Two Things to Remember when you’re in a Greenside Bunker
If you lack confidence in bunkers Kellie Stenzel recommends keeping a couple of key thoughts in mind – making a full swing and taking lots of sand.
MENU
SEARCH
Kellie Stenzel is a PGA Master Professional and Class A LPGA Teaching Professional. She is a member of the Golf Magazine Top 100 Teachers in America, Golf for Women Top 50 Teachers list as well as Golf Digest’s Top Teachers in Florida list and #24 on Golf Digest 50 Greatest Women Teachers.
Originally from Geneva, New York, Kellie’s grandfather was a PGA Professional and her father played briefly on the PGA Tour. After graduating from high school, she attended Furman University in Greenville, S.C., and played four years of Division I Women’s golf. During her senior year at Furman, the team finished second in the nation at the NCAA finals.
After college, Kellie played professionally for five years on several tours around the world including the Futures Tour, The European Tour, Asian Tour, South African Tour and Australian Tour. She has over 15 years of teaching experience and presently runs the Kellie Stenzel Golf Academy at the Boca Raton Resort and Club in Florida.
Contact Kellie by email or phone 561-714-7305. For more information visit her website kelliestenzel.com and follow Kellie online on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube
If you lack confidence in bunkers Kellie Stenzel recommends keeping a couple of key thoughts in mind – making a full swing and taking lots of sand.
Kellie Stenzel shows how to use a golf club to make sure you have right amount of bend forward from your hips when putting.
One of Kellie Stenzel’s favorite clubs for pitching is the gap wedge… here’s why!
You are not always going to get perfect lies in the sand. Kellie Stenzel shows how to play a buried or fried egg lie.
PGA Master Professional Kellie Stenzel shows how to set your wedge to use its bounce to hit a high lofted shot.
This pitching drill from Kellie Stenzel is great for learning to keep the clubhead on the ground for longer so you don’t try to lift the ball.
Kellie Stenzel shows that as you become more experienced around the green, you can vary your club selection to offset uphill and downhill lies.
LPGA and PGA Instructor Kellie Stenzel recommends newer golfers keep it simple by picking just one club for all their chip shots. Her favorite choice is the pitching wedge.
Kellie Stenzel’s chipping lesson shows how changing the position away from the middle of your stance can help you create different ball flights and rolls.
Control your pitching distance. Class A LPGA Teaching Professional Kellie Stenzel shows you how.
PGA Master Professional Kellie Stenzel shows why it makes good sense to have high and low shot club options when chipping around the green.
Kellie Stenzel recommends aiming for a landing point normally 1/3rd of the distance to the target, and practice chipping the to that spot.
WOMEN’S GOLF
YOUR GAME, YOUR WAY © 2025
