you to think about putting the shot. Once you’re in position for the bump and run, all I want you to do is putt it.
I know that sounds weird, and it might feel strange at first, but this is the trick — you want to “putt” the ball up there using the club you’ve chosen. So I’m literally going to take the club back as far as I would if I were putting. As I’m looking at the hole, in my head, I’m putting.
Here we go — I’ve got about a 40-foot bump and run shot, but I’m visualizing it like a putt.
That’s pretty — look at that run up there! Notice I’m holding my finish. I always encourage you to hold your finish, wait until the ball stops, then come out of the shot.
The bump and run is great, especially at all the courses in Myrtle Beach. You could come here and bump and run pretty much all the time around the greens — and you might even lower your scores, because there’s nothing like a good old bump and run.
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