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While learning how to hit a 60-yard bunker shot is helpful, knowing how to maximize spin on a greenside bunker shot is more useful. Knowing how to hit this shot helps when playing hard courses with difficult pin placements, where hitting bunker shots that hold the green is paramount. Without backspin, you could roll across […]
What’s the hardest shot in golf? Many think it’s the 40 to 50 yard bunker shot. They may be right. At this distance you’re too close to take a full swing and you’re too far to use your customary greenside bunker shot. No one likes being in a bunker. But add 40 or 50 yards […]
If you’ve watched the pros play on TV, you’ve probably seen them roll into a greenside bunker or two. These bunkers are usually in great shape. There’s usually a nice layer of soft sand to hit from. The bunkers on public and municipal courses aren’t in such great shape. Many are rather “ugly.” It’s more […]
There’s probably no tougher shot in golf than having a downslope lie in a greenside bunker. Most weekend golfers dread this shot. What makes it so hard is that it encourages the feeling of having to help the ball up. This feeling encourages weekend golfers to uncock their wrists during the swing to provide power […]
Getting up and down after hitting into a greenside bunker saves strokes, but it’s not always easy to do. The basics for hitting from a bunker—play the ball forward in your stance, open your club face, aim left of target, swing through to a full finish—work well for good lies. But what happens when you […]