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Landing in a bunker can cost you a hole in match play if you can’t escape in one. Many poor bunker shots are the result of hitting either too far behind the ball or too close to the ball. This drill teaches you to hit just the right spot to escape in one. Line In […]
If you’re having trouble escaping bunkers, it may be because you’re swinging the club around your body on the way back. That’s bad with bunker shots. Swinging the club around your body creates a shallow entry into the sand, which is bad for this type of shot. Some golfers compound this mistake by trying to […]
There aren’t many places where you can practice bunker shots. Fortunately, the skills you need to escape a greenside bunker are rather simple. One skill you must learn with bunker shots is to take just the right amount of sand during the shot. Players sometimes take to much sand and sometimes not enough. As a […]
Every year golf magazines feature articles on the game’s toughest shots. Usually, each article has its own specific criteria on what it considers a tough shot. But by and large it means a shot that’s not only difficult, but also intimidating, like a Fried-egg lie in bunker. When missed, these shots boost scores by two […]